Suggested List of Presentation/Poster Topics for ADP 2012 National Meeting
 CATEGORY 1: Civic Engagement 2.0
Web 2.0 applications are not only the next iteration of an existing application, but also facilitate collaboration,
information sharing, and user-centered design. Web 2.0 applications include social media sites, blogs, Wikis, etc.
Let's re-imagine, strengthen and deepen our civic work in ways that move the preparation of informed, engaged
citizens for our democracy from margin to center on our campuses. As we celebrate the American Democracy
Project's 10th birthday, let's envision our next 10 years together! Civic Engagement 2.0 presentations might
consider questions such as:
 How can we make existing civic education and engagement efforts more student and citizen-centered?
 What can we do to make ADP more interactive, participative and discovery driven?
 How can we harness new technologies to engage more students and/or to make our teaching and
programming more effective?
 CATEGORY 2: Diversity and Civic Engagement
We seek proposal submissions that address this important and often overlooked aspect of our work. Each
proposal should address the following: How can we be more inclusive of diverse populations in the civic
engagement “movement?” What specific events and strategies have you used to engage diverse students in civic
and political efforts on and off campus? If you are a member of a minority community, how (if at all) has your
identity been important to your work in the civic engagement field?
 CATEGORY 3: Analysis of the Use of Signature Pedagogies and Practices
We seek presentations about the high-impact practices that you have developed to encourage students to be
active citizens. Which signature pedagogies and practices have you used to inspire students to deeper levels of
political and community engagement? Signature pedagogies and practices include such things as Democracy
Plazas, Naturalization Ceremonies, campus-wide events, in-class deliberation strategies, and community-based
learning experiences.
 CATEGORY 4: Working With Students
Students are absolutely indispensable to the success of the American Democracy Project. Without student
collaboration and input, there is no way to know how to design successful, high-impact programs. How have you
worked directly with students to design and implement American Democracy Project activities? Or, alternatively,
students how have you worked together or with faculty and staff on your campuses to create ADP programs and
activities?
 CATEGORY 5: Institutionalization and Administration of Civic Engagement
How are you moving the work of preparing informed, engaged citizens from margin to center? We seek
presentations on topics such as how to infuse civic engagement across campus, organize a project, find funding,
publicize your project, work with community partners and community colleges, collaborate between academic and
student affairs, secure faculty buy-in, nurture and sustain institutional attention. We are also particularly interested
in faculty promotion and tenure strategies, as well as recognition and reward.
 CATEGORY 6: Assessment
We seek presentations on assessment strategies, assessment tools, and assessment results across the broad
range of institutional life: assessment of courses or programs, assessment linked to institutional outcomes, or
assessment that evaluates the effectiveness of specific strategies. We are particularly interested in the
assessment of civic skills as one dimension of civic outcomes.
 CATEGORY 7: Civic Engagement in Action Series
We also seek proposals from those campus representatives involved in national ADP initiatives: America’s
Future; Civic Agency; Deliberative Polling; eCitizenship (& the Informed Citizen Project); eJournal of Public
Affairs; Political Engagement Project; 7 Revolutions; Stewardship of Public Lands
 CATEGORY 8: The View at 30,000 Feet
What does the civic engagement movement look like from 30,000 feet? We seek proposals that explore bigpicture topics and philosophic questions about citizenship and civic engagement, theories of diversity, models of
political efficacy, etc.
 CATEGORY 9: Open Topics (please specify)
If you would like to make a presentation on a topic not already listed, submit your proposal in this category.