Proposal Writing Workshop

Pamela EddyDot Finnegan

Nathan Alleman

Agenda

• Overview• Deadlines• Session Options• Writing a Proposal• Other Opportunities• Volunteering

Overview

• Several types of conferences• Various forms of presentations • Conference Proceedings• National/Regional/State/Local• Getting involved

Deadlines

• Proposal Deadlines• Reviewer Deadlines

• Paper Deadlines

• Conference Registration• Hotel and travel

Session Options

• Demonstration

• Interactive Symposium

• Symposium

• Paper Session

Session Options

• Round Table

• Poster Session

• New Member Poster Session

• Workshop

Writing a Proposal• Content

• Introduction• Problem & Significance• Review of Literature• Methods• Findings• Conclusions

• Length• Audience

Submitting a Proposal

• Strategic placement• Type of conference• Sub-groups within conferences

• Formatting• Versions of Word• Format Style• Electronic submission

• Number of proposals

Proposal and Ethics

• Expectations• Completion of paper• Timeliness of reviews• Actually attending the meeting

• No-No’s• Double-dipping• Papers accepted for publication

before proposal

Peer Reviews

• Peer reviewers• Criteria Used• Interpretation of the review• Use of Feedback

• Proposal vs. Paper• Acceptances and rejections

Other Opportunities

• Pre-conference Sessions• Workshops• Graduate Student/New Faculty

• Regional Meetings

• Brown Bags

Volunteering at Meetings

• Hospitality Services by Association

• Reviewing• Divisions/SIGs• Session Chair• Discussant• Mentors

Conference Options

• Association for the Study of Higher Education (www.ashe.ws) • May 1st deadline

• American Educational Research Association (www.aera.net) • August 1/August 2 deadlines

• Council for the Study of Community Colleges (www.cscconline.org)• Deadline January

Conference Options

• ACPA• http://www2.myacpa.org/

• NASPA• http://www.naspa.org/

• Regional Associations

Conference Options

• Research on Women in Education (www.rwesig.net)• October Conference

• Variety of discipline specific teaching associations and groups