Call for Proposals

Listening, Building, Engaging

Nevada Interact will bring together business owners, non-profit advocates, publishers, newsmakers, bloggers, podcasters, filmmakers, media, PR and advertising professionals and anyone else interested in interactive media from every corner of Nevada together for hands-on learning, rich discussions, opportunities to meet with local companies working in interactive media and plentiful networking opportunities. Presenters will receive a special registration code so that they can attend the event for free.  Those who have submitted a proposal should not register for the event until they here on the status of their proposal.

When: Saturday, March 6th, 9:00am to 5:00pm

Where: Joe Crowley Student Unon building, University of Nevada, Reno (campus map)

The Nevada Interactive Media Summit will take place on March 6th, 2010 at the Joe Crowley Student Union at the University of Nevada, Reno .

We encourage proposals that address the NevadaInteract Summit theme “Listening, Building, Engaging” and fit into the three tracks:

Submission Guidelines

We encourage proposals in all areas and are always open to good ideas. The more complete and fleshed out a proposal, the more likely it will be accepted. Although we are still planning the exact schedule, deciding to take our cue from the submissions we get, we do want your submissions to meet the following requirements:

Panels: 50 minutes
Workshops (how-to focused): 50 minutes
Presentations: 50 minutes

The deadlines for submissions is February 8, 2010.

Proposal Format Guidelines

Please limit your proposal to 600 words or less and address the following elements:

Audience
Strong proposals will include a clear target audience described by institution type, industry, professional role or other characteristics as appropriate. Sessions may focus on shared themes across institution type, program model or organizational role or may focus on the challenges and opportunities of particular groups. Please include maximum attendance your proposed format can accommodate, if relevant.

Guiding Themes and Conference Topics
Strong proposals will incorporate and expand upon conference themes and guiding questions, and establish a clear connection between the proposed session content and overall conference content.
They will offer innovative answers or approaches to these questions.

Workshop/Presentation/Panel Objectives
Strong proposals will provide clear objectives for the session and tools or other outcomes which participants can apply in their own work. These tools may include – but are not limited too – models,
strategies, handouts or other resources.

Format and presentation
Strong proposals will use interactive formats to engage session participants. Please do not plan to present a lecture or read a paper: interactive and engaged formats should compose the majority of
the session.

*If multiple individuals will be facilitating a session, please designate a primary contact.

• Facilitator Information: (as you wish it to appear in conference materials)
• Name(s):
• Title(s):
• Organization(s)/Institution(s):
• Phone number(s):
• Email address(s):
• Mailing address(es):
• Session Information:
• Session Title:
• Proposal for: __ Presentation __ Panel ___ Workshop
• Level: __ Introductory __ Intermediate __ Advanced
• Abstract (75 words maximum, as you wish it to appear in conference materials)

Evaluation of Proposals

Each proposal will be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers who will recommend one of three options: 1) acceptance of the proposal, 2) revision of the proposal, or 3) rejection of the proposal.

The reviewers will examine and evaluate proposals in these areas:

• Clear connection between the title of the session and its content (titles should be less than 10 words, compelling to attract an interdisciplinary audience, and align with session content)
• Significance and relevance of the topic for this conference
• Clarity and value of the objectives for the session
• Means of engaging the audience in the session
• Expressed learning outcomes for attendees

Submission Deadline
February 8, 2009

Possible presenters: please do not register for the event until you find out if your proposal was selected. Presenters will have their registration fee waived.

Send submissions as an attachment to submissions@nevadanewmedia.org