1. Introduction

ASCLA welcomes proposals for professional development webinars. The ASCLA Online Learning Committee evaluates proposals for professional development webinars that support the work of ASCLA's members who include:

- library staff providing services to special populations, including library users with disabilities and adults and youth who are incarcerated or detained
- independent librarians and consultants
- state libraries and their employees
- public libraries serving or working with the populations above
- library networks and cooperatives

Software Platform: All webinars will be hosted by ASCLA and delivered using Adobe Connect; presenters will receive software training from the ASCLA Web Manager.

Length: All webinars should be approximately 60 to 90 minutes in length.

Deadlines and Timeframe: Accepted proposals will be presented between April 1 and August 31, 2016. This form will be open through March 8, 2016.

Blackout dates:
March 9-30, 2016
June 1, 2016-July 19, 2016

Payment to Presenters: Webinar presenters will be paid $150 for each webinar presented. Co-presenters may split the payment.

Questions with an asterisk (*) require a response.

If you need assistance, please contact ASCLA web manager Andrea Hill at ahill@ala.org.

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* 1. Today's date is:
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* 2. Proposed Webinar Title

About You

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* 3. Please provide all of the following for each presenter: Name, Title, Affiliation, E-mail Address and Phone Number

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* 4. Please list up to three related conference presentations or publications of the presenter(s) and briefly describe their teaching experience and knowledge of proposed topic area to indicate their qualifications.

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* 5. Please indicate any experience with delivering online webinars.

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* 6. Who is the proposed audience for this webinar? How is this content relevant to this audience?

About the Webinar (Or online multi-session course).

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* 7. Identify three to four learning outcomes for this webinar:
By the end of this webinar the participant will be able to…

Detailed Webinar Description (for promotion)

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* 8. Provide a detailed outline of material to be covered, along with the amount of time devoted to each topic.

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* 9. Provide a brief description of the webinar that could be used in promotion and in a course catalog. Include subject, scope, intended audience, approach and anything unique about this webinar. (Approximately 100-200 words)

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* 10. What techniques will be used to encourage audience participation and to keep the participants engaged?

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* 11. What methods will be used to evaluate the usefulness of the content and satisfaction with the course to the intended audience?

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* 12. How is the content of this webinar relevant to the membership of ASCLA?

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* 13. If this webinar is being sponsored by an ASCLA interest group, give the name of the group. Type "none" if none. The current list of ASCLA Interest Groups can be found here: http://www.ala.org/ascla/asclaourassoc/asclainterest/list.

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* 14. Proposed Dates:

Proposed dates to present the webinar. You may request specific dates and/or times or you may give more general times, such as “late afternoons.” ASCLA will negotiate dates and times. Once approved, exact dates and times will be negotiated by ASCLA staff.

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* 15. Is there anything else you would like to say about this webinar that we have not asked?

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