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The Conference
Proposal
Proposing &
Persuading Cheryl Geisler
Lecture 2
Conference Problem:
Your Ideas
The Conference Proposal
Why Conference?
• Annual get-together
• Showcase new developments
• Share lessons learned
• Report research
• Explore a topic in depth
• Meet people with similar interests
Why Call for Proposals?
• Need to fill time slots
• Need to attract registration
• Need to build community
Why P&P?
• Short proposal
• All the issues
• Encourage professional/community
participation
Sample 1
A senior who has been working on an
Undergraduate Research Project for a few
years writes a proposal to give as poster
presentation for a conference in that
research area.
• Type: KNOWLEDGE
• Expertise: SCHOOL
• Audience: RESEARCHERS
Sample 2
• A graduate student who works as an
Information Architect writes a proposal to
give a talk at a conference on Library &
Information Technology about the
changing landscape of content delivery.
• Type: KNOWLEDGE
• Expertise: WORK
• Audience: ANOTHER PROFESSION
Sample 3
• A graduate student whose wife is involved
in media literacy writes a proposal to do a
workshop with her on media literacy at a
librarian’s conference.
• Type: KNOWLEDGE
• Expertise: FAMILY
• Audience: ANOTHER PROFESSION
Sample 4
• A distance student who supports the in-
house use of a software product proposes
to attend the corporate-sponsored
conference for users and give a talk
describing his company’s experience with
deployment.
• Type: EXPERIENCE
• Expertise: WORK
• Audience: COLLEAGUES
Sample 5
• An undergraduate who captains the RPI
equestrian team write a proposal to do a
interactive session on proper stretching
techniques for the National Youth Leader
Society.
• Type: SKILL
• Expertise: HOBBY
• Audience: COLLEAGUES
Sample 6
• A student involved in the artistic
community in her home town writes a
proposal for a panel discussion between
artists and citizens in her small town for an
arts education conference.
• Type: PERSPECTIVE
• Expertise: COMMUNITY
• Audience: PROFESSIONALS
Toward a Conference Proposal
• What is it you know/do/experience that not
everyone knows/does/experiences?
• What kind of people would want to know
it?
• What organization do these people belong
to?
• Are they having a conference?
Sources of Topics
• Knowledge OR skill OR experience
• School OR work OR life
• Colleagues OR another profession OR
professionals
Features of a Good Topic
• You know or want to know a lot about the
topic.
• You can see trying to make something
happen
• You have access to the people and
knowledge you would need
• Working on the topic will help you further
your own goals.
The Key P&P Move
Finding a core topic that will keep you going
through all the proposals
Conference Unsolicited Solicited
Proposal Proposal Proposal
Finding Conference RFPS
Conference RFP Search:
Lay of the Land
“Call for Papers” 2008
“Call for Proposals” 2008
“Call for Presenters” 2008
+ Area + Organization + Role
“Call for Papers” “Call for Proposals” “Call for Presenters”
2008 Biomathematics 2008 STC 2008 undergraduate
Let’s try it together!
• An area
• An organization
• A role
Selecting Conference RFPs
A Taxonomy of Call Status
Past
Active
Deadline
Not
Posted
Posted
One
Annual Time Annual
Search
Search Results
Past Deadline
Expired Request
Past Deadline but Posted
Understanding the RFP
Sample
• When submitting conference proposals, please:
– Include a 200-250 word description of the content of
your paper, session, or workshop
– Indicate the type of session being proposed (a panel
of 3-4 speakers, a single speaker to be paired with
others, an interactive workshop, a demonstration)
– List all presenters (if applicable)
– Specify the grade level(s) addressed in the proposal
(Elementary, Secondary, College, General, or Cross-
level)
Form
• When submitting conference proposals, please:
– Include a 200-250 word description of the
content of your paper, session, or workshop
– Indicate the type of session being proposed (a panel
of 3-4 speakers, a single speaker to be paired with
others, an interactive workshop, a demonstration)
– List all presenters (if applicable)
– Specify the grade level(s) addressed in the proposal
(Elementary, Secondary, College, General, or Cross-
level)
Format
• When submitting conference proposals, please:
– Include a 200-250 word description of the content of
your paper, session, or workshop
– Indicate the type of session being proposed
(a panel of 3-4 speakers, a single
speaker to be paired with others, an
interactive workshop, a demonstration)
– List all presenters (if applicable)
– Specify the grade level(s) addressed in the proposal
(Elementary, Secondary, College, General, or Cross-
level)
Components
• When submitting conference proposals, please:
– Include a 200-250 word description of the content of
your paper, session, or workshop
– Indicate the type of session being proposed
(a panel of 3-4 speakers, a single speaker to be
paired with others, an interactive workshop, a
demonstration)
– List all presenters (if applicable)
– Specify the grade level(s) addressed in
the proposal
(Elementary, Secondary, College, Gene
ral, or Cross-level)
Areas
• No areas
• Many areas
• The DCMI 2002 Programme Committee
invites papers in the following categories:
– E-Government
– Search engines and metadata
– Educational metadata: improving
communication
– Knowledge management ….
Deadlines
• submit by 15 June 2007
– Courses
– Workshops (Organizers)
• submit by 3 Oct 2007
– Workshops (Participants)
– Case Studies
– Doctoral Consortium
– Panels
– Interactivity
• submit by 8 Jan 2008
– Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
– Work-in-Progress
– alt.chi
Coming Up
What’s Due
• Yesterday: Self-Assessment
• Next Mon: Style Workshop 1
• Next week: Individual Conferences
Individual Conference
• Ideas about course in general
• one or more possible conference RFPs
(just URLs is fine)
Two Weeks: Conference
Proposal Draft 1/26
• Locate a conference RFP in an area in
which you might have something to
contribute
• Draft a proposal in response
• include the URL at the bottom of your
proposal
• Be sure to follow directions completely
Conference Sign Up
Questions?
