PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: NACADA 2023 Annual Conference Call for Proposals Open – due 2/23/23
NACADA is excited to announce the Call for Proposals for the 2023 Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida! Submissions are due February 23, 2023
Who should apply?
Proposals are encouraged from diverse groups of professionals to include advisors, administrators, faculty, counselors, career development specialists, researchers, graduate students, and others connected to the field of advising. Novice as well as experienced presenters are welcome to submit a proposal. If you have techniques or proven practices to share that address higher education’s academic advising needs, research to advance the field of academic advising, or strategies to elevate an area of academic advising, then please consider submitting a proposal!
Remember that professional development is a great investment, and the NACADA Annual Conference is the perfect forum to share and learn with professionals from across the globe! We hope that you will submit a proposal to present at this year’s conference as we continue together on the journey of advancing the field of academic advising.
Why submit a proposal?
Global exposure for your ideas as well as your institution.
Secure institutional support for sharing your advising practice and scholarship.
Further the body of knowledge in your area of interest and shape the future of our profession.
Contribute to a diverse and collaborative community of learning and engagement in the field of academic advising.
Visit our website for helpful resources:
Online Submission Instructions
Tutorial on Writing an Effective Title, Abstract, and Proposal
Conference Tracks for Proposal Submissions
More helpful information to consider proposals….
SESSION FORMATS
Poster Session:
Presented in the form of a bulletin display and delivered primarily through the use of graphics and handout materials. Participants have the opportunity to interact on a one-to-one basis with the presenter. This format is well suited for presentations of specific campus programs or results of a research study.
Concurrent Session:
Includes lecture, demonstrations, and/or participant discussion about topics relevant to the field of academic advising.
Panel Session:
Speakers address a specific advising topic each from their own perspective. Panel sessions are highly interactive with panelists representing multiple points of view from different institutions.
Preconference Workshop:
In-depth, interactive, value-added presentations that can vary from two to four hours in length. Participants pay an extra fee for workshops and expect tangible takeaways. These should be highly participatory workshops that cannot be effectively addressed in another format.
Scholarly Paper:
A scholarly paper will address an issue or question that either has been the subject of ongoing discussion/debate among scholars or that perhaps has not been recognized as a salient issue but should be. This paper may argue for a novel position on the issue at hand or may argue for a familiar position in a novel way. The argument will make use of the methods and epistemologies of one or more academic discipline and will do so in a way that (in addition to supporting the paper’s position) models the academic discipline(s), as applied to advising.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Presentation titles should be clear, direct and descriptive of the content of the session. Titles need not reflect the theme of the conference. Proposals and abstracts will be peer reviewed by fellow NACADA members and by members of the conference planning committee, using these criteria:
- Clearly stated purpose and objectives
- Reflective of good writing practices
- Timeliness of the subject matter
- Topic’s contribution to the advising field
- Creativity in an approach to a situation or in ways to manage it
- Adaptability of ideas to a variety of institutional settings
- When applicable: Presentation grounded in research
- When applicable: Presentation includes issues of equity, inclusion, and/or diversity
To view the NACADA Annual Conference Proposal Rating Rubric, click here.