ABC Education & the Virginia College Alcohol Leadership Council (VA CALC) are
looking for proposals for our 18th Annual College Conference,
"The Reality of Change: Finding Common Ground".

The annual college conference will be held October 24-25, 2003 in Chesapeake,
Virginia.

CALL FOR PROGRAM CONCEPTS

Virginia ABC Education and VA CALC thought you might be interested in submitting
a proposal on one of the attached topics (see attachment).

Conference schedule space is limited; unfortunately not all proposals that are
submitted will be chosen. The committee will be picking those that fit the
program focus areas of this year's conference, also attached.
Deadline for Concept Proposal Submission:
Monday, March 31, 2003!

BONUS!
If you presenting a session and are attending the ENTIRE conference, your
registration fee is lowered to $25 per person. (Registration fees for
Professionals this year is $35). If you are presenting & are only attending
while you present, there is no registration fee.

See attached for ABC's CALL FOR PROGRAM CONCEPTS.

Please contact ABC Education with questions, 804.213.4688 or
education@.... If you are unable to open this document, please
contact us to request that the CALL FOR PROGRAM CONCEPTS be faxed to you.


Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
18th Annual College Conference
“The Reality of Change: Finding Common Ground”
October 24 – 25, 2003
Chesapeake Conference Center, Chesapeake, Virginia

This is a call for program concepts for ABC’s 2003 College Conference. The
purpose of this “call for concepts” is to solicit potential programs, research,
etc. focusing on the topic of alcohol prevention and related issues. We know
time constraints may limit your ability to provide a detailed proposal; that is
why we are interested in a brief program description. Please complete this
form, keeping in mind that content is more important than final details. If
your program is selected for the College Conference, you will be contacted to
furnish more information.
Please type or print clearly
Program Title _______________________________________________________
Presenter Name ________________________________Title_____________________
Phone (___)____________ E-mail ________________ Fax ( )_______________
Mailing Address _____________________________________________________
City, State, Zip __________________________________________________________
Program Concept:
Please provide a brief (50 – 100 words) conceptual description of your program.
Be sure to match your program with one of the conference’s “program focus areas”
(see attached page). Include goals of the program, learning objectives, and
content to be covered in the program.

The presenter(s) are:
_____ students ____ professional staff/faculty ____law enforcement ____
community

Target Audience:
______students _____ administrators/staff _____ law enforcement
______ counselors _____ community _____ other (please
indicate____________________)

List of Audio/Visual Needs: (please choose only one)
_____ TV/VCR _____ overhead projector _____ flip chart
_____ media projector (must bring own laptop) _____ easel

Other Details to Note:
·Programs will last 60 minutes. (50 minutes of presentation time - 10 minutes
for questions)
·The Conference planning committee will select programs which best fit the
conference format, theme, and goals. The committee will then contact presenters
for further details.

Mail, Fax, or e-mail completed proposal to:
Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Education Section
2901 Hermitage Road
Richmond, Virginia 23220
804-213-4457 (fax) · education@...
Concept Proposals Due Monday, March 31, 2003


Program Focus Areas for 2003 College Conference

1. Affecting Policy Change
· Community Ordinances and Laws
· College Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines
· State Ordinances and Laws

2. How Can We Do More With Less (time, money, resources, etc.)
· How do you do more with less budget
· How do you manage your time to complete your “to do” lists

3. Best Practices (This category will be used to showcase the “best of the best”
in Virginia as a way to share ideas with each other. If you have successful
programs in these areas, especially ones with measured success, PLEASE submit
your ideas.)
· Judicial/policies
· Athletes
· Greeks
· First year students
· Community outreach/liaison
· Town gown issues
· Commuter students
· Community college issues
· Curriculum infusion
· Technology
· Peer education
· Enforcement
· Environmental management
· Coalition building
· Social norms marketing
· Student activities
· Student government
· Student newspaper
· Targeted prevention (men, women, etc.)
· Other (please write in topic)____________

4. Engage the General Student on Campus (Greater Student Involvement). Examples
include, but are not limited to:
· Engaging those students who are not leaders to become more involved with those
who are leaders
· How students can be involved on campus to help with shortfalls in time &
personnel
· How students can affect policy changes
· Getting others to be leaders; how to find student leaders for alcohol
education programs and initiatives
· Weeding out negative/problem student leaders

__________________________
Robert L. Franklin, MS
Male Outreach Coordinator for
Sexual Violence Prevention
Center for Injury and Violence Prevention
Virginia Department of Health
1500 East Main Street, Suite 105
Richmond VA 23219

of: (804) 225-3892
fax: (804) 786-0917

email: rfranklin@...
web: http://www.menendingviolence.com
web: http://www.vahealth.org/civp/sexualviolence