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Session Facilitator Request for Proposal

2011 ASTD CHAPTER LEADERS CONFERENCE (ALC)
"The Connected Leader”

Submission Deadline: June 10, 2011

This is your chance to connect with your fellow chapter leaders! This year’s conference offers an unparalleled opportunity to network and share your knowledge and experience with chapter leaders from all over the country.

Chapter leaders attend the conference to seek content and connections that will provide high value in their role and to their chapter. You are asked to thoughtfully consider the conference objectives and key guidelines contained in here as you prepare and submit your proposal.

Be prepared! Click here to download the RFP questions.
Click here to access the online submission form.

Conference Details

The 2011 ASTD Chapter Leaders Conference will be held will be held October 14-15, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. Preconference workshops will be offered on October 13. All conference activities will take place on site at the Marriott Crystal Gateway.

Conference Website: www.astd.org/alc

Conference Theme: The ASTD 2011 Chapter Leaders Conference theme is "The Connected Leader." You are encouraged to consider this theme as part of the context of the session content, should your proposal be selected. When writing the session title and description, please ensure that the topic focus area is clear and concise. Incorporating the theme into the session title and description is NOT encouraged in your 2011 RFP, as feedback indicates that doing so clouds the clarity of the actual session learning objectives.

Conference Objective: ALC provides chapter leaders with a strategic and concentrated opportunity to learn how to be more effective in their respective chapter leadership roles. ALC provides opportunities for chapter leaders to partner with other volunteer leaders and national ASTD staff members to grow the profession and shape successful ASTD chapters.

Additional objectives:

Provide chapter management tools and best practices for chapter leaders that can be implemented immediately.
Recognize contributions of volunteer leaders in the workplace learning and performance profession, local chapters, and ASTD.
Inform chapter leaders of national ASTD’s strategic initiatives and resources.
Highlight collaboration opportunities between and among local chapters as well as with national ASTD.

Conference Attendee Profile: Each year, conference participants are a mix of seasoned industry professionals and those new to the profession. Many ALC participants have been chapter leaders for several years and have participated in a number of past ASTD conferences, while others are new to their chapter leader role and are participating in ALC for the first time in 2011. Session content should factor in this broad range of experience.

Submitting Your Proposal

Key Guidelines

Session Facilitator Benefits and Resources: Session facilitators are extended complimentary conference registration (a $195 value). In the case of co-facilitators, a maximum of one co-facilitator may also receive complimentary conference registration. Facilitators are acknowledged in the program guide and ALC website. Potential facilitators are encouraged to register and participate in a webcast led by the selection committee on April 13 for tips on submitting a quality proposal.

Session Length: Most sessions will be allotted 120 minutes, however a small handful of proposals selected by the committee will be slotted for a 45-minute session block, where the topic or content is better aligned for a shorter timeframe. Please indicate within your submission if you believe your topic is best suited for one of the shorter sessions.

Session Objectives: The objective is to share a best practice from your role as a chapter leader. Describe a specific initiative, tool or process—something concrete that the participants will take with them and directly apply in their own chapter. Discuss what worked well and the lessons learned while implementing the objective. This is your opportunity to share some helpful hints with your chapter leader peers.

Session Facilitation: Each session must reflect facilitation skills that model the profession at the highest level. Providing opportunities for participant interaction and engagement are non-negotiable. Proposals that appear to be presentations or lectures will not be selected to be part of the conference agenda offerings. *As a rule of thumb, consider that 50% or less session time should be allotted for facilitator-to-learner interaction (ie. presentation/slides) while 50% or more session time should be allotted for learner-to-learner or learner-to-facilitator, interaction.

Session Tracks: The conference sessions will be identified by tracks based on common focus areas of the proposals selected. Please note in your submission form which focus area(s) your proposal most closely aligns.

Focus Area	Target Participants (by leadership position)
Chapter Leadership	President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Advisors
Chapter Management	Finance, Membership/Member Services, Member Data Management, Technology
Chapter Marketing and Communications	Communications, Marketing, Webmaster, Technology
Chapter Learning, Development, and Performance	Programs, Professional Development, Learning Events
Individual Development	All Positions
National ASTD Initiatives*	All Positions

Learning Objectives: Strong behavioral learning objectives should easily reveal the value of participating in the session. By using action verbs to describe the value delivered within your session, participants should be able to easily discern if the content will meet their specific leadership development need(s).
For further information on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning and Kirkpatrick’s Learning Evaluation levels, click on the resources below:
Bloom's Taxonomy References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom's_Taxonomy
http://edtech.clas.pdx.edu/presentations/frr99/blooms.htm
http://cs1.mcm.edu/~awyatt/csc3315/bloom.htm
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/Dalton.htm

Kirkpatrick References:
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/sat6.html
http://www.businessballs.com/kirkpatricklearningevaluationmodel.htm
http://fsjones.myweb.uga.edu/evaluation/

Completing the RFP: Proposals must be submitted online no later than midnight, Friday, June 3, 2011.

Helpful Tips:

There is no “Save for Later” option. Be prepared to complete the entire online form at one time. Be prepared, click here to download a pdf of the submission questions.
If submitting more than one proposal, each must be submitted separately.
Proposals not meeting the guidance provided herein or are not aligned with one of the indicated focus areas will not be included in the proposal review process.

Proposal Selection Process: Proposals will be accepted through Friday, June 10, 2011. Each proposal will be reviewed by the ALC Program Advisory Committee (PAC). A final determination regarding all proposals will occur in early July. Primary facilitators will be notified via email. In the case that additional information is required, please ensure the contact information provided on the RFP is up-to-date and able to accept emails from cjones@astd.org.

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