2025 UNA Annual Conference Breakout Session RFP - Utah Nonprofits Association

2025 UNA Annual Conference Breakout Session RFP

Please review the following information and the submission form in its entirety before creating your proposal.

Conference Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025
Location: Davis Conference Center in Layton, UT.
All sessions will take place in person.

Our Annual Conference Committee will prioritize breakout session proposals that:

emphasize depth over breadth of a topic area
are practical and skills-based
cover subject matter at an intermediate or advanced level
address new ways of solving problems
have clear learning objectives that are easily implementable
have specific and identifiable operational takeaways for participants
provide solutions along functional areas (for example, fundraising) that would also work for smaller nonprofits

Changes/Additions: If your session is selected, breakout session slots are nontransferable. We are unable to make changes or additions to speakers/presentations after selection.

UNA Sessions are Noncommercial: Presenters should refrain from using brand names and endorsing specific products. Under no circumstances should a conference breakout session be used as a place for promoting a speaker’s product, service, or monetary self-interest.

Free Registration: Selected presenters are invited to join us (for free) at the conference. UNA is unable to provide honoraria or reimburse presenters for travel costs or other expenses incurred in the development of presentations.

Submission Deadline: Breakout Session Proposals must be submitted by 11:59 PM on Friday, May 2, 2025.

Questions? Please contact Alison Anderson, aanderson@utahnonprofits.org.

Fields marked with an * are required.

Tell us about your presentation
Plan for a 50-minute presentation. Time slots are 1 hour. Please allow time for short introductions, sponsor messages, and questions. Just so you know, we may edit your topic title and description but any edits will be communicated for approval.

Who is your target audience? *

What will be your session format? *

If you wish to submit a panel proposal, please plan for no more than three panelists with one moderator.

If Other please explain. (Session Format)

Will your session require physical movement from participating attendees? *

(i.e. stretches, physical movement, standing, exercises, etc.)

Session Title *

Please be descriptive and engaging as possible. (125 character limit)

Session Summary/Description *

Please provide three to four sentences that describe your breakout session topic. We are looking for a short, yet engaging description that provides an overview of your session and helps attract attendees. This language will be used in conference marketing materials. Please note that we may edit your title and description but will provide any edits for approval. (1,000 character limit)

Session Learning Objectives *

What will participants learn or be able to implement by the end of this session? (1500 character limit)

Supporting Information *

Please briefly list any resources, case studies, or examples that you plan on using to prepare or teach your session. (1500 character limit)

Presentation Experience

Have you presented at a UNA Conference before? *

What is your presentation experience? *

Please list any other conferences or events where you've presented in recent years. If you have presented at a prior UNA Conference, please include which year(s).

Speaker Details
Please tell us about you and your presentation experience.

Speaker 1 First Name *

Speaker 1 will be the primary contact for all communication regarding your conference session.

Speaker 1 Last Name *

Speaker 1 Pronouns (optional)

Speaker 1 Email Address *

Speaker 1 Phone Number *

Speaker 1 Job Title *

Speaker 1 Organization/Business *

Speaker 1 Short Bio *

(1,000 character limit)

Speaker 1 Photo

Optional, but preferred--no photos will be provided to our committee for review of conference sessions. Please keep files under 5 MB. (jpeg or png preferred)

20MB max

Additional Speaker Details
If you plan to have multiple speakers, please enter that information here. We recommend one to two speakers unless you have a panel session.

Speaker 2 First Name

Speaker 2 Last Name

Speaker 2 Pronouns (optional)

Speaker 2 Photo

Please keep under 5 MB (jpeg or png preferred)

20MB max

Speaker 2 Email Address

Speaker 2 Organization/Business

Speaker 2 Job Title

Speaker 2 Short Bio

(1,000 character limit)

Speaker 3 First Name

Speaker 3 Last Name

Speaker 3 Pronouns (optional)

Speaker 3 Email Address

Speaker 3 Organization/Business

Speaker 3 Job Title

Speaker 3 Photo

Please keep under 5 MB. (jpeg or png preferred)

20MB max

Speaker 3 Short Bio

(1,000 character limit)

Additional Information

Are you or is your organization a UNA Member? *

Is there anything else you would like the committee to know about your proposal?