30th Annual GWSCPA Nonprofit Symposium
Deadline: April 20, 2018

Over many years and with the support of many volunteer members, the GWSCPA has built one of the most highly regarded nonprofit educational programs in the country, and our evaluations consistently reflect the value our attendees find in our relevant and timely topics. Our expert speakers represent varied experiences in the nonprofit accounting, tax and financial management arenas and are both knowledge leaders and skilled presenters, able to effectively engage a large audience. For our upcoming 2018 Nonprofit Symposium, we are now seeking submissions of proposed sessions.

All submissions must be received electronically and will be considered by the GWSCPA Nonprofit Symposium Planning Committee, which is led by GWSCPA members. Selected speakers will be notified by June 15, 2018. The conference is scheduled for November 27 - 29, 2018, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. We are anticipating 800 attendees.

Please note that all information must be completed and should be as detailed as possible for an adequate review of your proposal. Please include as much detail as possible—we understand that your presentation itself may still be in draft form. Please review the FAQ before you submit, which contains important information about what topics and presentation formats are most welcome at this year’s event.  Contact Kari Bedell at kbedell@gwscpa.org  if you have additional questions.

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* 1. Proposed Length of Session (If your session can be adapted to different time slots, please select more than one. Most sessions are 50-75 min.)

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* 2. Content Level

SPEAKER 1

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* 3. Speaker Details

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* 4. Short Biography (You may type or upload a bio. Please do not upload a resume, but a short 1-2 paragraph bio. Should you wish to upload your biography, below, please compete this section with 'N/A' or 'See Attachment'.)

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* 5. Biography upload

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* 6. Photo Upload

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* 7. Relevant past speaking experience

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* 8. Have you attended the Symposium before?

SESSION INFORMATION

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* 9. Proposed Session Title

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* 10. Session Description (4-5 sentences max)

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* 11. NASBA Field of Study

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* 12. Learning Objectives, beginning with, "Attendees will learn..."

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* 13. Ideal Audience

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* 14. How will you engage the audience? (i.e. Q&A, live poll, storytelling, visuals, etc.)

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* 15. Have you presented this session before? If so, when and where?

PRESENTATION NEEDS

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* 16. Special AV and Set needs (Please outline any special AV or set-up needs for this proposed presentation i.e. live polling, video, internet connection, extra mics, panel set up, etc.)

CO-PRESENTER(S) 
If you require a co-presenter(s), please be explicit as to what their role is in the session. If you do not have a co-presenter please skip this section.

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* 17. Speaker Details

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* 18. Short Biography

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* 19. Biography upload

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* 20. Relevant past speaking experience

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* 21. Do you have anything else about this proposed session or the proposed speakers which you would like the Symposium Planning Committee to know as they consider this submission?

Thank you for submitting a proposed session to the 2018 Nonprofit Symposium. We rely on the expertise of the best of the nonprofit finance and accounting community to make this event so great each year. The Planning Committee will notify all selected speakers by June 15, 2018, and we look forward to seeing you on November 27-29, 2018.

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