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Repertoire & Resources

If your interest session proposal gets accepted for the using any technology for your session, bring any cords
conference, celebrate! So many proposals do not get or devices you need with you and test them out in the
accepted, so it is an honor and clearly a topic/session room you are presenting beforehand. While this seems
that the conference committee feels the membership like a no-brainer, you never know what may happen,
needs. If your proposal is not accepted, it might just and no one wants technology issues to take away or di-
not be the right time yet for that session at a conference. minish the session.
Maybe at the next conference that topic will be need- If you are passionate about your interest session and
ed, and your expertise will serve the membership really strongly believe there is value to it, you should abso-
well then. Also consider that some proposals are not the lutely submit it for consideration. When we are attend-
right fit for a presentation but might work very well as ing conferences, we want to hear from people who are
an article in written format that could be published in driven, passionate, knowledgeable, and skilled. If your
one of ACDA’s publications. session is coming from a place of that intention, we will
When getting ready to share an interest session or all be better for it.
workshop, I usually ask colleagues and peers for feed-
back in as many ways as they feel they can give that to
me. From the content to the visual presentation to any Both of you serve a diverse membership. How
handouts, the feedback I get prior to giving the session do you decide what resources to provide?
helps me focus on what is most important. If you are

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