The Texas Master Naturalist 17th Annual Meeting is NOW accepting proposals for presentations! This year’s Annual Meeting will be held October 21st, 22nd and 23rd, 2016 at the La Torretta Lakeside Resort & Spa on the shores of Lake Conroe near Montgomery, Texas. The Texas Master Naturalist Program welcomes your proposals as contributions to our agenda! Individuals wishing to present are invited to submit their proposal on the Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting Call for Proposals website: http://www.regonline.com/TXMN2016CallforProposals .
Meeting Overview
The Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting is geared toward Texas Master Naturalist volunteers, their chapters, agency advisors, representatives of partner organizations and supporters of the statewide TMN Program. The meeting provides an opportunity for our volunteers and affiliates to receive all of their Advanced Training requirements for the year within one weekend. It’s also an opportunity for program participants and supporters to network, share new ideas and projects and to learn from one another.
As a workshop presenter, you would have the opportunity to inform and train TMN members from across the state on various natural resource topics providing more in-depth information than their initial core training and curriculum. You are also encouraged to make this an opportunity to enlist and train our program volunteers to assist you, your program, and your work as part of their annual volunteer service commitment.
Special topics we are hoping to have presentation focus given to for 2016 include – Developing and utilizing social media resources; Non-game species and the roles they play in conservation across the state; engaging diverse audiences in the Master Naturalist programs – as members and as an audience; leadership skills for managing groups of volunteers when conflicts arise; the shared roles of hunters & recreational natural resource users in the larger game of Texas conservation plans
The deadline for submissions is Friday June 24th, 2016. Don’t forget to log your submission on our website here: http://www.regonline.com/TXMN2016CallforProposals .
More information about this year’s Annual Meeting can be found on our website: http://txmn.org/2016-annual-meeting/ with registration details coming this summer!
Guidelines for submitting a proposal can also be found on the Texas Master Naturalist website or in this attached Adobe PDF Document, Call for Proposals 2016 Any additional questions about the Texas Master Naturalist 17th Annual Meeting or the Program in general can be directed to Michelle Haggerty (mmhaggerty@tamu.edu) or Mary Pearl Meuth (mpmeuth@tamu.edu).
The proposal submission process is simple and can be completed online by following the link: http://www.regonline.com/TXMN2016CallforProposals