The 21st Century requires innovative leadership, a new approach to governance, and better ways to measure progress. Join other community representatives at the Community Indicators Consortium conference as we showcase community indicator best practices and some of the latest indicator efforts, tools, and techniques for measuring and communicating progress and success.

Please use this form to submit a proposal for the 2009 Community Indicators Consortium Conference, in Bellevue, Washington, USA from Wednesday, September 30, 2009 to Friday, October 2, 2009. There are opportunities for presenters, panel sessions, speakers, and posters on Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2009. We are also looking for proposals for the optional day of workshops on Sept 30th.

Proposals must be received by June 30, 2009

Which of the following are you proposing?

Which indicator subject area does this proposal address?

Session proposals should address one of the four conference focus areas. Theses focus areas represent essential aspects of effective indicator efforts:

1. From Planning to Implementation: Sessions on necessary tools to plan and implement indicator programs, including planning, evaluation, expertise, funding, citizen engagement, communication and visualization. What data sources are available and what tools and technologies exist that support indicator efforts as simply and cost effectively as possible.

2. Creating Partnerships and Crossing Boundaries: Community indicators tend to measure issues and phenomena that cross jurisdictional and agency boundaries. How do we create partnerships and collaborations that give us the best information, respect community priorities and support action? This track will highlight tools, methods and case studies for effective collaboration.

3. Promoting Social Change: This track will feature sessions on applying an indicators approach to innovation in health, children and families, social equity and sustainability, using notable case studies to illustrate how indicators are helping to drive change.

4. Integrating Indicators & Performance Measures: Building on a recurrent theme at previous CIC Conferences, this track will highlight the challenges and benefits of integrating community indicators and performance measures through case studies and applications.

Which of the conference focus areas does this proposal address?

What is the title? (50 character limit)

Please give a brief description of the proposal (1000 character limit)

Please provide the name and organization of the presenter. If a panel is being proposed, provide info for all panelists.

Are you a CIC member?

Although CIC is looking for sponsors to help cover the cost of the conference and travel expenses for some individuals, at this point we do not have any guaranteed funds available for scholarships.

Are you able to cover the cost of the conference registration fee and your own travel?

Which of the following will you require for your session? (check all that apply)

Would you be submitting a paper for consideration for publication in a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Applied Research in Quality of Life?

Please enter the information indicated below so that we can contact you with additional questions and let you know if your proposal has been selected.