(via the Illinois Library Association)
The Reaching Forward Conference Committee is accepting program submissions for the 2020 Conference, which will be held Friday, May 1, at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
Proposals must be submitted using the online proposal form. Incomplete proposals can be saved and revised any time prior to the submission deadline.
All program slots are 60 minutes. The conference programming is organized by the following tracks:
- Advocacy and Funding
- Collections and Technical Services
- Community Engagement and Customer Service
- Diversity and Special Populations
- Human Resources
- Ignite Sessions
- Leadership and Management
- Marketing and Outreach
- Personal and Professional Development
- Programming
- Reference and Readers Advisory
- Technology
- Wellness
- Youth and Young Adult Services
You will be asked to provide the following information about your proposed session:
- Speaker(s) information
- Program title and description
- Program Track
- Speaker qualifications to speak on topic
- Learning outcomes for attendees
- Room setup, preferred time of day
- Program experience level and format
- Additional information you’d like to share with the committee
The deadline to submit a program proposal is Friday, October 18.
Reaching Forward provides complimentary registration for conference speakers. Conference speakers who are employed by or a trustee of a library (academic, public, school, special), a library agency, or library school located in the State of Illinois are not eligible to receive an honorarium.
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To submit a proposal, please go to https://www.ila.org/events/reaching-forward-call-for-program-propos.