Posts related to managing calls in ProposalSpace.
The most common model for selecting presenters for educational conferences is pretty straightforward:
Although the process works for the vast majority of meetings, it’s hard to argue that it can’t be improved.
A lot of conferences—especially larger ones—need to split up their review tasks among different groups of reviewers. Up to now, the only way to do that in ProposalSpace was to set up multiple calls, each with its own set of reviewers. Now, call administrators can manage multiple sets of reviewers in a single call!
Our new Publishing Module lets you publish your conference’s session information—including supporting materials—on any website.
Conference organizers can:
Authors can:
Attendees can:
The best part? Any change you make in ProposalSpace shows up immediately on your website.
Call administrators: Have you ever come across a proposal that, for whatever reason, you just want to ignore? Now you can with ProposalSpace!
Simply select “Ignore” (from the Options menu) for any draft proposal or unapproved submission and ProposalSpace will treat it as if it never existed. To see the proposals you’ve chosen to ignore, just click the “Show Ignored” link. And to start tracking an ignored proposal again, just select “Don’t ignore”.
ProposalSpace has always allowed call admins to customize the terminology used for roles people play in a proposal. You can configure your call to use whatever terms you want… “speakers”, “presenters”, “authors”, “collaborators”, etc.
Now, you can also configure what information you collect about each of those people. Continue reading Custom Role Forms
We’ve just introduced a new feature in ProposalSpace that allows call administrators to assign submissions to individual reviewers.
We argued previously that a soft deadline for submissions is better than a hard deadline. Now we’re going to argue the opposite: that a hard deadline can be preferable to a soft deadline. Continue reading Why a Hard Deadline Is Better Than a Soft Deadline
One of the most basic decisions about any call is whether to set a soft or hard deadline for submissions. Unlike a hard deadline, which is carved in stone, a soft deadline provides authors with a target date to submit their work, with the understanding that the deadline will be extended.
A soft deadline is better than a hard deadline because:
Continue reading Why a Soft Deadline Is Better Than a Hard Deadline
Wondering what information you should include in your call? Here’s our checklist of the key pieces of information every call should have. Continue reading What to Include in Every Call
Call administrators now have the option of testing a call in ProposalSpace before making it live.
Here’s how it works:
Continue reading New Feature: Test Mode