General Requirements
- All proposals are due by Friday, May 13, 2022.
- Sessions are scheduled for Monday, Tuesday morning, and Wednesday morning.
- Session duration is either 60 minutes or 75 minutes.
We are considering offering a limited number of 150 minute sessions on Tuesday afternoon during the field trip time. This is just a preliminary idea and there is no guarantee of a 150 minute session opportunity. - Preference will be given to interactive presentations that invite dialogue, discussion, and constructive debate and those that can adapt to different venues as described above.
Preferred Topics
The theme for the 2022 conference is Renew, Recharge, Reconnect. How can we take care of our staff, our communities and our natural resources moving forward from the past challenging years? How have we reinvented our work? What changed in the past couple years for the better that we should hang onto moving forward?
All proposals will be considered, but preference will be given to proposals that address topics of renewal.
Session Selection Criteria
The COSA Steering Committee will review and select session proposals using the following set of criteria:
- Topics that address the conference theme.
- Relevance of the topic to local open space programs and other conservation organizations.
- Overall balance of program topics.
- Ability for audience interaction.
Session Coordinator Requirements
- Each submitted proposal must designate a Session Coordinator, including sessions involving panel discussions.
- COSA will only send information to the Session Coordinator.
- Session Coordinators must ensure all session presenters are registered and adhere to all registration deadlines.
- Session Coordinators and panel members are expected to coordinate and pay for their own travel and lodging.
Neither honoraria nor travel expenses will be paid to session presenters. All session presenters and panelists are required to register and pay the conference registration fee. Consideration may be given to non-governmental open space program presenters to waive conference registration in lieu of honoraria. This is at the discretion of the Steering Committee.
Submit A Proposal
Session proposals must be submitted using the Google Form linked below. The Google Form requires you to log in using a Google Account and allows you to save your progress. You can use any Google Account, including a personal Gmail account, but please make sure to list your professional email in the email field.
General Requirements
- All proposals are due by Friday, May 14, 2021.
- Sessions are scheduled for Monday, Tuesday morning, and Wednesday morning.
- Session duration is either 60 minutes or 75 minutes.
- Please include information about your ability to pivot this presentation to an outdoor setting, a virtual setting, or smaller than normal group sizes.
- Preference will be given to interactive presentations that invite dialogue, discussion, and constructive debate and those that can adapt to different venues as described above.
Preferred Topics
The theme for the 2021 conference is Expect the Unexpected: Building Resilience to Adapt to Change. All proposals will be considered, but preference will be given to proposals that address the theme of resilience.
- Innovative management of land with limited staffing.
- Managing extreme increases in usership.
- Educating and welcoming new users.
- Tackling large wildfires and fire mitigation.
- Balancing a shrinking budget in a pandemic.
- Responding to demographic shifts and serving inordinately impacted populations.
- Climate adaptation strategies.
Session Selection Criteria
The COSA Steering Committee will review and select session proposals using the following set of criteria:
- Topics that address the conference theme.
- Relevance of the topic to local open space programs and other conservation organizations.
- Overall balance of program topics.
- Ability for audience interaction.
Session Coordinator Requirements
- Each submitted proposal must designate a Session Coordinator, including sessions involving panel discussions.
- COSA will only send information to the Session Coordinator.
- Session Coordinators must ensure all session presenters are registered and adhere to all registration deadlines.
- Session Coordinators and panel members are expected to coordinate and pay for their own travel and lodging.
Neither honoraria nor travel expenses will be paid to session presenters. All session presenters and panelists are required to register and pay the conference registration fee. Consideration may be given to non-governmental open space program presenters to waive conference registration in lieu of honoraria. This is at the discretion of the Steering Committee.
Need to save your progress and return later?
Click Save and Continue Later and the bottom of the page to get a special link that you can use to return and finish the RFP.
Contact
If you have questions or need assistance with submitting a proposal, please contact Jenn Almstead.
Jenn Almstead
Fund Development & Projects Specialist
Larimer County Department of Natural Resources
jalmstead@larimer.org