Presenting at the Northern Student Leadership Drive-In (NSLDI) is both a privilege and a professional development opportunity to demonstrate the practical application of your experiences with residential student success. Professionals and student leaders can use this opportunity to establish dialogue and/or share best practices surrounding current issues and trends in higher education.
 

• DEADLINE: Proposals are due by 11:59pm on January 10th, 2025

• NOTIFICATIONS: The Program Committee will notify everyone of proposal status no later than January 22nd, 2025.

 

 

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Please Consider the Following

• What is the rationale behind doing this program?
• How will the program be of interest to NSLDI participants?
• What is the program agenda? (time and flow)
• How does this program relate to the conference theme?
• Is your program appropriate for the allotted time? (presentations are 30 minutes)
• Consider what will appeal to the participants of NSLDI when writing your title and abstract for the program. • • What will catch people’s attention? How will your program stand out from the rest?
 

Program Criteria

Meet one or more of the following learning outcomes:

• Students will be able to discuss programming ideas with students from other institutions.

•  Students will be able to gain resources to create creative and educational programs.

• Students will have the opportunity to promote and showcase their institution and department.

• Students will be able to create and develop connection/friendship with other participants from other institutions.

• Clarity of purpose/rationale of the presentation
• Potential interest to a diverse group of staff
• Presented information is as up to date as possible and coincides with current needs and trends in Higher Education today
• Opportunity for audience participation
• Connection with conference theme
• Applies to needs faced by students, student leaders, and/or staff
• Proper citing of sources for programs which were not created by the presenter

 

Resources

• Need some inspiration? Here is a spreadsheet of programs that have been presented in the past! 

Professional Staff Sessions

• This year we will continue to highlight the opportunity to offer a Professional Staff Sessions of programming offerings during the day, running concurrently with other programs.

• Should you have a program that would target non para-professional staff specifically, please note Graduate/Professional Staff under the Target Audience selection.

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Having Trouble or Questions?

 

• Please email Syntina Nesbitt (syntina@berkeley.edu ) and Ashley Kainz (ashley.kainz@csueastbay.edu) if you have any questions or difficulty with this Program Proposal Form.

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