The National Association of Communication Centers

12th ANNUAL EXCELLENCE AT THE CENTER CONFERENCE

Submit A Proposal

The only call which remains open is This I Believe, honoring Paul Sandin, with a deadline of Tuesday, March 19th.


Great Ideas for Teaching @ the Center

The tradition of GIFT sharing continues at the 2013 mini-conference. We seek proposals from individuals who have a great idea to share*. GIFT submissions must speak to the conference theme of reflect, rejoice, and remix (not recycle). GIFT presentations involve individuals sharing their idea along with a single page handout. Presentation time is approx. 5 minutes for each presenter.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Proposals must be sent to giftsubmissionnacc@gmail.com by February 19, 2013.
    • All submissions will receive a confirmation of receipt via automatic reply. If this confirmation message ends up in your spam, please arrange for it to be delivered. Doing so will ensure that you receive notification of acceptance status later.

Proposals must include:

  • Title
  • Presenter’s name(s) & affiliation(s)
  • Objective(s) of GIFT
  • Brief description of GIFT to be shared
  • Brief description of planned activities
  • Brief rationale which connects GIFT to conference theme

*We are not seeking the submission of GIFT panels. Instead, we ask for individual GIFT proposals.

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Interactive Workshop Proposals

We seek proposals from individuals or groups for 45 to 60 minute interactive teaching and learning programs which speak to the conference theme.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Proposals must be sent to workshopnacc@gmail.com by February 19, 2013.
    • All submissions will receive a confirmation of receipt via automatic reply. If this confirmation message ends up in your spam, please arrange for it to be delivered. Doing so will ensure that you receive notification of acceptance status later.

Workshop proposals must include:

  • Title
  • Presenter’s name(s) & affiliation(s)
  • Learning objectives
  • Brief description of content to be covered
  • Brief rationale which connects workshop to conference theme
  • Brief description of planned activities
  • Intended NACC audience (student tutors, directors, those in start-up planning stage, or some combination)

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Panel Proposals

We seek proposals for round table or other discussion-focused presentations. Panel submissions must speak to the conference theme of reflect, rejoice, and remix.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Proposals must be sent to discussionpanelnacc@gmail.com by February 19, 2013.
    • All submissions will receive a confirmation of receipt via automatic reply. If this confirmation message ends up in your spam, please arrange for it to be delivered. Doing so will ensure that you receive notification of acceptance status later.

Proposals must include:

  • Title
  • Presenter’s name(s) & affiliation(s)
  • Brief description of panel
  • Brief rationale which connects panel to conference theme
  • Intended NACC audience (student tutors, directors, those in start-up planning stage, or some combination)

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Paper Submissions

We seek authors to present original communication center research papers, not intended for competition. Submissions can be written by individuals or groups.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Abstract must be sent to papernacc@gmail.com by February 19, 2013.
    • All submissions will receive a confirmation of receipt via automatic reply. If this confirmation message ends up in your spam, please arrange for it to be delivered. Doing so will ensure that you receive notification of acceptance status later.
  • Final papers must be ready for presentation in April.

Submissions must include:

  • Title
  • Presenter's name(s) & affiliation(s)
  • Abstract

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This I Believe Proposals

As we take the time to reflect on the communication centers movement there is reason to be thankful to those who were influential in starting this national field. In 2001, Sherry Morreale, then NCA Associate Director, included a strand called Communication Centers at The National Communication Association's Summer Conference: Engaging 21st Century Communication Students.

The participants; Linda Hobgood, Paul Sandin, Beth VonTill, Marlene Preston, Tamara Burk, Bill Neher, & Mary Ann Wanca-Thibault set forth the foundation for the work we do today.

The proceedings from that conference are available at: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED476270&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED476270

In 2013 at UNCG, we seek to honor one of the leaders at that meeting, Paul Sandin by inviting students to develop and deliver a personal statement on ethics in the communication center. While written and audio recorded copies will be archived on the Web, essays will also be presented live at the conference.

Our inspiration for this competition is National Public Radio's "This I Believe" series which is based upon Edward R Morrow's* 1950's program of the same name.

To get a feel for this type of essay and presentation, students are encouraged to explore the "This I Believe" archive athttp://thisibelieve.org/index.php

Submission Guidelines:

  • Written essays and audio file must be sent to thisibelievenacc@gmail.com by March 19, 2013.
    • All submissions will receive a confirmation of receipt via automatic reply. If this confirmation message ends up in your spam, please arrange for it to be delivered. Doing so will ensure that you receive notification of acceptance status later.

Written essay & audio recording of author presenting/reading their essay must include:

  • A clear focus on a personal belief about the role of ethics in the work of communication centers
  • Title
  • Presenter's name & affiliation

Writers should follow these suggestions which have been adapted from National Public Radio:

  • Tell a story: Be specific. Take your belief about ethics at the communication center out of the ether and ground it in the events of your communication center life. Consider moments when your belief was formed or tested or changed. Think of your own experience and tell of the things you know that no one else does. Your story need not be heart-warming or gut-wrenching—it can even be funny—but it should be real.
  • Be brief: Essays should be 2-3 pages (400-600 words) long. That's about three minutes when read aloud at a natural pace.
  • Name your belief: If you can't name it in a sentence or two, your essay might not be about a belief.
  • Be positive: Please avoid preaching, proselyticizing or editorializing. Tell us what you believe, not what you don't believe. Avoid speaking in the editorial "we." Make your essay about you; speak in the first person.
  • Be personal: Write in words and phrases that are comfortable for you to speak. Read your essay aloud to yourself several times, and each time edit it and simplify it until you find the words, tone and story that truly echo your belief about ethics at the communication center and the way you speak.

* Murrow was a Greensboro native

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