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Call for Proposals, Research Symposium, Pre-Conference Proposals

 Thank you for your interest in presenting at the 2009 National Conference on Outdoor Leadership.  Below you will find all 2009 Calls for proposals including the Call for regular conference workshop proposals, the Outdoor Leadership Research Symposium as well as Pre-Conference workshop proposals.

Call for Workshop Proposals (February 6-7)
 
Submission Deadline Extended to: November 15th, 2008
 
Priority is given to presentations that meet the following criteria:
  1. Presentation is relevant to the Conference and to the Theme
  2. Content being presented is new and has not been presented previously
  3. Student presentations are accompanied/co-presented with a Faculty member or a working professional
  4. Presenters who have received positive feedback from past presentations at WEA conferences
Proposals must be submitted via electronic submission using the online submission form
 
The call for proposals is now closed. 
All presentation submissions will be notified of acceptance by December 5th.  All presenters will be required to register for the conference no later than December 15th (the early registration deadline).
 
 
 
 
 
2009 Outdoor Leadership Research Symposium
 
Submissions to the first annual Outdoor Leadership Research Symposium (OLRS) are now being accepted.  OLRS is intended to provide a forum for practitioners and scholars to share recent and on-going research related to outdoor leadership.  The symposium is being held in conjunction with the National Conference on Outdoor Leadership, sponsored annually by the Wilderness Education Association (WEA).  The goal of this symposium is to help promote the development of evidence-based practice in the field of outdoor leadership.  Submissions will be blind peer-reviewed and judged according to their relevance to the field of outdoor leadership as well as the basic quality of the research conducted.  Presenters will have 15 minutes to present their research, followed by five minutes of questions.  Accepted abstracts will be published in the annual conference proceedings. 
 
Eligibility of Proposals:
  1. Only studies that have not been previously published or presented should be submitted
  2. Only studies that are completed or near completion should be submitted.  A full report of findings and conclusions are expected at the presentation and in the published abstract. 
  3. Authors of accepted proposals must register for the conference by the early registration deadline.  Any presenter who fails to do so will be dropped from the research symposium.  Please do not submit an abstract unless you are committed to attending the symposium.
  4. Abstracts must be submitted no later than Saturday, November 15, 2008.  Authors will be notified by December 1, 2008 regarding the status of their submissions. Authors must submit revised abstracts by January 1, 2009 for inclusion in a book of abstracts to be distributed at the symposium.
Submission guidelines:
  1. Abstracts should be no more than two pages in length, using Times New Roman 12 point font, one inch margins (top, bottom, and sides), and single spacing.
  2. Abstracts should follow standard formatting for journal articles: Background (which includes the introduction, review of literature, and statement of hypotheses/research questions), Methods (which includes a description of site, sample, instrument, procedures and analysis), Results, Discussion, and References (which may be listed on a third page).  Conceptual articles may use alternative headings.
  3. Abstracts should be written and formatted according to the guidelines of the APA Publication manual (5th Edition)
  4. A cover page should be included providing the following information: abstract title, names and affiliations of all authors, and contact information (including phone, fax and email) of the principal author.
  5. Documents should be saved in Microsoft Word format.
  6. Abstracts that do not adhere to these guidelines may be rejected without further review.
  7. Abstracts should be submitted to Bruce Martin at martinc2@ohio.edu by November 15, 2008. "2009 OLRS Abstract" should be written in the subject heading

 

Questions regarding the Outdoor Leadership Research Symposium should be addressed to the symposium co-chairs: Bruce Martin at martinc2@ohio.edu or 740-594-2325; or, Marni Goldenberg at mgoldenb@calpoly.edu or 805-756-7627.
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-Conference Workshop Proposals
 
If you are interested in offering a pre-conference workshop - to be held February 4-5 (1/2 day, one day, two day workshops) please complete the Pre-Conference Proposal Form and submit to the WEA National Office(wea@indiana.edu) no later than August 1, 2008. 
 
 
 
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