2021 Convention Workshop Request for Proposals

The Providers’ Council welcomes a workshop presentation proposal from you or your staff for our virtual, 46th Annual Convention & Expo: Essential: Then, Now & Always. This event is the largest of its kind in New England, with nearly 1,000 people from nonprofit human services providers, businesses and state agencies expected to attend. Our convention will take place on October 19, 20, and 21, and all workshops will be held via Zoom.

Convention workshops are 90 minutes long and are generally attended by 20 to 150 convention participants from across all agency positions. The convention provides wide exposure to the human service community. Workshops are featured in our registration brochure and on our website. Convention presenters receive complimentary admittance to the day’s entire program.

The Providers’ Council is pleased to announce that we are now able to offer Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) professional development credits through our workshops. We will also be offering continuing education credits for social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed alcohol and drug counselors, dependent upon workshop topic.

How to Respond
If you would like to share your professional knowledge and skills, please complete and return the following Presentation Proposal form or complete the online proposal form by Friday, May 28, 2021. All information requested on the Presentation Proposal form is needed for CEU applications and for convention registration materials.

Selection Criteria
Proposals will be judged on how well they meet the following criteria:

·   Clear and concise workshop description

·   Three well-defined, measurable objectives for the workshop

·  Workshop strongly relates to human service providers’ interests

·   Experience and credentials of presenters related to the workshop topic

·   Presenter’s knowledge of human service providers

·  Relevance of the topic, as determined by our Education and Convention committee

Please feel free to circulate the Presentation Proposal forms to other professionals in your network.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call me at 508-598-9700 or email eadams@providers.org. We look forward to reviewing your submission.