Association of Children's Museums

Call for Session Proposals

WHAT: Submit an InterActivity 2011 session proposal.

WHO: Anyone can submit a proposal! By identifying yourself as the session idea originator, you are not necessarily committing yourself to present or organize the session.

WHEN: Proposal Deadline is Friday, July 30, 2010

BEFORE YOU SUBMIT: Read the InterActivity 2011 Speaker/Session Guidelines and fill out the online form below.

FYI: Curious how a proposal becomes a session?

Stage 1: An individual submits a session proposal via the online form
Stage 2: ACM collates proposals by Discipline/Track area and provides them to the InterActivity 2011 Program Committee
Stage 3: New for 2011, ACM will share all proposal ideas via the InterActivity 2011 facebook page and ACM LinkedIn pages, so that all ACM members and interested parties can comment on proposal ideas.
Stage 4: The InterActivity 2011 Program Committee meets Aug 19 & 20 in Houston to make the final session selection decisions.
Stage 5: Look for updates about final sessions, opportunities to be a speaker and other program news in ACM social media, Web and E-Forum outlets.

QUESTIONS: Contact Korie Twiggs, ACM Program Officer, Education

May 19-21, 2011

Ideas for Session Proposals

Proposals are sought that focus on innovation as a key value for children's museums: how it drives exhibit development, programming, partnerships, internal operations and strategic planning.

Proposals ideas include, but are not exclusive to: activating healthy behaviors, advocating for children and families, building revenue streams, collaborating with community partners, conducting play research, creating innovative exhibits and environments, delivering exceptional customer service, embracing diversity at all levels, expanding educational impact, leading for organizational success, making membership matter, making the case for play, modeling sustainable building practices, nurturing creativity, promoting outdoor play, revitalizing communities and welcoming audiences of all abilities.

Proposals will be assessed on the following criteria.

Relevance of session proposal to the conference theme
Speakers provide diversity through their background, location and profession
- Bonus Points: Inclusion of a Houston-area expert for your session
Degree of audience participation worked into the session

InterActivity 2011 Online Session Proposal Form

Contact Info:

Name

Title

Organization

Address

City, State, Zip

Phone

Proposal for:

Emerging Museums Pre-conference
May 18, 2011

InterActivity 2011 Conference
May 19-21, 2011

Session Title:

Discipline Area:

Please check one (or two discipline areas that categorize your session.

Finance	Programs/Education	Exhibits/Environments	Development
Leadership	Marketing/PR	Visitor Services/Operations

Session Format:

Please check one. All sessions are 60 to 75 minutes in length.

Facilitated Dialogue Session: In this format, one to two session facilitators initiate discussion on a topic, open the floor to participants and summarize main points. Facilitators must be experienced in facilitating and should be experts on discussion issue. The abstract should describe the topic as well as the knowledge each facilitator brings to the dialogue.

Research Session: In this format, two to three researchers share their findings around a central theme, focusing on the application of research to practice. Each presentation should run 15-20 minutes and leaving at least 20 minutes for questions. Abstracts should include the main premise of each researcher's work, summary of supporting evidence and conclusions reached.

Panel Session: In this format, up to four presenters provide an in-depth look into a common issue or content area. The session structure must allow for 10 minutes of questions following each presentation and provide handouts. Abstracts should describe presentations in detail and what supplementary material will be provided to attendees.

Session Proposal Abstract:

Please provide an abstract of your proposed session. It should include the highlighted information from the session format that you have chosen (see above). 75 word limit.

Session Presenters:

Use the spaces below to list up to four (4) speakers; however, you do not need to identify all speakers in order to submit your proposal. If you are one of the speakers, you do not need to list yourself. Use the comment space below if you would like ACM to help you identify potential speakers.

1st Speaker

Name	Title	Organization	Email
City, State	Speaker is: Confirmed Not Confirmed

2nd Speaker

Name	Title	Organization	Email
City, State	Speaker is: Confirmed Not Confirmed

3rd Speaker

Name	Title	Organization	Email
City, State	Speaker is: Confirmed Not Confirmed

4th Speaker

Name	Title	Organization	Email
City, State	Speaker is: Confirmed Not Confirmed

If needed, please use the space below for comments or if you would like help identifying potential speakers.

Session Proposal Authorization

You must read and agree to the following statements.

1) I have read and agree to all of the InterActivity 2011 Speaker & Session Guidelines.

2) I understand that as the contact person, it is my responsibility to secure session presenters and to disseminate all logistics and InterActivity 2011 Speaker & Session Guidelines to session presenters.

3) The executive director or CEO of my museum is aware of and endorses this session proposal.

Please only press the Submit button once and wait for the Thank You page