Kansas Campus Compact
103 Leadership Studies Bldg.
Manhattan KS 66506
Phone: 785.532.6896
Fax: 785.532.6542
www.k-state.edu/hungerdialogue
2014 Steering Committee
INVITATION TO SUBMIT A CONCURRENT SESSION PROPOSAL
Dr. Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Kansas Health Foundation
Distinguished Chair in
Strategic Communication
Wichita State University
Submission Deadline: November 15, 2013
Trisha Gott
Assistant Director, School of
Leadership Studies
Kansas State University
Rick McNary
Outreach, Inc.
We invite your participation in the 4th Annual Kansas Hunger Dialogue, February 26, 2014 in
Wichita, Kansas. The dialogue will place an emphasis on use of modern technology to engage
communities and bring together individuals from across the state to build awareness, advocacy,
and action about Hunger through the sharing of research, best practices, and model programs.
Through this call, we encourage submission of panel proposals and workshops that emphasize the
conference theme.
Specifically, four emphasis areas within the summit theme have been identified:
1) Developing campus initiatives
2) Policy & activism
3) Successful academic-practice partnerships
4) Community engagement through modern technologies
SUMMIT OBJECTIVES
Josh Mosier
Executive Director
Kansas Campus Compact
Dr. Jackie Vietti
President Emeritus
Butler Community College
The Kansas Hunger Dialogue will create a learning environment where intellectual discovery and
social responsibility converge in pursuit of a world that enhances human health and well-being for
present and future generations.
CONFERENCE AUDIENCE
Conference attendees will include learners and educators from diverse constituencies: faculty,
students, administrators, government officials, and representatives of community agencies and
partners interested in eradicating hunger locally, nationally, and globally.
CONCURRENT SESSION GUIDELINES
A variety of proposal types are encouraged for the summit, including panel presentations,
workshops. Concurrent sessions will be one hour and 15 minutes in length.
Presentation proposals:
Presentation proposals can be for individual presentations, full panels, or workshops.
Submissions should contain the completed conference proposal form
For individual and panel proposals:
a.
b.
c.
d.
a title for the panel
a 300 word summary of the substance of the panel
name(s), address(es), position(s)/title(s), institutional affiliation(s) (if appropriate),
email address(es), contact phone number(s) for presenters
the conference theme emphasis area to which you are submitting
For workshops:
Workshops are one hour and 15 minutes in length (longer workshops may be accommodated based
on their compelling contribution to the dialogue and as they fit into the time schedule).
Workshops should result in a concrete product that participants take away with them. For
example, an action plan, a project outline, a social media plan, etc
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
workshop title
target audience(s)
objectives: what, specifically will participants get out of this workshop?
a 300 word abstract of the content of the workshop
presenter(s) - name(s), address(es), position(s)/title(s), institutional affiliation(s) (if
appropriate), email address(es), contact phone number(s)room arrangement request
(theater, round tables)
indication of the theme /emphasis area to which you are submitting
Please submit your proposal by November 15 via e-mail to kscc@ksu.edu.
The Kansas Hunger Dialogue Steering Committee will review and select
the proposals. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance by email on
or before November 21.
All presenters are required to register for the conference.