Support Driven Leadership Summit Portland 2022- Call for Proposals
Do you find that you spend social gatherings regaling your friends with your theories of leadership? When you made your list of New Year’s resolutions, was one of them to speak at a conference about leadership? When you talk in your sleep, is it mostly to say, “I’m the captain now?” Whether the answer to any of these questions is yes or even a hesitant and/or confused “...maybe?” we’d like you to know that we’re accepting proposals for the long-delayed and long-awaited Support Driven Leadership Summit, taking place on June 6 and 7, 2022, in Portland, Oregon!
Call for Proposals (CFP): Case Studies and Talks
We’re looking for two different types of presentations.
Case Studies:
45 minutes long
Tell us about a challenging situation you dealt with
Make some part of your presentation a group activity for the attendees (we’ll help!)
Leave attendees with action items they can use at their company
Talks:
20 minutes maximum
No interactive element required
Themes
Each presentation should align with one of these themes:
Management
Potential topics: conflict resolution, people management, hiring, feedback
Strategy
Potential topics: culture, change management, working with teams, working with executives
Operations
Potential topics: metrics, data, forecasting, budgeting, scheduling, scaling
Career
Potential topics: mentorship, growth, professional development
That all sounds great but what’s in it for you?
In addition to the euphoric rush of speaking in front of an engaged, talented crowd and the glow you get from making a lasting impact on your fellow humans, you’ll also receive:
A complimentary conference ticket for you
A complimentary conference ticket to share so you’ll have a friendly face in the crowd
Feedback and support from a talk editor as you prepare your presentation
We still haven’t managed to get any company to acquire us for the several billion dollars we know that we’re worth, so we’re unable to pay for travel or lodging for speakers. But we hope that the opportunity to give back to and network with the Support Driven community will be valuable enough for you to be able to attend. We haven’t checked this, but we’re pretty sure approximately 93% of all Support Driven community members live in or on the outskirts of Portland, and every one of them wants to help you achieve your speaking goal.
For any applicants we don’t select to speak at the Summit, we’ll give you a discount code for $200 off the ticket price to show our appreciation for the time and effort you put in.
What you commit to when you apply
If we accept your application, we’ll need you to:
Commit to the milestone deadlines (see below)
Participate in regular check ins with your Talk Editor
Adhere to our Code of Conduct
Agree that we may use your name and photo to promote the conference
Agree that we may record your talk and slides (audio, video, photography) for use in social media, marketing, sales, and distribution
Here are those milestone deadlines
February 18 - Speaker applications close at 11:59pm PST.
February 25 - We will notify you as to whether your proposal has been accepted.
April 18 - Begin working with your talk editor
May 16 - Deadline for final slides and talk recording
June 6 - Walk-through in the morning at the venue
June 6 -7 - Support Driven Leadership Summit 2022 Portland
And here’s how to apply
Write a brief pitch - less than a page/250 words - that tells us what your case study or talk is about and what your audience will learn from it. If you need some pitch advice, our own Lisa Hunt wrote some advice for you.
Submit the required materials via the CFP form below by February 18, 2022
For any questions, reach out in Slack #event-sd-leadership-summit or send us an email at community@supportdriven.com
We’re so excited to get back together in person, in the summer(!), in Portland(!!), with so many brilliant people.
We can’t wait to start reading your proposals!