The Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Division:
Professional Development Workshop (PDW) Call for 2014
The ONE Division is calling for thought-provoking and instructive PDW proposals relevant to this coming year's Academy theme: "The Power of Words."
The Academy Web site http://aom.org/annualmeeting/components/pdw/contains many details concerning PDWs. As an Academy division, we will be working within this framework.
Generally speaking, PDW proposals should present the goal of the PDW, the PDW's underlying rationale, the session's design, its organizers, and its intended audiences. PDW proposals are normally three to five pages, single-spaced, with 1.5 spacing between paragraphs and sections.
The Academy's suggested five basic questions will be used by our PDW committee to evaluate the quality of the PDW submissions:
1. Does your proposed workshop offer a high quality and high level learning experience that has a significant positive impact on the professional development of the participants?
2. Does the proposed workshop provide participants with clear "take away"? (e.g. learn a new skill; develop a new research plan)
3. Does the proposed workshop have a theme and a group of participants that will draw a strong audience regardless of competing sessions or scheduling restrictions?
4. Does the proposed workshop encourage multi-way conversation and interaction among participants from multiple divisions, disciplines, regions, career stages, or demographic backgrounds?
5. Is the proposed workshop creative and innovative in all of its elements?
Note that in the ONE Division we have a tradition of cross-division proposals, such as between ONE and BPS, ENT, OB, or OMT - naturally, with SIM. So please be explicit about whether and how you might liaise with other divisions. This year the Academy is experimenting with slightly shorter PDWs (e.g., 90 minutes), the formal call will still be for 2 hour long PDWs
Preliminary submissions, via short e-mails or drafted proposals, are welcome. They should normally be sent to Dev.Jennings@ualberta.ca, the PDW Chair for 2014 by Dec. 1, 2013. The final deadline is the same as that for regular AoM papers; that is, Jan. 14th by 5:00 p.m. EST.
This call will be posted on the ONE homepage http://one.aomonline.org/ONE_Web/Home.html .
Thanks!
The ONE Division
http://aom.org/Meetings/annualmeeting/program/submission/instructions/pdw/Organizations---the-Natural-Environment-(ONE)-PDW-Special-Instructions.aspx