Leading a Conference Workshop as a Guest Presenter

By Madeline Sharples on July 14, 2020

Participating in writing conferences, either as a panelist, lecturer, or as a workshop leader is a great way to get your name and book out in public and to network with other writers like you—especially when you are leading a conference workshop.

Being a presenter comes with tasks, but the challenge is not impossible. I’d like to offer you some guidelines to help you be as successful as you can be to:

Respond to a presenters’ request for proposal,
Adhere to a list of conference presenter’s guidelines, and
Develop a workshop that keeps the promises you proposed – in the specified allotted time.<!–more–>

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About Madeline Sharples

During her 30-year professional career, Madeline Sharples worked as a technical writer/editor and proposal manager in the aerospace business and wrote grant proposals in the nonprofit arena. She started to fulfill her dream to work as a creative writer in the last few years. Her memoir, Leaving the Hall Light On: A Mother’s Memoir of Living with Her Son’s Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide, was released in a hardback edition in 2011 and released in paperback and eBook editions by Dream of Things in 2012. She also co-authored Blue-Collar Women: Trailblazing Women Take on Men-Only Jobs,(New Horizon Press, 1994), co-edited the poetry anthology, The Great American Poetry Show, Volumes 1 and 2, and wrote the poems for two photography books, The Emerging Goddess and Intimacy (Paul Blieden, photographer). Her poems have also appeared online and in print magazines, most recently the Story Circle Network’s 2013 True Words anthology. Madeline’s articles appear regularly at the Aging Bodies website. She also posts at her blog, Choices, and is currently working on a novel. In addition, she is producing a CD of her son’s music as a fundraiser to help erase the stigma of mental illness and prevent suicide. It will drop this summer. Madeline studied journalism in high school, wrote for the high school newspaper, studied journalism at the U. of Wisconsin, and received a B.A. degree in English from the UCLA.

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5 Responses to Leading a Conference Workshop as a Guest Presenter

Madeline Sharples May 2, 2014 at 7:04 PM #

Thanks all at The Memoir Network for hosting me here today. I’m thrilled to be here.
Denis Ledoux May 5, 2014 at 1:38 PM #

And thank you for your thoughtful input.
Nick May 7, 2014 at 12:16 PM #

I appreciated your outline, Madeline. I don’t do this very often but sometimes I find myself in front of people and I’ve forgotten some important support—like magic markers to write with on the flip charts. I’ll be saving this post and referring to it next time I do a presentation. Thanks.
Madeline Sharples May 7, 2014 at 11:54 PM #

I’m so glad this post will be helpful to you Nick. Good luck at your next conference presentation. All best, Madeline

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