Workshops

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Year of Service & Post-Collegiate Experiences

For our 2026 Conference, we are looking for four Workshop formats and a poster presentation format for our presenters to choose from. We hope these options will continue to allow for a greater variety of approaches and topics to be featured while creating greater access to a wider range of presenters.

Interactive Presentation are intended both to highlight the presenter’s knowledge, practice and/or research on a specific topic and to engage participants in active learning and/or knowledge sharing about the topic. 30-minute or 75-minute sessions.

Past Examples:

• Promoting Ethical Service and Civic Action Using Social Media Trends (Kate Kemper, 2023)
• Mental Health with Service: Avoiding Burnout & Utilizing Self-Care Practices
  (Kimberly Juarez & Riya Singh, 2025)
• Becoming a Leader by Developing Advocacy Skills (Liz Pearce & Emily Irsik, 2023)

Practical Application Roundtable Discussion allow for all participants to engage in idea sharing and
conversation about a topic of mutual interest. These are informal opportunities for participants to learn from one another about current practices and/or develop new strategies for their campuses. Facilitators of Roundtable Discussions will introduce a topic and help guide participants in discussion. The IMPACT Workshops team is
available to work with interested presenters to develop effective facilitation techniques. Length 30-minute or 75 minutes.

Past Examples:

• Navigating a New Era of Alternative Breaks: A Conversation on Service
  Post-Pandemic (Zidane Galant-LaPorte, 2024)
• A Deliberative Dialogue about Elections and Voting (Kaylynn Hill & Michael Rackett, 2024)

Practical Application Highlight sessions are intended to highlight a successful program, practice,
or event that relates to IMPACT’s Mission, Vision, or Values. These sessions offer participants the opportunity to learn about the practical application of programs/events. Presenters should share intended/actual outcomes of the program/event, implications, and recommendations for practice.

Past Examples

• Feeding Student Bodies, Not Just Their Minds (Caitlin Silver Negrón, 2023)
• How to Generate 4,500 Hours of Service in a Day (Daniel Schlagel, Jaden
• Santisteban, & Linda Drake, 2025)

Service Project [New for 2026] sessions provide an opportunity for participants to learn and practice a
specific service project that meets a community-identified need through the work of a specific community partner. Facilitators of Service Project sessions must provide all necessary supplies for completing the project during the workshop session and are responsible for delivering any products to the community partner. If you would like to highlight a novel service project but one that cannot be completed during the workshop session, please submit as a Practical Application workshop. Applicants from the Cincinnati region are especially encouraged to involve a local community partner in the workshop service project session itself. Length 30 or 75 minutes.

Possible Examples

• Weaving Plastic Grocery Bags into Mats for a Community Partner that Works
  with Persons Experiencing Homelessness
• Writing Cards/Notes for a Community Partner that Works with Older Adults
• Learning and Practicing Online Service with a Specific Partner

Poster Presentations [New for 2026]

For the 2026 IMPACT Conference we are soliciting posters for a new poster presentation session.
Poster Presentations highlight innovative and successful examples of programs, practices, or events; responses to specific campus or community issues; service projects; campus or community partnerships; research relevant to IMPACT’s mission, vision, and values; etc. Posters may not represent or promote partisan political groups, individuals, or platforms.

Poster Presentations are intended to facilitate conversation between presenters and conference attendees about the poster topic. Therefore, presenters must create a physical poster (min. 36” x 48” in landscape orientation) that highlights context, purpose, implementation, outcomes, and evaluation and be present with their poster during the designated poster session (length TBD) to explain their poster and engage attendees in discussion.

Presenters are allowed to submit proposals for both a Poster Presentation and a Workshop session on the same or a different topic. Poster Presentations differ from Practical Application workshops primarily in mode of presentation (on poster vs. on screen) and level of presenter-participant engagement.