2026 THCA Call for Presentations Survey

Before you begin, prepare the following to cut and paste easily into the required fields:

The session title
The session description of 75 words or less
3 learning outcomes (ex., Participants will be able to ___as a result of attending the session)
Speaker (and co-presenter if any) biography of 75 words or less for assessing expertise and for use at the event.

1.Application Submitted By:
This person will be the primary contact for the proposal, including questions about its content and whether it is selected.(Required.)

First and Last Name

Phone Number

Email Address

2.Presenter Information:
Presenter Contact information:(Required.)

First Name

Last Name

Title

Organization

Address

City

State

Zip

Email Address

Best Phone Number to be Reached

Assistant's Phone Number

Assistant's Email Address

3.Presenter Biography:
Please provide the presenter's biography of 75 words or fewer, highlighting accomplishments, experience, and relevant knowledge. This information is used to evaluate the speaker's qualifications regarding the proposal's subject matter and will be used as the bio for the event. This information should be written in the third person.(Required.)

4.Is the speaker a member of THCA?(Required.)

Yes

Unknown

5.Required speaker fees (if any). While THCA does contract with paid speakers, our budget is limited and therefore, allocated to only 2-3 keynote speakers annually.

Ninety percent of our speakers are volunteers.

Speaking fees should be inclusive of travel expenses, not separate, and should be for economy-class flights only. THCA covers one night of hotel accommodations for paid/contracted speakers.

6.Topic Areas:
Please select only one topic area. Choose the one that best fits your session. Use the "Other" option if you feel your session cannot appropriately fit under any of the provided topics. Please note that up to 3 separate proposals may be submitted for consideration.(Required.)

Leadership/Management/Communication Skills: Recruitment & Retention of Staff, Leadership Skills, Workforce Development

Legal & Regulatory: Requirments of Participation, Laws & Regulations Impacting LTC, HR Guidelines

Quality Care/Quality Initiatives: Dementia Care, Infection Control, Mobility, Pain Management, Pressure Ulcers, Medications...

Finance/Reimbursement: Value Based Purchasing, QIPP, Billing, Medicare/ Medicaid, PDPM, BPCI, Managed Care

Information Technology /Data Management/ Tele-Medicine

Survey Readiness and Preventing Severe Survey Violations

Resident Activities/ Engagement: Resident Counsels, Volunteer Programs, Community Outreach

Assisted Living and Community Care Services

Ethics

Other (please specify)

7.Session Title: The title should reflect the purpose of the session and be limited to 10 words or less.(Required.)

8.Summary:
Please provide a brief description of your session, in 75 words or less, to be used in the brochure that participants reference when choosing which sessions to attend.(Required.)

Please include 3 learning outcomes for your session. List one learning outcome per box below.

Learning outcomes are the outcomes or results a participant can expect from attending the session, not what occurs during the session.

For example, "Participants will be able to ___as a result of attending the session.

9.Learning Outcome 1: Participants will be able to...(Required.)

10.Learning Outcome 2: Participants will be able to...(Required.)

11.Learning Outcome 3: Participants will be able to...(Required.)

12.In your expertise, could this presentation meet or be adjusted to meet the requirements for the ETHICS continuing education credit? (Disregard this question if you chose the Ethics track above.)

Does the presentation's content provide a critical foundation for addressing ethical questions that arise in the patient-provider relationship? Your response does not guarantee the session will count toward Ethics CEU. Session proposals are reviewed carefully against CE provider standards.(Required.)

Yes

13.Length of Session: If your topic works for a variety of program lengths, you can select both options. Please keep in mind that if your session is selected, you may be asked to change the duration of your presentation to fit within the conference/session schedule.(Required.)

1 hour

1.5 hours

Other

14.Can your presentation be done in webinar format?

Yes

15.Please provide a reference for the speaker's knowledge and presentation skills.

Name

Title

Organization

Email Address

Phone Number

16.Co-presenter Information (if any). Please limit co-presenters to just one.

First Name

Last Name

Title

Organization

Address

City

State

Zip

email address

phone number

17.Co-presenter Biography:
Please provide the presenter's biography of 75 words or fewer, highlighting accomplishments, experience, and relevant knowledge. This information is used to evaluate the speaker's qualifications regarding the proposal's subject matter and will be used as the bio for the event. This information should be written in the third person.

Thank you! Primary contacts of the selected presentations for 2026 events will be notified no later than February 1.