Call for Presentations
23rd Annual International Conference
July 21–24, 2010
Anaheim, California 

Submission Deadline: Extended to September 18, 2009

The educational program for the APRA Annual International Conference is developed by the Conference Curriculum Planning Committee under the guidance and direction of the APRA Board of Directors and APRA Education staff. To provide a professional, diverse and high-quality educational program, presenters for the conference range from experienced practitioners to expert faculty, senior managers and leading industry consultants.

Would you like to submit but are having trouble coming up with an idea? Here are a few suggestions from the committee:

Track	Topic Ideas
Campaigns	- The economy effect - Comparing and contrasting mega-campaigns and     smaller campaigns
Management and Professional Development	- Positioning  yourself to move-up - Handling tough management situations
Healthcare	- Healthcare research fundamentals - Wealth screening with patient data
Trends	- Innovation - Learning from parallel professions - Technology like data visualizations, social     media and databases
Research Fundamentals	- Ethics - International - Privacy and social networks
Relationship Management	- Partnering with frontline fundraisers - Measuring success - Managing satellite development officers
Member and Cause-Related Organizations	- Trustee development and matrix building - International prospecting - Profiling major donors with research
Advance Research	- Action and strategic plans - Market research - International trends

All submissions must adhere to the following guidelines.

• Presentations are to be original and are not be presented elsewhere for three months before or three months after the APRA conference.
• If selected as an APRA conference presenter, you must agree to provide electronic copies of handouts for your session by the May 18, 2010 deadline so attendees can electronically access course materials that complement and reinforce presentations before the conference.
• Session titles should be no more than five words, including an active verb.
• Session descriptions must be one paragraph and no longer than 100 words each. (accepted submissions with descriptions longer than 100 words will be edited without notice) 
• Speaker biographies must be no longer than 100 words each. (accepted speakers with biographies longer than 100 words will be edited without notice) 
• All submissions must be written in the active tense.
• All submissions will be edited to comply with AP style.
• Sales-oriented language is not acceptable. No sales oriented submissions will be considered for presentation.