Outcomes of This Webinar:• To Review the RFP guidelines• To Support new trainers to submit successfully! • To answer questions

Introductions! Who here lives in the DMV? On the east coast? Who

resides more than 1,000 miles away? Who has been to Creating Change before? More than 5

years, 10 years? Who’s trained at Creating Change before? Go around: Name, pronoun, 1 hope or expectation for this

session?

National LGBTQ Task Force’s Mission:

The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people.

Creating Change Theme for 2018, in DC!• Learn. We attend to and share with each other to learn more deeply how to effectively organize for the changes we need to survive, thrive and live.• Connect. We connect with each other to build our communities and to deepen our relationships to sustain us and to defend ourselves and our people.• Resist. With all our energies, we will affirm our wills and build our skills to resist the current administration’s onslaughts against LGBTQ people of all races, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, faith traditions, and physical and mental abilities.

4 Elements of a Winning Proposal:1. Participant-centered and practice-oriented training2. Session format

3. Knowledge, Skills or Attitude4. Topic area

PARTICIPANT CENTERED AND PRACTICE CENTERED:- Clearly and directly relate your workshop to real life examples and practical tools;- Encourage participants to think about how they will APPLY what the workshop covers in their life;- Avoid too many theories and concepts (less is more!)- Avoid lecture formats – think about how to engage the participants and make the workshop respectful of the experiences and beliefs of your audience; and- Model the skills and tools you are teaching if possible.

2. Session Format:Which of these sessions do you need to submit a proposal for?

A. 60 minute caucusesB. 90 minute workshopsC. 3 hour workshopsD. Choose only one format

3. Knowledge, Skills or Attitude

What is the primary goal of your workshop?1. Impart facts, data, knowledge2. Teach and practice skills3. Change or check attitudes or mindsets

4. Topic Areas!

For Creating Change 2018, the Task Force especially seeks session proposals that address the following eight focus/topic areas. 1. Democracy & Civic Engagement2. Criminal Justice 3. Immigration4. Non-Discrimination Protections5. Economic Inequality & Poverty6. Health Care Access7. Faith & Spirituality/Practice Spirit, Do Justice8. Queer the Data! Data Collection and Analysis

All session proposals in any topic area should also reflect one or more of these LGBTQ justice frames:Racial Justice;Economic Justice;Gender Justice inclusive of Trans/GNC people.

“Proposals received by Midnight/Pacific Time on September 27, 2017 will be reviewed and considered for scheduling. The deadline of Midnight/Pacific Time, September 27, 2017 will not be extended. The Task Force reserves the right to decline to review proposals received after this deadline.”

The Task Force will not review proposals for sessions that primarily promote or sell commercial products or promote or sell the commercial work product of an individual presenter.

Proposal Review Proposals are reviewed by teams of Task Force staff and outside experts in the topic area you select. - Considerations for selection include relevance of the proposed session to

the values and principles stated in the RFP, especially the Task Force’s 2018 focus/topics listed above;

- Depth of content; - Presenter qualifications/experience with the topic; - Overall strength of the submission; and - Proposals that reflect the Task Force’s commitment to representation of

race, gender, class, age and disability. - The Task Force reserves the right to reject proposals.

You will be notified by email of the status of your proposal beginning on or after November 1, 2017.

Who’s Who?Please note: If you are the person submitting a proposal, you are automatically the “session contact.” Session contacts serve as the communication link between the Creating Change staff and any and all other presenters for your session. On the proposal, you must provide complete contact information for each presenter and you must advise Creating Change staff of any changes in the presenter line-up if your proposal is selected. If you are submitting a proposal for a session for which you are also a presenter, please provide your complete contact information in the box marked “Presenter One.”

We strongly recommend you have a draft of your proposal prepared beforegoing online to submit your proposal.