Guidelines for Presenters at the Religious Education Association Annual Meeting
All presenters submitted proposals last spring that were peer-reviewed for inclusion in the Annual Meeting program. These Guidelines are an aid for proposals selected for presentation.
Eligibility
To present a paper or lead a workshop or colloquy at the annual meeting, you must be a member of the Religious Education Association and registered for the annual meeting.
Research Interest Group Presentations
Presenters of research papers must submit their full papers no later than September 17, 2012. Papers must be sent electronically to the Executive Secretary, Dr. Lucinda Huffaker, at secretary [at] religiouseducation [dot] net. Papers are limited to 3000 words (not including the title, abstract, and references).
Presenters of research papers will typically be paired with another presenter and will share a 75 minute session known as a “Research Interest Group.” All papers will be posted on the website prior to the meeting. Presenters should assume that those attending the session have read the paper in advance. Equal time for presentation and discussion should be allotted to each presenter in a paired session. A moderator will be assigned to facilitate each paired presentation, and may invite discussion either after each presentation or after both presentations are completed.
Presenters should carefully prepare a 15-20 minute presentation. Please do not attempt to read your paper within this short timeframe. The most productive presentations will remind attendees very briefly of the basic argument and outline of the paper, and lay out a few key issues for discussion. Session attendees should have read the paper in advance and be ready to take up the issues you name or raise issues of their own. Presentations may be supported by printed handouts (outline, discussion questions, etc.), or audio or visual materials (see notes below regarding AV guidelines). Please do not plan to read through a PowerPoint presentation which could be easily read in a few minutes by attendees themselves. Bear in mind also that most attendees will immediately read (very quickly and very efficiently) anything you hand out or project (during which time they will not attend to anything you say), and will then find irritating any attempt you make to re-read or pedantically explain the material to them.
Presenters of papers may revise and submit their papers for possible inclusion in the conference issue of the Religious Education Journal. Detailed information will be sent to the presenters following the annual meeting. The Call for Papers Committee will act as the peer review jury. The journal editor will make the final selections. Submissions are due in January 2013.
Colloquy Presentations
Presenters of Colloquia are not expected to contribute a paper although they may distribute material in their session and/or submit material in advance for posting on the website (e.g. drafts, handouts, bibliography, outlines). These materials are due September 17, 2012 sent electronically to the Executive Secretary, Dr. Lucinda Huffaker, at secretary [at] religiouseducation [dot] net.
Colloquy presenters will often be paired with another colloquy presenter and will share a 75 minute session. Equal time for presentation and discussion should be allotted to each presenter in a paired session. A moderator will be assigned to facilitate each paired presentation, and may invite discussion either after each presentation or after both presentations are completed.
Presenters should carefully prepare a 15-20 minute presentation. Please do not attempt to read a paper within this short timeframe. The most productive presentations will lay out a few key issues for discussion. Presentations may be supported by printed handouts (outline, discussion questions, etc.), or audio or visual materials (see notes below regarding AV guidelines). Please do not plan to read through a PowerPoint presentation which could be easily read in a few minutes by attendees themselves. Bear in mind also that most attendees will immediately read (very quickly and very efficiently) anything you hand out or project (during which time they will not attend to anything you say), and then find irritating any attempt you make to re-read or pedantically explain the material to them.
Workshop Presentations
Workshop presenters will have a full 75 minute session. The most productive workshops will engage participants around a small set of issues or questions and provide constructive practical suggestions for addressing those issues.
Presentations may be supported by printed handouts (outline, discussion questions, etc.), or audio or visual materials (see notes below regarding AV guidelines). Please do not plan to read through a PowerPoint presentation which could be easily read in a few minutes by attendees themselves. Bear in mind also that most attendees will immediately read (very quickly and very efficiently) anything you hand out or project (during which time they will not attend to anything you say), and then find irritating any attempt you make to re-read or pedantically explain the material to them.
Digital Media/Poster Presentations
A 60 minute block will be dedicated in the meeting schedule for “Digital Media and Poster Presentations.” Digital Media and Poster presenters will each have a space near the Book Display for setting up their presentation. A poster is a graphically based approach to presenting research. In presenting your research with a poster, you should aim to use the poster as a means for generating active discussion of the research. You may choose to use digital media in combination with your poster. In most cases this will take the form of a presentation on your own laptop, set up at your poster site. Below are resources for thinking about and preparing your digital media and/or poster presentation.
Resources:
- http://www.pitt.edu/~etbell/nsurg/PosterGuide.html (excellent poster guidelines, traditional, natural sciences)
- http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/ (poster guidelines, arts & sci)
- http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/presentations_poster.html (poster basics in humanities)
- http://gradschool.unc.edu/student/postertips.html (posters in humanities guidelines, including digital media options and excellent resource articles).
A/V Guidelines
If you will need a projector, screen, sound, or any other A/V support for your presentation, please let Lucinda Huffaker know before August 15. Requests after August 15 cannot be accommodated. If you have access to a projector that you are able to bring for your presentation and also allow others to use during the meeting, please let us know by August 15 and you will receive a $50 discount on your conference registration (limited to the first 10 responses).