Volunteer Opportunity Details

To ensure an exceptional learning experience for the 2020 Great ideas conference, ASAE Learning seeks your knowledge and expertise to help select the best content for the Great Ideas program being held March 1-3, 2020 at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Your role, as a peer reviewer, is important in determining the most suitable content to meet our objectives.  Through this process, you will read and rank session proposals both aligned with your area(s) of expertise and overall business acumen in coordination with other leadership reviewers to support ASAE in developing an education and learning program that reflects the diversification of thought and meets the needs of our target audience.

 Peer Review Process for 2020 Great Ideas:

A time commitment of approximately 4 hours, that includes:

• Familiarizing yourself with the sections of the Call for Proposals.
• Pre-read of all assigned proposals.
• Anonymously rating each proposal based on stated criteria using the online rating form.
• Providing open-ended constructive feedback as appropriate.

Overview of Peer Review Process Actions:

ASAE’s Expectation of Each Peer Reviewer: 

• Content leaders’ names will not be visible during the online ratings process however, peer reviewers agree to abstain from reviewing any proposal they submitted or for which they have a conflict of interest.
• Peer reviewers must maintain current membership in ASAE during the volunteer term.
• Peer reviewers agree to abide by ASAE guidelines (confidentiality, unbiased opinions, etc.), rating criteria and review timeline.

Experience level of each Peer Reviewer:  1) Professionals who have diverse experience working in different functional areas/holding different roles within the association industry.  2) Professionals who have joined the association industry from another industry/sector and thus have business knowledge and practice. 3) Professionals who are excited about creative and innovative approaches to achieve business goals while having the experience to adequately determine the feasibility of adopting new practices.  4) Emerging leaders who hold at least 5 years of professional experience and seek to offer additional perspectives regarding the evolving workplace.

Timeline for Peer Reviewers Planning:

• Applications for this opportunity due no later than: Monday, July 8, 2019
• Receive proposals for review: Monday, July 15, 2019 by 5pm ET
• Peer Review Rating Process Complete no later than: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 5pm ET

Rating Criteria for Each Session:

1. Originality: At the ASAE Annual Meeting it is essential that we continue to present unique and exciting programs that reflect our dynamic community.
2. Relevance: ASAE seeks sessions that are of great interest to prospective attendees and clearly benefit the professional needs of the designated audience.
3. Program Design: ASAE seeks session that incorporate good practices for adult education, with clear learning objectives that are measurable and achievable.
4. Action-Oriented: ASAE seeks content leaders who will inspire our audience to return to their own organizations after Annual Meeting and implement what they learned.
5. Overall Quality: ASAE is dedicated to ensuring that the learning programs at Annual Meeting meet the highest standards of excellence.