CommunityMatters'10 Conference - Call for Breakout Session Presenters!

The Orton Family Foundation seeks presenters for breakout sessions at CommunityMatters’10 highlighting innovative, interdisciplinary, citizen-driven examples of community building.

Application Deadline: June, 11, 2010

October 5-8, 2010, Denver, Colorado
                              

Read the complete Call for Presenters here and apply today to participate in sessions within any of our three tracks—Be the Change, Stock Your Toolbox, and Make It Happen. Session Presenters will be offered more than 50% off the conference registration fee!

We seek session presenters who can:

• Emphasize citizen engagement, collaboration and creative solutions
• Highlight projects, tools and processes that can be used and replicated in a wide range of communities, geographic regions and disciplines
• Talk about proven results or share inspiring success stories
• Give a dynamic, engaging presentations and involve the audience
• Leave session participants with clear takeaways, such as tools to try at home, projects that could be replicated, or processes that could be implemented

Please download the Call for Breakout Session Presenters, complete an application and submit it by 5 PM EST, June 11, 2010. For questions about the application process, sessions or the conference in general, please contact us at infocommunitymatters [dot] org.

We hope to see you October 5 - 8, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt in Denver, Colorado, surrounded by breathtaking views of Denver and the Rockies!
DOWNLOAD CALL FOR SESSION PRESENTERS
SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TODAY!
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The Orton Family Foundation, based in Middlebury, Vermont, and Denver, Colorado, seeks to help small cities and towns discover and describe their heart and soul—the collective attributes that make communities unique—and build on those attributes in planning toward a vibrant, enduring future.

CommunityMatters is an interactive exchange for individuals and organizations working to engage citizens and build strong, vibrant communities from the ground up. The CommunityMatters website and conference fuel a growing network of leaders, thinkers and doers in a variety of disciplines: sustainability, planning, health, justice, education, poverty, economic development, arts and more. CommunityMatters is a project of the Orton Family Foundation, in collaboration with other partners.