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Florida Communication Association
2008 Convention Proposal Submission
Theme:  "Communication Across the Disciplines"
Florida Communication Association is accepting proposals/forms for the upcoming 2008 convention until the deadline of May 15, 2008.  If you would like to submit a proposal, please do so using the form below.  We will contact you within a few weeks to give you the status of your proposal and provide additional information about the convention.

Submission Guidelines

Call for PAPERS, PANELS, & POSTERS

1st VP Diana Karol-Nagy

FCA 2008

Speech Communication, Journalism, Mass Communication

Paramount Plaza Hotel and Suites, Gainesville, FL

October 16 - 18, 2008


Communication Across the Disciplines

The newest trend in communication studies is to tailor communication research and teaching to specific disciplines.  Whether it be communication for health care professionals, engineers, scientists, sociologists, psychologists, politicians, mass communicators or building contractors, communication skills are more useful when researched and taught to suit a specific discipline.

Our goal is to explore both oral and written communication across the various disciplines and to show how scholarship, teaching and research are following this current trend.

The deadline for submission of proposals is May 15, 2008

  • Competitive Papers: (3) Categories - Professional, Undergraduate, and Graduate 
    - Submit a 100 word abstract by May 15. 
    - Final papers will be due by June 30. 
    - Please indicate “competitive paper” and category on the abstract.
  • Poster Sessions: (2) Categories -Undergraduate and Graduate 
    - Submit a 100 word abstract on the nature of the poster by May 15.  
    - The Poster Session will be held on Saturday, October 13 . 
    - Please indicate category on the abstract.
  • Panels, Workshops, and Individual Papers:  
    - Submit a 100 word abstract by May 15.  
    - For panels, include the names and affiliations of all panel participants, including your name if you are on the panel. 
  • For workshops, develop the rationale for the workshop in addition to the abstract. 
    - Individual papers will be combined into programs around the convention theme.


Submit your proposals electronically at the FCA website:  http://www.flcom.org/

Important: All participants in a program session will be required to pre-register for the convention.  The final program won’t be printed until just before the convention and only those programs that are confirmed with participant pre-registration will be included.

ADDITIONAL CONVENTION NOTES
If you have suggestions or would like to help with convention planning, please contact Diana Karol Nagy (dnagy@ufl.edu) with your ideas and indicate where you’d like to assist. 

Help is needed with program submission review/selection, moderators for each session, the Thursday evening spotlight program, convention receptions, and other critical convention projects. 

Sponsorship: We are looking for sponsors for a number of convention related activities including breaks, lunches, printing, keynote speaker, entertainment, etc. 

Please contact Diana Karol-Nagy at dnagy@ufl.edu with your interest. This is a great opportunity to highlight your program and institution.




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Proposal
Call for Papers for 78th FCA Convention, October 2008
"Communication Across the Disciplines"
Submission deadline: May 15, 2008 (100 word abstract), June 30, 2008 (final paper due)


All participants in a program session will be required to pre-register for convention. The final program will be printed before convention, and only those programs that are confirmed by pre-registration will be included in program.

Format (indicate which one):
Competitive Paper (Professional, Undergraduate, and Graduate students) Submit a 100 word abstract by May 15, 2008. Final papers will be due, June 30, 2008. Please indicate on the abstract that this is a "competitive paper," and in which category: graduate or undergraduate. Full papers should be sent to kkjohnson@adelphia.net with the subject heading "student award paper submission" or upload your paper now:


Note: If this paper is to be considered for a student award nomination it must be submitted as a complete paper at the time of the proposal submission and indicated as such on the cover sheet. All student papers for nomination must have a letter/email from a faculty member approving the submission.
Poster Session Submitt a 100 word abstract on the nature and content of the poster.
Panel Submit a 100 word abstract (below) . Include the names and affiliations of all panel participants, including your name if you are on the panel.
Workshop Submit a 100 word abstract (below) State the rational and content for the workshop in addition to the 100 word abstract.
Individual papers Submit a 100 word abstract (below) Individual papers will be combined into programs and sessions focused on the convention theme.

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Please submit an abstract limited to 100 words. (You may upload .doc, .txt, .pdf, .rtf files)

Please provide any additional presenters
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Please note that AV equipment will be limited to overhead projectors and a screen. If other equipment is required, it is the responsibility of the presenter to provide this. Also all presenters must be registered for the FCA convention prior to final acceptance for inclusion in the Convention Program.

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