 EduCause Connect is a highly interactive and action-driven experience. You and your peers will examine the top IT issues and engage in career development activities to intentionally solve, network, and grow together. You won't want to miss it. There are two EduCause Connect events scheduled. San Diego in January and San Antonio in April. We are seeking content leaders who have experience in the top higher education issues of the day. To prepare for the submission process, first review the checklist, guidelines, and selection criteria provided on the conference call for proposals page. Then make sure your EduCause profile is up to date, or if you don't have a profile, create one now. Remember that your profile information will be helpful to reviewers in understanding your qualifications. Review the PDF submission form and use it to prepare your submission. Use a word processing application before beginning your actual submission. Doing this allows you to quickly cut and paste from your application into the form, which doesn't have the ability to save partial progress and requires you to fill it out in one sitting. Here's what you'll be submitting in the CFP. First, a creative title that describes your area of expertise. Second, your one-program track choice. In which of the key IT issues do you have knowledge and experience? Data-informed decision-making? Enterprise service delivery? Partnerships in collaboration? Or talent and career development? You'll find out more information about each of these key issues on the website. Select a session format. Facilitated sessions are 60 to 75 minutes each and involve multiple content leaders. Lightning rounds are 45 minutes and will involve brief talks from many content leaders. The poster sessions are open for 60 minutes and involve multiple participants. Your abstract will describe the focus of your content expertise and how it relates to the top 10 IT issues and learning theme you selected. Think in terms of its importance, relevance, value, and or interest to the higher education IT community. Please be concise and avoid overly descriptive prose. It's a 100-word limit. Provide the concise outcomes for your session. Give it some thought. What will participants gain by attending? Will they design something? Will they recognize key subtle differences in options? Will they craft strategic solutions? What will they walk away with? There's a 30-word limit, so estimate 9 words per line. Each session will offer 50% content delivery and 50% participant interaction. What are the intentional, interactive engagement strategies you will facilitate and use to guide the discussions? Describe strategies and tactics beyond discussion and Q&A that you will create and use whether it's a shared session, a lightning round, or a poster. Hands-on activities, learning games, how creative can you be? Lastly, we want to know more about your content expertise, communication, and group facilitation skills. Please provide a clear description of the focus of your content expertise and how it relates to your selected learning theme and your experience in facilitating group discussions. Again, be concise. That's a quick overview of the Connect CFP. You're now only six steps away from submitting. Those steps are 1. If you haven't updated your EDUCAUSE profile recently, be sure to do so. The information is critical to the Proposal Review Committee. If you don't have an EDUCAUSE profile, now's the time to create one. 2. Take some time to review the descriptions of the four themes before making your choice. Each is fully detailed on the website. Craft a proposal that works well with the Connect concept. Start by examining the PDF of the submission form. 4. Create your responses using a word processing tool prior to opening the proposal form. Remember that the form requires you to complete it in one single session, and that can time out without saving your entries if you're diligently writing and editing your work for an extended period of time. 5. When you're ready, paste your proposal from your word processor into the online submission form. 6. Do a quick check to confirm you have not missed anything, and then submit. Submit a proposal now to be a content leader for San Diego or San Antonio. Contact the speaker concierge with your questions. We're here to help.