Call For Presentations

We are unable to accept proposals submitted by email or after the deadline. Please confirm that your proposal has been submitted prior to the deadline. After submitting your proposal, you will receive a confirmation email. If you don’t receive it, please check your spam folder and then contact us to confirm that we received your proposal. If you have any questions, please email us at marisa.gaggi@bbbsa.org.

During the submission process, applicants will be required to provide the following:

• Contact information, biography, and headshot photo for themselves and all co-presenters
• Workshop title
• 250-character workshop description
• Primary workshop track
• Three desired outcomes or takeaways for workshop participants
• An abstract or outline that describes the purpose, key content, resources, and methods of the workshop
• Presentation materials for evaluation by the selection committee
• Target audience demographics and job functions

After completing the application, speakers delivering workshops related to the JEDI track must present their workshop to the BBBSA JEDI team prior to final approval. Pending approval, we will contact the speaker(s) directly to arrange a date and time to present your topic to the JEDI team.

Yes. During the workshop application, you will be given the option to select if you prefer to present in-person, virtually, or both. If you choose to present only virtually, you will deliver your workshop live from your home or office at a scheduled time during the National Conference. If you choose to present both in-person and virtually, you’ll be asked to present your workshop twice; once for the in-person audience onsite in Dallas, and again for the live virtual audience. We will work with these speakers on appropriate scheduling and to ensure they have the proper equipment and space to present virtually from the host hotel in Dallas.

Some attendees will be new to BBBS or new to their role, and some will have extensive experience. In your submission, you should explain if your workshop will be best suited for a specific level of expertise. Please ensure your workshop description clearly outlines the target audience for the session.

Roughly 50% of agency attendees are from agencies with less than $700,000 in annual revenue, 30% of agency attendees are from agencies with $700,000-$1,499,000 in annual revenue, and 20% are from agencies with annual revenue over $1,500,000. Agencies fall under one of four size categories: Small Agency (SAA), Small-Mid Agency (SMAA), Mid-Large Agency (MLAA), and Large Agency (LAA). In your submission, you should explain if your workshop will be best suited for a specific agency size. Please ensure your workshop description clearly outlines the target audience for the session.

We cannot accept more than 4 presenters on a panel (1 moderator and 3 panelists). The panelists should be thought leaders and should each represent a different organization. You must add all panelists to your workshop at the time of submission; we are unable to add panelists after a workshop has been approved. The primary presenter will receive $150 off the regular conference registration rate. This discount does not apply to panelists.