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What is a Keynote Speaker?

The NSLDI committee is looking for one Professional Staff & Student Leader keynote speakers to participate in the Opening session of the conference. The keynote speech should be no more than 10 minutes:

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This year’s Drive-In is being hosted at California State University, East Bay (Cal State East Bay) in Hayward, CA. Cal State East Bay seeks to foster innovation, economic and social development as well as strengthening the regions health and vibrancy through inspiring our Pioneers to path those paths.  Cal State East Bay welcome and fosters a sense of community, we host a home for a multitude of backgrounds and experiences

 

There are so many ways that undergraduate student success can reflect and create their own heroic self. We want our students to recognize their strengths and challenge their weaknesses to unmask their own heroic potential. 

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Your speech should focus on uplifting and motivate those attending the conference, sharing a message that will celebrate, encourage and empower each individual story. 
 

If you are an RA/CA, student leader, student and professional staff who loves to bring people together, this can be an amazing professional development opportunity to show your experience with other who also strive and care for student success.

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Keynote Specifics

Selection Criteria:

The NSLDI 2024 committee will select two speeches (1 Student Leader & 1 Professional Staff) based on the following criteria:

1. Reflect the 2024 theme and the programming categories… Unmask Your Heroic Leadership

   1. How have you taken your leadership skills beyond your role?

   2. How have you supported and inspired other leaders?

2.  Ability to inspire and excite other 

3.  Quality of the written script (ability to articulate thoughts, appropriate language)

4. Delivery (ability to communicate through speech) or through other creative means.

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If selected, the keynote speaker must be in attendance at the conference on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 and will be given preparation instructions prior to the conference.

 

One speaker will speak at the opening session and one speaker will speak at the closing session.

 

The keynote presentation can be no more than 10 minutes in length. The presentation can include audio/visual components, if needed. The application to submit their interest is now available!

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DEADLINE: The application is January 10th, 2025 by 11:59pm, the speaker selected will be notified via email of their speech selected for the conference. 

NOTIFICATION: Those selected will be notified by January 22nd, 2025.

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