Call for Webinar Presenters
This is a great opportunity as an Aging Services of Minnesota Business Partner to get in front of your target audience at no cost to you. Raise your visibility in the Aging Services provider community and position your company as a subject matter expert and strategic partner for the future.
Aging Services of Minnesota is always looking for hot topics to provide the most relevant and timely education for our members. If you have an idea for a topic or a desire to present a webinar, we want to hear from you. We invite you to submit a proposal to conduct a webinar presentation.
Aging Services of Minnesota is seeking webinars/speakers on topics related to older adult services, for example:
- Day to Day Operations
- Technology and Its Use in Aging Services Settings
- Marketing and Occupancy Challenges
- Cost Savings/Efficiencies During Tough Economic Times
- Resident/Consumer-Centered Care Models
- Expansion and/or Diversification of Programs and Services
- Quality Improvement/Accountability/Public Trust
- Leadership and Board Development
- Transformation of Long-Term Care
- Integrated Strategic Planning Approaches
- Workforce Development, Retention and Recruitment
- Funding and Financial Management
- Fund Raising/Grant Writing
- Insurance and Liability Concerns
- Risk Management
- Best Practices
- Communicating with the Media/Press and Crisis Communications
- Human Resources
- Legal Topics
- Survey Process and Regulatory Issues
- Improving Operations
- Other
If you are interested in speaking on any of these topics or other subjects related to older adult services please complete the Webinar Proposal Application (see link below).
What is a webinar?
A webinar is a virtual program presented live on the Internet using a PowerPoint presentation for the visual part and a land-line telephone connection or computer with speakers (VOIP) to hear the audio. Webinars are recorded for archival purposes for sale on demand.
Why is Aging Services of Minnesota offering webinars?
It is our goal to offer educational programs in a variety of modalities specifically designed to help member professionals gain important knowledge and skills to help them and their organizations succeed. Webinars are convenient and cost-effective ways to deliver training to multiple staff in all parts of Minnesota. We want our Business Partners to be a part of this effort.
When will the webinars be held and for how long?
It is Aging Services' goal to offer two webinars a month. For each 90-minute webinar, presenters should prepare approximately 80-minutes of presentation and allow 10-minutes for questions and answers throughout the webinar.
What are the presenter's responsibilities?
- Agree to the Guidelines for Webinar Speakers and complete the Webinar Proposal Application.
- Provide a PowerPoint presentation to be used for the visual part of the webinar. This must be submitted at least two weeks in advance of the webinar so that content can be evaluated and the final version can be sent to registered participants in advance of the webinar.
- You and your co-presenter are strongly encouraged to come to our office to use our equipment. If your office is far away from the Twin Cities - preventing you from being here in person - we could connect you using your phone, computer and high-speed Internet connection, however, this option is not preferred.
- Identify an Aging Services provider member, Aging Services staff person, state agency staff person or other faculty outside of your organization that can present with you. This person must be secured when you submit a topic idea.
- Participate in at least one training for the webinar. The presenters' PowerPoint presentation will be used during the training to familiarize the presenters with the webinar presentation logistics (i.e. how you will use the capabilities of the webinar technology to highlight parts of the PowerPoint presentation, how the webinar and presenters will be introduced by the webinar moderator, how questions will be handled in the presentation, etc.)
- Identify back-up presenters should an act of God or emergency occur on the presenters' scheduled webinar date and time.
- Develop multiple choice/true false questions for the LTC administrator post test as required by the Minnesota Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators in order to earn CEUs for a webinar. The post test must be submitted two weeks in advance of the webinar. (This test is administered after the webinar and is designed to measure learning. It is approximately 6-8 questions in length.) Aging Services staff are available to answer questions you have about writing test questions.
What does Aging Services of Minnesota provide?
- Marketing: Aging Services provides all marketing of the webinar which showcases the faculty and their organization/s.
- Assistance: Aging Services staff is available to help the presenters in the planning and presentation of the webinar.
- Logistics: The presenters will be provided with helpful background information for webinar speakers as well as guidelines to ensure the PowerPoint presentation is appropriate to use for this virtual presentation.
- Technical Support: Aging Services uses GoToWebinar to host its webinars. Aging Services staff will handle all technical aspects of the webinar including training the presenters and monitoring/assisting with the entire live webinar presentation to assure the highest quality webinar.
What Aging Services of Minnesota Does Not Provide
In exchange for positive visibility for your company with our members, Aging Services does not provide an honorarium nor reimburse expenses for Call for Webinar Presenters. Questions regarding this policy may be directed to Aging Services staff. This is your opportunity to present in front of your target audience at no cost to you. Promoting a company, service or product during the webinar is prohibited and in accord with a long-standing Aging Services' policy.
The ideal Aging Services' webinar speaker is:
- Experienced and comfortable speaking about older adult services to a provider audience
- Enthusiastic about sharing expertise and knowledge with Aging Services' members
- Open to partner with us to deliver the most up-to-date information about complex topics
- Willing to help spread the word about the webinar
Evaluation Process
Aging Services of Minnesota cannot guarantee that you or your topic will be chosen for a webinar. Webinars are an opportunity to educate key professionals within the older adult services community, not an opportunity to promote yourself or your business. Contact information for each speaker must be provided and each speaker must agree to the Guidelines for Webinar Speakers. Once submitted, your webinar application will be reviewed by the Aging Services education team for consideration. Proposal applications that fail to meet all guidelines or are incomplete will not be considered for review. Submissions will be evaluated to ultimately develop a high-quality webinar based on the following criteria:
- Innovation, creativity and originality of topic
- Clarity, depth and specificity of proposal
- Timeliness and relevance of subject matter
- Practical applicability of topic to aging services providers
- Qualifications, expertise and experience level of presenter(s)
Speakers will be notified of Aging Services of Minnesota's decision regarding proposals within a month of submission. Aging Services of Minnesota will not accept phone calls regarding the status of webinars at any time during the selection process.
Questions?
If you questions regarding this RFP process contact Jenny Prosser at jprosser@agingservicesmn.org or 651.603.3548.
If you have webinar content or program design questions contact Heidi Simpson at hsimpson@agingservicesmn.org or 651.603.3506.
If you are having problems with the online application form, please contact Kellie Carlson at kcarlson@agingservicesmn.org or 651.603.3489.
Guidelines for Webinar Speakers
We know that the success of Aging Services of Minnesota's webinars is largely due to the interest and willingness of presenters like you. We are pleased that you are interested in submitting a webinar proposal for consideration. We have developed guidelines for presenters to ensure that participants will receive maximum benefit.
- Webinar presentations are given voluntarily.
- Proposals must come from Aging Services Business Partner members. Proposals that best relate to current issues in the provider community will be selected.
- Webinar presentations must be submitted in the form of a PowerPoint within an Aging Services template. Because of copyright laws, copy must be written in your own words and accompanied by your own images. Each presentation must be received at least two weeks prior to the scheduled webinar so that it can be reviewed for content.
- Acceptance of a proposal is based on the content and the presenters named at the time of submission. Any changes to content or speakers must be conveyed to Aging Services' education team in advance. The education team reserves the right to reassess suitability.
- The distribution and sale of promotional materials and touting of commercial ventures which may personally or financially benefit the speakers is not permitted within the context of the presentation. Presenters are strictly prohibited from "selling on the platform." It's against Aging Services long-established policy as well as having the potential to reflect back negatively on the Business Partner company.
- If selected, webinar presenters will abide by the timeline set by Aging Services of Minnesota and meet all deadlines to the best of their ability.
Webinar Proposal Application
Click here to submit a webinar proposal.
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