Are you interested in
presenting at the 30th Silent
Weekend June 18-20 or 25-27, 2009 (Friday morning thru Saturday
afternoon)
in
Orlando? All presenters are expected to
use ASL with NO VOICING! (We can offer a few
interpreting music and voicing workshops in separate
rooms). A few presenters are needed to also present Thursday
afternoon and/or night, Friday night, and/or Sunday morning.
We expect 700 participants
with about 50
beginners, 100 intermediates and 550 advanced
. Even though the advanced topics will have CEUs applied
for, some of your topics should be geared toward ASL
STUDENTS
and
not just for INTERPRETERS only. Interpreters can benefit from
linguistics, Deaf Culture issues, etc. We will accept about 50%
interpreting specific topics ... keep in mind that
many of them may want topics related to education. Perhaps signs
to use in math, biology, history, English, chemistry, etc?
Unlike many other conferences which require you to register, pay
for your travel, and reserve your own hotel room, your registration
will be free, you will have a hotel room, and your travel
expenses
subsidized! Your audience will be 700 ASL & ITP students,
as well as RID interpreters from all over the
country. For the 3rd year in a row, we are giving comp
registrations to every RID
affiliate Presidents so this is a great opportunity for you to
become noticed by others and get more offers to present.
Selected presenters presenting eight or more hours will be given
travel reimbursement (living more than 50 miles away), one-half of a
double occupancy hotel room Thursday and Friday nights
and free
registration to the entire Weekend and an honorarium of $100 per hour for presenters on
advanced/interpreter topics and $75 per hour for intermediate and
beginner topics.
Our registration income is not designed to support co-presenters so if
you need to co-present, the
2nd presenter will be given a complimentary registration only and
will be responsible for travel and lodging.
If you want a private room, the extra
cost will be your responsibility.
If you want to
stay extra nights, you need to make your own arrangements with the
hotel. If you don’t want a private room,
then we will
pair you up with another presenter.
All beginner
topics should be ONE hour. Most participants say that two-hour
sessions are too long to stay focused
on. Most intermediate and advanced topics should also be one
hour. Some intermediate and advanced topics can be
two-hours. Presentations
should be interactive.
Please submit at
least eight
hours of
presentations
in order of preference
(This gives you more than half of each day free to attend other
sessions). If you want to do nine to ten hours, that is
fine. When presenters submit their topics, they will
be posted on the website to help other presenters submit different
topics. Once 100+ hours of topics are proposed, we will contact
you and let you know which topics we would like you to present at end
of regular registration (we need to see how many participants are in
each level). Please
submit descriptions of topics
ASAP. This will help in the selection process.
It isn't cost
effective to have a presenter doing fewer
than eight hours. If you would like to do
just two to four hours, you will need to register for the Silent
Weekend,
obtain your own room
and travel (however
you will be given an
honorarium).
For presenters living more than 50
miles from Orlando you may be reimbursed at
25
cents per mile or round trip
airfare, whichever is less expensive. You can get a nice tax write-off for
mileage! Please don’t purchase air tickets until this
selection process is finalized!
Name ________________________________________________________________
Address
____________________________________________________________________________________
Please give your
presentation titles in order of
preference. Please
duplicate as needed for each topic
wanting to present.
1st choice: Title
of
presentation: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Suitable
for
[ ] beginners [ ]
intermediate [ ] advanced (if
you check more than one, you need to
adjust the depth of presentation for each level)
[ ] I would like to repeat this
for two or more levels
This
is for
[ ] one hour [ ]
two hours
Equipment
needs: [
] Overhead projector [
] Flip
chart [ ] LCD projector [ ]
None needed (note: Laptops
will not be provided and
transparencies prepared by you. Should be at least 24 pont
size or larger ... not simply a copy of a handout page).
Brief
description (for program book) ________________________________________
2nd choice: Title
of
presentation: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Suitable
for
[ ] beginners [ ]
intermediate [ ] advanced (if
you check more than one, you need to
adjust the depth of presentation for each level)
[ ] I would like to repeat this
for two or more levels
This
is for
[ ] one hour [ ]
two hours
Equipment needs: [ ] Overhead projector [ ] Flip chart [ ] LCD projector [ ] None needed (note: Laptops will not be provided and transparencies prepared by you. Should be at least 24 pont size or larger ... not simply a copy of a handout page).
Brief
description (for program book) ________________________________________
3rd choice: Title
of
presentation: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Suitable
for
[ ] beginners [ ]
intermediate [ ] advanced (if
you check more than one, you need to
adjust the depth of presentation for each level)
[ ] I would like to repeat this
for two or more levels
This
is for
[ ] one hour [ ]
two hours
Equipment needs: [ ] Overhead projector [ ] Flip chart [ ] LCD projector [ ] None needed (note: Laptops will not be provided and transparencies prepared by you. Should be at least 24 pont size or larger ... not simply a copy of a handout page).
Brief
description (for program book) ________________________________________
4th choice: Title
of
presentation: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Suitable
for
[ ] beginners [ ]
intermediate [ ] advanced (if
you check more than one, you need to
adjust the depth of presentation for each level)
[ ] I would like to repeat this
for two or more levels
This
is for
[ ] one hour [ ]
two hours
Equipment needs: [ ] Overhead projector [ ] Flip chart [ ] LCD projector [ ] None needed (note: Laptops will not be provided and transparencies prepared by you. Should be at least 24 pont size or larger ... not simply a copy of a handout page).
Brief
description (for program book) ________________________________________
5th choice: Title
of
presentation: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Suitable
for
[ ] beginners [ ]
intermediate [ ] advanced (if
you check more than one, you need to
adjust the depth of presentation for each level)
[ ] I would like to repeat this
for two or more levels
This
is for
[ ] one hour [ ]
two hours
Equipment needs: [ ] Overhead projector [ ] Flip chart [ ] LCD projector [ ] None needed (note: Laptops will not be provided and transparencies prepared by you. Should be at least 24 pont size or larger ... not simply a copy of a handout page).
Brief
description (for program book) ________________________________________
6th choice: Title
of
presentation: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
This
is for
[ ] one hour [ ]
two hours
Equipment needs: [ ] Overhead projector [ ] Flip chart [ ] LCD projector [ ] None needed (note: Laptops will not be provided and transparencies prepared by you. Should be at least 24 pont size or larger ... not simply a copy of a handout page).
Brief
description (for program book) ________________________________________
7th choice: Title
of
presentation: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Suitable
for
[ ] beginners [ ]
intermediate [ ] advanced (if
you check more than one, you need to
adjust the depth of presentation for each level)
[ ] I would like to repeat this
for two or more levels
This
is for
[ ] one hour [ ]
two hours
Equipment needs: [ ] Overhead projector [ ] Flip chart [ ] LCD projector [ ] None needed (note: Laptops will not be provided and transparencies prepared by you. Should be at least 24 pont size or larger ... not simply a copy of a handout page).
Brief
description (for program book) ________________________________________
8th choice: Title
of
presentation: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Suitable
for
[ ] beginners [ ]
intermediate [ ] advanced (if
you check more than one, you need to
adjust the depth of presentation for each level)
[ ] I would like to repeat this
for two or more levels
This
is for
[ ] one hour [ ]
two hours
Equipment needs: [ ] Overhead projector [ ] Flip chart [ ] LCD projector [ ] None needed (note: Laptops will not be provided and transparencies prepared by you. Should be at least 24 pont size or larger ... not simply a copy of a handout page).
Brief
description (for program book) ________________________________________
May 30, 2008 form
Please
return to Mike Tuccelli,
or email
to DrASL@aol.com (preferred)