Speaking Guidelines CALL FOR SPEAKERS/PROPOSALS OPEN SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER
A quality presentation... 🔸 Contains practical information or a case study that will help industry practitioners gain revenue, gain efficiencies and/or meet their business objectives.
🔸 Covers a new, specific topic relevant to travel and tourism .
🔸 Speaks to one of these target audiences : ◆ Small, mid-sized, and/or large destination organizations
🔸 Does not promote products or contain any kind of sales pitch. If industry vendors are submitting a proposal, the proposal MUST include a case study and a Destinations International member speaker . Any speaking proposal focused on product promotion will be disqualified. Discussing general product categories is acceptable if there is clear intent to educate and not sell. A quality speaker... 🔸 Knows their session’s intended audience and engages with attendees. When interactivity is part of a lesson, more information is retained. 🔸 Is collaborative in every sense of the word . This includes collaborating with panelists for an engaging conversation about all angles of a topic. This also includes collaborating with Destinations International to ensure all learning objectives and deadlines are met.
🔸 Has a passion to present.
A few additional notes: 🔸 As always, participation in Annual Convention education is an unpaid, voluntary speaking opportunity. Complimentary registration is not provided. 🔸 We are interested in different session formats : ◆ Round table discussions – interactivity and collaboration aids knowledge retention and provides attendees with additional networking opportunities. ◆ Instructive presentation ◆ Panel interview or fireside chat 🔸 Educational sessions are 45 minutes long.
🔸 Submitters will be contacted about six weeks after the submission deadline.
🔸 For speaking topics and additional guidelines, visit : https://destinationsinternational.org/article/2025-events-call-speakers
CONTACT: Rori Ferensic
Senior VP of Professional Development rferensic@destinationsinternational.org
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