Present at the Summit
High quality conference sessions are key to equipping our attendees with the tools effect change at home. The deadline to submit a session proposal is February 28, 2025.
Proposal Submission Timeline
| January 28, 2025 | RFP released |
| February 28, 2025 | Proposal submission deadline |
| April 11, 2025 | Acceptance notifications |
Evaluation Criteria
The Center for Community Progress evaluates all proposals using the following criteria:
- Clearly articulated focus and learning outcomes
- Thoughtful, cohesive, and well-written ideas and structure
- Showcases innovative and practical tools, strategies, policies, or programs
- Equips attendees with actionable ideas or relevant research to inform their work
- Presenters are qualified and relevant to the purpose and learning outcomes of the session
- Includes diverse voices that reflect the racial, ethnic, gender, and other diversity of the communities served
- Extra consideration will be given to session proposals that include panelists from multiple geographies (e.g., multiple cities, states)
The following will result in disqualification. Disqualified proposals will not be evaluated.
- Incomplete session proposals
- Session proposals that appear to be a product or service promotion
- Session proposals received after the submission deadline of February 28, 2025
Looking for more session proposal guidance? Check out our Tips for a Successful Session Proposal.
Contact Information
Questions about this proposal process should be directed to Thamarrah Jones at [email protected]. We will do our best to address all questions, however, questions received less than 72 hours prior to the February 28, 2025 deadline may not receive a response.
