CALL FOR PROFESSIONALS
FCA 91st Annual Convention | October 14-17, 2021
Holiday Inn Resort, Lake Buena Vista (new for 2021)
CollaborACTION
Deadline Extended: October 1st, 2021
Vice President’s Note: Hello industry leaders and professional organizations! Welcome to the Florida Communication Association (FCA). Here at FCA, we are dedicated to promoting scholarship which is both practical and pragmatic which we cannot do without you. The insights and perspectives you bring to the table are valuable and enable scholars to produce community-centered research which, in turn, will be better suited to assist your business/organization. We invite you to participate in our convention this year. Feel free to attend as member/member organization or as a presenter. It will be great to hear from you this year!
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You’ve heard of collaboration, but we here at the Florida Communication Association are taking it one step further. We are imploring everyone to put action behind their words and take part in this years’ theme of CollaborACTION. We invite you as industry leaders, professional organizations, and community partners to submit a panel discussion or workshop idea. Our theme of CollaborACTION asks our members to reflect on the question, “How do we bridge the gaps between theory and practice?” In other words, how do we make our scholarship pragmatic and applicable to YOU? We encourage all submissions to embrace this question through your own experiences so we can establish more practical research agendas. We welcome voices from numerous industries, organizations, and partners to speak on ways communication scholars can walk alongside you in your professional endeavors.
Submitting Your Proposal:
At this year’s convention, we will be offering three ways for industry leaders, professional organizations, and/or community partners to participate in the convention: 1) Industry Speaks Panels, 2) Industry-Scholar Workshops, and 3) White Papers. The convention is also offering industry leaders, professional organizations, and/or community partners to submit poster presentations concerning the status of communication in their business or organization. Your submissions can be representative of your organization alone or may represent numerous organizations. Participants may be made up of any individual who is presenting on behalf of the organization including, but not limited to: communication managers, marketing directors, managers, and employees.
*Please indicate which option your submission fits into when submitting.*
All proposals should be submitted electronically using the FCA website at http://www.floridacom.org. Use the “Convention” link in the top menu and then click on “Proposal Submission.” If you experience problems submitting your proposal, please contact Lakelyn Taylor at lakelyn.taylor@ucf.edu.
Submissions
-Industry Speaks Panels
These panels are meant to provide industry leaders, professional organizations, and community partners a chance to discuss important communication-related projects, issues, and/or case studies. Panel participants may be comprised solely of industry leaders, professional organizations, and/or community partners OR may include communication scholars. These panel should NOT be made up solely of communication scholars in the academy. Preference will be given to panels which address the convention theme of CollaborACTION.
All panel proposals must include a one-page cover letter including: 1) a rationale for the proposed presentation, 2) a brief (50-word) description AND a brief (100-word) abstract for the proposed panel, and 3) a list of all participants including names, titles, affiliations, and contact information (email and phone number). Please clearly identify the primary speaker or moderator of the panel who shall serve as the primary contact. Submission should be in either Microsoft Word or PDF.
-Industry-Scholar Workshops
Industry-scholar workshops are meant to foster a more informal atmosphere for industry leaders, professional organizations, community partners, and communication scholars to interact and workshop together. These workshops can cover a variety of topics including but not limited to: best practices in crisis communication, training and instruction, advertising and marketing campaigns, and employer-employee communication best practices. Industry leaders, professional organization, community partners, and/or communication scholars will work together to craft a strategic plan or deliverable as agreed upon by the presenters. Preference will be given to workshops which address the convention theme of CollaborACTION.
All workshop proposals must include a one-page cover letter including: 1) a rationale for the proposed workshop, 2) a brief (50-word) description AND a brief (100-word) abstract for the proposed workshop including the end goal/deliverable, and 3) a list of all participants including names, titles, affiliations, and contact information (email and phone number). Please clearly identify the primary speaker or moderator of the panel who shall serve as the primary contact. Submission should be in either Microsoft Word or PDF.
-White Papers
White papers should be in-depth reports including background information, the problem(s) being addressed or case being reported, main arguments, any empirical research, any potential solutions, and results or a conclusion. White papers should include a section discussing potential solutions, steps forward, and/or critical thinking questions for the audience. The focus of submitted white papers should be to provide practical implications and/or applications for the audience based on the report. Priority will be given to white papers which address the convention theme of CollaborACTION.
Full white paper submissions should include a cover sheet listing the paper title and names, titles, affiliations, emails, and phone numbers for all authors. Completed papers should have an abstract (100 words max), no more than five keywords, and should NOT exceed 25 double-spaced pages excluding references and appendices. Submission should be in either Microsoft Word or PDF.