LDSPMA

Empowering Latter-day Saints to spread light and truth by connecting them at the intersection of faith, creativity, and professional skill

Propose a Session or Workshop for the 2025 LDSPMA Conference

Thank you for your interest in presenting at the annual conference of Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts (LDSPMA)! We are always searching for quality speakers who have a wide diversity of backgrounds and can inspire and instruct our members.

The session proposal form will be open until February 15th, 2025.

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Conference Details

  • The 2025 LDSPMA Conference will be held October 16-18 at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The conference consists of several parts:
    • September–October 2025:
      • Preconference virtual classes. (These 50-minute Zoom presentations will be given to a live virtual audience and will be included as part of the conference package.)
    • Thursday, October 16, 2025
      • Deep-dive, 4-hour workshops
    • Friday–Saturday, October 17-18, 2025
      • 50-minute breakout sessions

Preconference classes and conference breakout sessions will be recorded, and the recordings and slides will be made available to attendees until the end of February 2026.

What We Are Looking For

We are especially looking for more advanced content in 2025.

See our 2024, 2023, and 2022 list of sessions for an idea of the kinds of topics our presenters address.

  • We want sessions that cover craft and how-to aspects; sessions that cover business, production, and marketing aspects; and sessions that cover the faith, mindset, and ethics aspects of the creation and publication process.
  • We also seek sessions on foundational topics and advanced topics.
  • We are also looking for sessions that address topics related to diversity, inclusion, and global reach (as they apply to specific tracks).

High-quality sessions usually have the following:

  • Specific, expert, and actionable information
  • Specific outcomes attendees can achieve by attending the session
  • Examples drawn from your career and work
  • Illustrative metrics and data, when possible
  • Advanced information for those already familiar with the basics of the topic
  • Tie-ins to principles and doctrines of the gospel of Jesus Christ, as appropriate
  • Engagement with the audience through questions, exercises, humor, etc.
  • Handouts listing specific resources or takeaways, if applicable

What We Are NOT Looking For

  • An infomercial on your latest workshop, program, book, etc.
  • Generic information or advice that has been said before or that is easily found on the web
  • A presenter who reads text on a slide deck for the entire presentation
  • Advice that is vague, general, basic, outdated, or unstructured
  • Slides that have small type, excessive text, or poor color contrast

Benefits of Speaking

As compensation, speakers receive free access to our conference, including the keynote sessions, breakout classes, lunches, pitch sessions, and networking opportunities. With over 80 other presenters and panelists, as well as hundreds of other experts at the conference, attending is a wonderful way to connect with peers and potential collaborators.

Speakers will also receive free or heavily discounted offers to purchase program ads, hallway exhibit tables, and Mass Book and Media Signing tables. Speakers will also have the opportunity to sell their books through the conference store.

Thursday Deep-Dive Workshop instructors will receive 30% of the registration revenue from their workshop.

Expectations for Presenters

  • In the months before the conference, share about the 2025 LDSPMA Conference through email, social media, and other means. (We will provide each speaker with a general-purpose media kit and with social media graphics specific to their session.)
  • Before the conference, submit slides to be posted alongside the session recording after the conference (not applicable to Thursday Deep-Dive Workshop instructors)
  • Deliver a high-quality, professional session at the conference.

Note: Preconference classes and conference sessions are recorded live. Thursday workshops are not recorded.

Session Proposal

We recommend typing your answers in a separate document and pasting them into this form, in case there is an issue when submitting the form.

To submit multiple session proposals, fill out the form multiple times.

If you encounter difficulties with this form, please email the requested information to [email protected].

This session proposal form will be open until February 15th, 2025.

Tip: Boring but descriptive (e.g., “Seven Key Cover Design Principles”) is better than clever but vague (e.g., “Crafting Classy Covers”)
Tip: Narrow and specific is better than broad and vague.
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Additional Information (for internal use)

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Session proposals for the 2025 LDSPMA Conference are now closed.