Welcome to the 2006 NACDEP Conference Proposal Site!

Deadline to submit EXTENDED to September 16.

We are delighted you are submitting a proposal for the conference to be held Feb. 13-16, 2006, in San Antonio, Texas. As you submit your proposal, we would like you to keep these things in mind:

• There are eight subject matter tracks that proposals will be accepted in. A brief description of each of these tracks is listed to help you submit your proposal in the right track. Please do not submit your proposal in more than one subject matter area.
• We want you to indicate if your proposal is for a Skill Building/Training workshop, a Success Story or Project, Program Curriculum, Research paper or a Poster session. You can indicate your first and second choice of preferable presentation.
  
• Track committees will determine which proposals will be accepted, how much time they will be allotted and which of the presentation choices they would like you to do based on your first or second choice. They may ask you to present in a way that you did not choose; please be open to that should they ask.
  
• When choosing proposals, track committees may consider things like ease of transferability and use in Extension education programs, impacts of the program, soundness of principles and methodology, innovative program with proven success (results), geographical mix of programs from across the country, and research base and theory in determining which proposals to accept. The date of the proposal submission will not be a consideration unless submitted after Sept. 10.
  
• We ask that if your proposal is accepted, you comply with the wishes of the Track Committees in regards to the time you are allotted.
  
• The Track Chairs and Committees are Extension Professionals that volunteer for this job in order to present the very best conference program possible. Please help them by meeting deadlines and accepting the opportunity to present your information at our National Conference if offered.

Click on the subject matter of interest below to submit a conference proposal.

• Economic Development
  This track seeks presentations on programs designed to study and/or improve local economies (e.g., community economic analysis, tourism, downtown development, home-based and micro enterprise development, e-commerce, and business retention and expansion).
  
• Community Decision Making
  This track seeks presentations on creative models of community engagement and shared decision-making (e.g., community visioning, planning, asset mapping, public issues education, citizen participation, and collaboration). Also welcome are proposals that explore how Extension professionals might better work and learn with communities to develop, or modify, programs that better serve diverse communities with differing social and cultural values.
  
• Education and Workforce Development
  This track seeks presentations on programs that help individuals and communities understand labor markets and education for careers (e.g., youth and adult workforce preparation, service learning, changing labor force, and debt and income management).
  
• Information Technology Literacy
  This track seeks presentations on programs that help individuals, organizations or communities learn how to use and apply technology (e.g., e-commerce, e-government, graphic information systems, community information networks, Mainstreet charette visioning, 3-D community planning, community infrastructure, economic development spreadsheet modeling, and training).
  
• Local Government and Community Services
  This track seeks presentations on innovative programming and methodologies that will help conference participants address local governance and community services issues, including targeted programs designed to build collaboration between local government leaders and community development practitioners (e.g., managing public resources, multi-community collaborations, knowledge and skills development for elected and appointed government officials, health, housing, transportation, public safety and community infrastructure development).
  
• Land Use and Natural Resources
  This track seeks presentations of proven outreach programs based on scientific research in the broad area of land use and natural resources (e.g., local and regional land policy formation and strategies, water quantity and quality balanced management, economic and environmental impact analysis, urban/suburban/sprawl/town/rural/agriculture conflict resolutions, community/regional visioning, planning and ordinance development, regional value added agriculture strategies, innovative taxation approaches to development, growth or economic stagnation, infrastructure replacement planning, and property rights and community beautification responsibilities).
  
• Leadership Development
  This track seeks presentations on effective leadership development efforts being used by Extension programs in rural and urban settings (e.g., community and volunteer leader development, organizational development, nonprofit leadership, leading organizations through transformational processes, and elected officials leadership programs).
  
• Developing Successful Community Initiatives
  Successful Community Initiatives are those that involve community-driven agendas and actions that foster community viability and sustainability.