Call for Presentations: CLOSED

NISOD celebrates teaching and leadership excellence by inviting proposals for breakout and small discussion group sessions from college faculty, staff, presidents, and other key administrators, including deans, department chairs, and college teams.

Criteria for Selection

Presentations will be reviewed for their:

• Innovative, unique, or thought-provoking subjects, topics, and/or strategies
• Relevance to the needs and challenges of teaching and learning in community colleges and other institutions of education
• Evaluation and follow-up information where appropriate
• Appeal to a broad cross-section of college professionals or to a clearly defined program or discipline

Presenter Tips

For suggested questions to ask yourself and ideas to help guide you through designing a proposal that will be accepted, please review these presenter tips.

Program Strands

1.	Teaching and Learning Sample presentation topics include: Discipline-specific content areas (nursing, English, history) and teaching strategies for engaging students
2.	Developing Faculty Sample presentation topics include: Mentoring/coaching of new faculty, issues facing adjunct faculty, service learning, and tips and tools to become a better teacher
3.	Student Success Sample presentation topics include: Retention practices, learning communities, student services, access, dual enrollment, and basic skills/developmental education
4.	Culture of Evidence Sample presentation topics include: Data-informed decision making, assessment, and accountability
5.	Educational Technology Sample presentation topics include: Campus cards, distance education, podcasts/vodcasts, mobility devices, and Second Life
6.	Diversity Sample presentation topics include: Hiring practices, student services for diverse students, and recruiting students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
7.	Economic and Workforce Development Sample presentation topics include: Entrepreneurialism, developing corporate partnerships, and technical/vocational education
8.	Leadership and Organizational Development Sample presentation topics include: Leadership development institutes, marketing, advocacy, fundraising, communication skills, and mentoring/coaching

Types of Presentations

Breakout Sessions address topics within the eight program strands. The majority of breakout sessions are one hour in length, although presenters may request two-hour sessions. They are intended for audiences from 50-150 and may include multiple presenters. Presenters are expected to engage participants in interactive learning activities, provide handouts, and be prepared to respond to post-conference requests for more information. Roundtables offer a more interactive venue for the exploration of key issues within the program strands. These discussions accommodate up to 10 participants and are limited to two discussion leaders. Multiple roundtables are scheduled simultaneously in the same room. They are 45 minutes in length and are particularly well-suited for exploratory topics and hands-on demonstrations that require small group interaction and more individual attention to issues under discussion than larger groups would accommodate. These discussions cannot accommodate equipment other than presenters' battery-powered laptop computers.

Audiovisual Equipment

Each breakout session will be equipped with a lectern and microphone (as necessary based on room), a data projector, and a screen. Any other equipment must be supplied by the presenter or rented from the Convention Center's in-house audiovisual provider.

Expenses

Presenters are paid neither honoraria nor expenses and are required to register for the conference and pay the registration fee.

Corporate/Association Presenters

Organizations other than public, state-funded colleges must become a NISOD Corporate Partner or Friend of NISOD in order to participate in a presentation or breakout session.

Proposal Review

Submitted proposals will be reviewed and presenters notified by February 9, 2010.

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