1. Proposal Writing Workshop Pamela Eddy Jim Barber Eddie Cole Victoria Foster April 2014

2. Agenda Overview Deadlines Session Options Writing a Proposal Other Opportunities Volunteering

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

4. Deadlines Proposal Deadlines Reviewer Deadlines Paper Deadlines Conference Registration Hotel and travel

5. Session Options Demonstration Interactive Symposium Symposium Paper Session

6. Session Options Round Table/Conversation Poster Session New Member Poster Session Workshop

7. Counseling Submission Formats ACA/ACES Clinician Education Sessions Client focused Education Sessions Education Sessions –various topics Roundtable Sessions Presentations ideally will conform with requirements for CEUs

8. Writing a Proposal Content Introduction Problem & Significance Review of Literature Methods Findings Conclusions Length Audience

9. 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

10. Continuing Education Units for Counseling Proposals Proposals must follow the required format for CEUs, usually outlined in the conference proposal format Typically describes at least three specific learning objectives and learning outcomes

11. Peer Reviews Peer reviewers Criteria Used Interpretation of the review Use of Feedback Proposal vs. Paper Acceptances and rejections

12. Other Opportunities Pre-conference Sessions Workshops Graduate Student/New Faculty Regional Meetings Brown Bags

13. Volunteering at Meetings Hospitality Services by Association Reviewing Divisions/SIGs Session Chair Discussant Mentors

14. Conference Options Association for the Study of Higher Education (www.ashe.ws)www.ashe.ws May 1 st deadline American Educational Research Association (www.aera.net)www.aera.net August 1/August 2 deadlines Council for the Study of Community Colleges (www.cscconline.org)www.cscconline.org Deadline January

15. Conference Options ACPA http://www2.myacpa.org/ NASPA http://www.naspa.org/ Regional Associations http://va-edresearch.org/annual- conference/http://va-edresearch.org/annual- conference/ http://www.cider.vt.edu/conference/

16. Conference Options Research on Women in Education (www.rwesig.net)www.rwesig.net October Conference Variety of discipline specific teaching associations and groups

17. Counseling Conference Options American Counseling Association http://www.counseling.org/conference/2 015-conference-call-for-proposals-

18. Counseling Conference Options Association for Counselor Education & Supervision American School Counseling Association Virginia Counselors Association Numerous ACA divisions also have bi- annual and annual conference www.counseling.org