 EDUCAUSE Connect is a highly interactive and action-driven experience. You and your peers will examine top IT issues and engage in career development activities to intentionally solve, network, and grow together. Connect is game-changing. You won't want to miss it. There are two EDUCAUSE Connect events in the spring. Denver in March and Miami in April. We are currently seeking content leaders who have expertise in the top higher education issues of the day. Submit a proposal which describes your expertise for one or both events by August 27. Here are a few tips to help you get started with the call for proposal. Review the checklist, guidelines, and selection criteria provided on the conference call for proposal page. Make sure your EDUCAUSE profile is up to date, or if you don't have one, create one now. Review the submission form. You may want to print the form and use it to prepare your submission content before beginning your actual submission. Be concise. Avoid overly descriptive pros throughout your proposal. Here is what you will be submitting in the call for proposal. First, a creative title that describes your area of expertise. Next, select one program track choice. Which of these key learning theme IT issues do you have knowledge or experience? Select a session format. Either a facilitated session, which is 45 to 60 minutes each and involves multiple content leaders, or a poster session, which is open for 60 minutes and may involve multiple participants. Your abstract will describe the focus of your content expertise and how it relates to the learning theme you selected. Provide the concise outcomes for your session. For example, what will participants gain by attending? What will they walk away with? Engagement strategies. Each session will offer 50% content delivery and 50% participant interaction. Describe strategies and tactics beyond discussion and Q&A that you will create and use, whether a facilitated session or a poster session. Hands-on activities, learning games, how creative can you be? Next, we want to know about you, which includes your content expertise, communication, and group facilitation skills. Please provide a clear description about your content expertise and how it relates to your selected learning theme, as well as your experience in facilitating group discussions and interaction. Here is a quick review of the call for proposal process. First, update your EDUCAUSE profile. The information there is critical to the proposal review committee. Step 2, take some time to review the descriptions of the four themes before making your choice. Step 3, preview the submission form to help you craft a proposal that works well with the Connect concept. Step 4, compose your response using a Word application tool first. The online form requires you to complete it in a single session and can time out without saving your entries, if you are writing for an extended amount of time. Step 5, when you're ready, paste your content into the online submission form. Step 6, do a quick check to confirm you have not missed anything and then submit. Note, if you are submitting as a corporate content leader and are accepted, there will be a fee for presenting and you will be connected with other institutional content leaders. Visit the EDUCAUSE Connect website for additional information. We look forward to seeing you at EDUCAUSE Connect 2016.