Call for Presenters

We are looking for new, fresh and innovative proposals in our efforts to provide a premier educational experience for our members. Please review the guidelines below prior to submitting a proposal.

We are seeking presentations in these five major topic areas:

• Learning Theory
• Canine Behavior
• Laws & Regulations
• Health & Nutrition
• Business

What is a Webinar?

A webinar is a 60- to 90-minute web-based session that integrates a combination of a PowerPoint™ slideshow, audience questions via online chat, and an audio presentation. To present a webinar session, you need a telephone (a land line, not a mobile line), Internet access, and PowerPoint™ slides. Each webinar includes a 10-minute introduction, 60 minute presentation, and 15 - 20 minutes for chat-based Q&A at the end of the presentation. Speakers can present the webinar from their office or home.

Sample of a Presentation

If you have not previously spoken at an APDT educational event, please provide a sample presentation to the APDT staff at webinars@apdt.com. A sample presentation can consist of a video or audio file of you speaking before an audience.

• For video files, please upload them to a private YouTube channel and forward us the link.
• For audio files under 60 MB, you may upload to www.apdt.com/uploads.

Submission Format

Submit proposals online via our form. You will receive a confirmation ID your submission has been received. Please save this confirmation ID.

Collect all the information you will need in advance.

We suggest that you prepare your submission using word processing software as there is no spell check in the online form, and you can also save your submission in case your browser times out during the submission process. Software packages will also allow you to perform a word count for the sections in which a maximum word count is specified.

Copy and paste your submission into the appropriate fields.

Complete all required fields. These fields are indicated with an asterisk (*)

You must complete a new submission for each presentation.

Print/save a copy of your submission for future reference.

Submission Deadlines:

• June-August 2011 Webinars – March 31, 2011
• September-December 2011 Webinars – June 15, 2011
• January-March 2012 Webinars – September 15, 2011
• April-May 2012 Webinars – December 15, 2011

How Will You Know if You Are Selected?

If you are selected you will be contacted by the APDT Webinar Coordinator

You will be required to agree to a set of APDT webinar presenter guidelines and adhere to all deadlines, as well as sign a presenter contract. The guidelines include:

• Webinar presentations must not contain any type of promotional marketing or selling of any product or service.
• The Powerpoint template to be used must be the official APDT webinar template.
• The webinar presentation will be recorded for future use by the APDT and APDT will be the sole copyright owner of the recording.

Please remember that we will receive a large number of proposals and can only select a small number of speakers each year, due to a limited number of speaker slots.

Questions?

Please contact the APDT staff at webinars@apdt.com.

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