At the 2024 NAGARA Annual Conference we believe your experiences, guidance, and stories are invaluable and worth sharing!
The Call for Session Proposals is ONGOING through January 12, 2024 and NAGARA seeks your insights, successes, and even failures! We invite submissions from presenters across ALL government levels, backgrounds, and life experiences. Come celebrate 40 years of NAGARA with us in Atlanta, Georgia next July!
1. BRAINSTORM Session Ideas Now
Proposals on all topics and subjects are desired and welcomed, but give extra consideration to some of these hot topics, which members have expressed a desire to learn more about:
- Archives Community Outreach
- Development of Policies, Standards, Workflows, and Tools
- Diversity and Inclusion in Archives and Records Programs
- Developing and Launching RIM Programs (working with a limiting budget and low maturity)
- Electronic Records Preservation and Access
- Intellectual Property (IP) and Copyright Concerns
- Managing SharePoint and/or Shared Drives
- Microsoft 365 (implementation, labels, policies, retention, etc.)
- NARA’s Federal Electronic Records Modernization Initiative (FERMI) or the Dept. of Defense Manual 8180.01 Requirements
- Privacy and Ethics in Archives
2. CONNECT with Other Possible Presenters
We’ve created a special Google Spreadsheet as an informal tool to connect individuals who are seeking ideas and/or collaboration on session proposals. While it is not monitored by NAGARA or the 2024 Program Committee, nor is it part of the official submission process, we encourage you to check it out and begin connecting with other interested presenters. So much good can happen when you link up with others in our community!
3. REVIEW the Session Submission Questions
Great proposal submissions inform by transferring knowledge, improve by offering actionable insights, inspire with innovative ideas, and involve the audience. Begin preparing your session proposal submission by reviewing the submission form and questions and consider the various range of session formats suggested that might make your presentation more fun and exciting.
Proposals will be evaluated on completeness, speaker expertise, tangible takeaways, relevance to NAGARA’s membership, and diversity of experience and thought. Presenters will also receive a 25% registration discount to help offset costs.
We encourage your submissions and look forward to seeing you shine at next year’s 2024 NAGARA Annual Conference!
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