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Technology Initiative

2009 Planning Your Site's Web Presence: A Working Retreat

Application Deadline: February 2, 2009
To submit your application, go to: http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/388

Application Overview

Participation in Planning Your Site's Web Presence: A Working Retreat is by application only. The retreat is limited to ten site teams of two participants each. Only one application is required per site team.

The pool of participants will be as representative as possible of the geographic, racial, and ethnic diversity of the National Writing Project.

Please note: This retreat should not be viewed as a technology workshop that entails the actual building of a Web presence, but rather a way to plan strategically for a Web presence that accurately reflects the work and structure of your local writing project site.

Application Guidelines

The purpose of the application is to help the leadership team plan a retreat that is responsive to the needs of those attending and to select a diverse group of site teams that represent a range of knowledge and experience.

Application Questions (2–3 pages)

1. What role(s) does each of you play at your writing project site? Describe each team member's role separately. How long has each of you been in the leadership position you hold, and what are your responsibilities?
2. What is your site's vision for its Web presence?
3. What experiences have led your site to this vision and make it interested in this retreat?
4. What elements are in place at your site that will support the development of the strategic plan your team creates for a Web presence?

Contact Information

Please provide the following for each applicant:

• name
• address
• phone number(s)
• email address.

Letter of Support

This application requires a brief letter of support from the director of your site (due February 13, 2009). This letter ensures that your director understands your site will bear the cost of your team's travel to the event and that the site's leadership embraces the team's work, both at the retreat and once it returns home. Please ask your site director to respond to the email inquiry he or she will receive after you have submitted your Web Presence Retreat application online. Your application will not be complete until we receive your letter of support.

Deadline

Submit completed applications no later than February 2, 2009. All applicants will be contacted regarding their applications by mid-March, 2009.