We invite you to be a Part of NDSAtl24!

Join us at the 2024 National Docent Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as a Breakout Session or a Sip & Share table talk presenter. We’re accepting proposals now through October 15, 2023. Take advantage of these two opportunities to share your experience, knowledge, and touring and engagement strategies with your peers.

Breakout Sessions, the traditional 60-minute workshop, will feature up to 3 presenters sharing innovative touring and engagement strategies to engage with various audiences or ideas on expanding, training, or diversifying your docent corps. Click here for Breakout Session ideas and how to submit a proposal.

Sip & Share is an exciting new program initiative featuring table presenters sharing best practices in 15-20 minute sessions. In this two-hour program, docents and guides will rotate among the tables, beverage in hand, connect with their colleagues, and learn new ways to enhance their docent practice. Click here for more information about Sip & Share and how to submit a proposal.

Consider sharing your topic in both! Your Sip & Share presentation could hone in on one aspect of your Breakout Session topic. Or consider expanding your Sip & Share into a Breakout Session.

Act now! Session proposals are due October 15, 2023!

Questions? Email us at [email protected] directly, or please reach out to Shelagh Barrington, AGO Gallery Guide and NDS (National Docent Symposium) Director for Canada at [email protected]

Please note: participation in the National Docent Symposium is at volunteers’ own expense