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3rd VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE Conference 8-9 October 2010 (Fri/Sat) An online conference on language learning with technology
http://www.virtual-round-table.com hosted by LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH www.lancelotschool.com co-organizers Shelly Terrell and Berni Wall
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference is a live online conference dedicated to language learning with technology. It is aimed at educators and language teaching professionals in language schools, institutes or other language related organisations. It is held entirely online using virtual classroom technology and provides a superb opportunity to profile one’s company as being truly ‘state-of-the-art’ in understanding and promoting Internet-based learning. The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference will present a number of web tools and best practise on how to use these tools in class for the benefit of our language learners.
Many appreciative comments from past conferences testify that the conference demonstrates well our efforts to provide “innovative, inspiring and sociable teacher training” for language teaching professionals around the globe. Our conference recordings have been viewed many hundreds of times over and are now housed under the [RECORDINGS] tab on the homepage in the form of individual blogs for easy sharing. http://www.virtual-round-table.com
The previous two VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE Conferences (November 2009 and April 2010) saw a total of 815 unique visitors attending live sessions and more than 820 signed up on the conference website. These were from the following fields : Language teaching professionals Directors of Studies Teacher training organisations Programme Managers and Education Administrators Technology and Service Providers Training Consultants and Company Representatives Deans, Directors and Researchers from Universities and the Higher Education Sector
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference is unique because … it is an online conference for language teaching professionals it takes place in virtual classrooms, which do not require any installation, no log-in, no registration it is solely dedicated to language teaching with technology
The 1st VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference took place on 12-13 November 2009 and the 2nd VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference took place on 22-23 April 2010. The many appreciative comments after the first conference of this kind and the subsequent EduBlog award took us by surprise. In a follow-up survey we asked the question: How often? and with 98% of all responses stating ‘semi-annually’ and even ‘quarterly’ as well as the numerous positive testimonials, we decided to run the conference twice a year. Compared to a local conference, an online conference reaches more people and is much more efficient to organise. To date, the conference is free of charge and relies on voluntary donations. Both conferences saw a combined total of … 75 guest speakers presenting and conducting workshops in over 100 sessions 46 hours of program and recordings for more then 800 unique visitors and signed up members on the community site in more than 75 countries language experts met in 9 panel discussions discussing and elaborating on research, social media, teacher training and much more 8 Second Life sessions simulcasted in Adobe ConnectPro, for easy viewing 22 ‘show & tell’ presentations of products and services for language teachers 18 hands-on workshops 3 Pecha Kucha nights with a complete total of 17 Pecha Kucha presenters an innovative virtual simulcast, bridging Second Life with virtual classroom technology a poster exhibition in Second Life
Guest speakers included amongst others (listed in alphabetical order)… … honorable guest speakers such as Waldemar Martyniuk of ECML who presented the opening speech at the 2nd VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference about the work of ECML in the area of language learning and technology
…researchers and representatives of CALL(Computer Assisted Language Learning) organizations such as Stephen Bax, Graham Davies, John Gillespie, Ton Koenraad, IngeAnna Koleff, Andrew Lian, Robert O’Dowd et al. …Second Life experts such as Hajnalka Beck [Dorka Nemeth], Nergiz Kern [Daffodil Fargis], Ylva Lindberg, Dennis Newson [Osnacantab Nesterov], Joe Pereira [Creed Juran], Shiv
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
Rajendran [Kingsbury Yeats], David Richardson, Graham Stanley [Baldric Commons], Paul Sweeney [Paolo Inventor] and others. …teacher trainers and teacher training organisations such as Shaun Wilden of International House, Gavin Dudeney of The Consultants-E, Pete Sharma of Pete Sharma Associate, Russell Stannard of TeacherTrainingVideos, Marisa Constantinides of CELTAthens, Holly Longstroth of LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH, Marina Petrovic of EduCo, Karenne Sylvester of KalinagoEnglish. …EU funded projects such as MUVENATION, AVALON, NIFLAR, ARGuing, eCLIL, Chain Stories, Lullabies from the Cradle, Don’t give up, EduComics, EuroLib, Web2.0ERC, TOOL for Online and Offline Language Learning. … webservices, publishers, products vendors and industry representatives such as Graham Stanley of the British Council, Deborah Capras of Business Spotlight, Tim Darling of digital publishing AG, Stace Wills of Elluminate, Kenny Christian of English Profi, Valentina Dodge and Emma Watson of English 360, Simon Beeston of Oxford English Testing, Lukas Palecek of Fronter, Philip Gienandt of LinguaTV, Ben Palmer of OURLesson, Lars Gyorvari of phase6, Duane Sider of Rosetta Stone Inc., Janusz Hamerski of SolarNet, Henry Hon of Vyew, Anthony Green of VOICEBook and others. …Live online language schools and individual live online teachers such as Shiv Rajendran of LanguageLab, Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart von Talkademy, Stefan Booy of Myngle, Lukas Palecek of WebSchool, Monica Thomas of AdLib, Stephen Jones, Soaad, Hala, Vyara. … bloggers, web 2.0 enthusiasts and individual experts such as Burcu Akyol, Sean Banville, Paul Breibisch, Neal Chambers, Andy Chaplin, Kalyan Chattopadhyay, V Anitha Devi. Seth Dickens, Carl Dowse, Alexandra Francisco, Ozge Karaoglu, Tamas Lorincz, Sue LyonJones, Nik Peachey, Nicholas Provenzana, Vicky Saumell, Bethany Smith, Shelly Terrell, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, Berni Wall, Kirsten Winkler. … networkers such as Kenny Christian (EnglishProfi), Angelika Güttl-Steinhofer (DaF Community) and Maeshell West-Davies (sosocial club) …’webheads’ such as Barbara Dieu, Evelyn Izequierdo, Dr. Doris Molero, Vance Stevens and many others
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
TESTIMONIALS “The recent Virtual Round Table conference resulted in a powerful exchange of ideas among accomplished peers that belied its comfortable, intimate ambience. The Ning was well managed to present information needed by participants such as events and forums in an easily navigable format. The events were carried off flawlessly using Adobe Connect, and the recordings make a substantial contribution to the burgeoning multiliterature on the field of language learning through technology. The organizers are to be thanked and congratulated.“ Vance, UAE I’ve spoken at many conferences and conducted workshops in the "real world", but the best response I’ve had is still from Virtual Roundtable. Let’s do it again! - Mauricio, Australia To join such a conference, from the comfort of home, at times which suited me, was a delight. I made contact with others around the world who had interesting opinions and were happy to share them. I would love to take part in another virtual conference. - Sue, USA Acquiring such talented presenters and panelists, yet having the content accessible and of interest to all-comers is an art. The balance of topics and depth of this conference and the quality of the many speakers showed the skill and confidence of the curator and her team. Anyone missing out on taking part in this conference would want to make sure that they kept the time clear when the next virtual round table conference is announced. Taking part live - it just makes sense! - Nigel, Australia The people of Lancelot have done an amazing job pulling this off. The pioneering work of Lancelot and its partners will be written about in the history books of language education. I’m not joking. These people just blow my mind with their knowledge, passion, and dedication. They are just as excited about technology as they are about the fundamentals of language learning. The combination of both, drives them always to the cutting edge of our trade. Stefan, US An excellent overview of the wide range of opportunities now available to teachers who really want to get into an online environment. The presenters and moderators struck a fine balance between providing interesting and informative content without overselling their concepts and services. - Brent, Germany A nice way to be a student again. We could chat and enjoy learning things. We spent some very nice moments sharing our understanding of our work, the questions we have and the ideas. A positive and highly enjoyable experience. - Dominique, France The best thing about the Virtual Round Table Conference was the fact that at any given moment we had the chance to swap ideas with more than 40 people from around the world. This gave me the opportunity to put my own experience of teacher training and technological issues in ELT here in Brazil in perspective with colleagues around the world and this has subsequently led me to re-think a number of issues. It couldn't have been a more enriching experience. - Valéria, Brazil
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Position your organisation as an e-learning industry leader by sponsoring the VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE 2010 through one of our exclusive sponsorship packages! All sponsorship packages include the positioning of your logo/ visual identity, top sponsors’ logos will receive distinctive positioning: On the ‘Sponsors’ page with a link to your website In all conference mailings from the delegates database On all virtual classroom conference slides In the post-conference report sent to the press
The CONFERENCE SPONSOR of the VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE Conference is the main supporter of the conference. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes: A special mention in the Opening Plenary Session The possibility of providing a speaker in one of the conference plenary sessions (to be coordinated with and approved by the conference organisers) An opportunity to moderate and organise a (theme relevant) workshop/ product presentation session within the conference programme, fully integrated into all pre-conference announcements A recorded interview with the scholarship winner(s) A full-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition pdf document A logo/ visual identity placement at the beginning and at the end of each of the conference recordings The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in press reports Price: 1500 € plus 19% VAT
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
As a TEACHER TRAINING GRANT sponsor, your company may position itself as a generous promoter of teacher training in the technology-supported language learning and training market. Teacher training grant winners must be conference participants and they may choose a teacher training course from a list of courses with special emphasis on language learning with technology. The sponsorship is a contribution towards 50% of the course fee. Generous donations by all participants will be collected and added to a fund. If your company and the amount of your donation would like to be mentioned, we will gladly do so. The following list of four teacher training courses have been selected because they all train language learning with technology and they can be taken at a distance. 1. IH COLT - IH Certificate for Online Tutoring, International House (Infos: http://www.ihonlinetraining.net/ihcolt.html ) 2. Cert ICT - Certificate in Teaching Language with Technology, The Consultants-E (Infos: http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/trinityict/index.asp ) 3. LANCELOT Training - LANguage learning with CErtified Live Online Teachers, LANCELOT School (Infos: http://www.lancelotschool.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&It emid=117 ) 4. EUROVOLT via VLE, Die Wiener Volkshochschulen GmbH, Kompetenzzentrum Lernen und eLearning + Kompetenzzentrum Sprachen und Kulturen (Infos: http://www.eurovolt.net/) Besides the general logo placement benefits stated above on page 6, this sponsorship includes (depending on the amount): A special mention in the opening Plenary Session The possibility of providing a speaker in one of the conference plenary sessions (to be coordinated with and approved by the conference organisers) An opportunity to moderate and organise a (theme relevant) workshop/ product presentation session within the conference programme, fully integrated into all pre-conference announcements A recorded interview with the teacher training grant winner(s) A full-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition pdf document A logo/ visual identity placement at the end of each of the conference recordings The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in press reports Price: voluntary contribution towards a fund for 50% of a teacher training course of choice from a list of 4-5 teacher training courses which train language learning with technology
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
A current favourite at conferences worldwide, and also very popular at VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conferences is the PECHA KUCHA NIGHT. This popular event of a number of speedy presentations Pecha Kucha style (20 slides auto-advancing every 20sec) gives you the perfect visibility and promotional opportunity to profile your company as a sponsor of creativity, innovation and fun. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes:
A special mention in the opening plenary session A secured slot as a Pecha Kucha presenter or moderator A logo/ visual identity placement at the end of each of the Pecha Kucha recordings A detailed INSIGHT analysis of viewings of Pecha Kucha recordings A full-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition pdf document A special mention in the description of the playlist on YouTube The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in press reports
Price: 200 € plus 19% VAT
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
The SPEAKERS’ RECEPTION group on the conference website is an exclusive group of guest speakers, panelists chairpersons, moderators and conference organisers. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes:
Your logo/ visual identity and a link to your website in the speakers’ reception group A special mention in the opening Plenary Session An opportunity to moderate and organise a (theme relevant) workshop/ product presentation session within the conference programme, fully integrated into all preconference announcements A half-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition catalogue The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in the press pigeon holes
Price: 100 € plus 19% VAT
WEBSITE ADS are a prominent eye catcher on the main conference site. Throughout the conference, participants access the schedules frequently and see your advertisement over and over again in a rotating banner. This could mean reaching hundreds of participants in a short period of time and many more due to the recordings being displayed on the site. This advertisement remains active for 6 months until the next VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE Conference.
Your logo/ visual identity and a link to your website in the banner An opportunity to moderate and organise a (theme relevant) workshop/ product presentation session within the conference programme, fully integrated into all pre-conference announcements The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in the press pigeon holes
Price: 60 € plus 19% VAT for 6 months
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
As an important and popular element of the conference, promotional TOOLS AND SERVICES are an essential sponsorship opportunity. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes:
A special mention of your company’s products and services promotional offers of tools and services (i.e. free digital teaching & learning material, free books, free CD-ROMs, free 1-year membership etc.) The insertion of your promotional offers in the conference price draw at the end of the conference The insertion of your promotional offers of tools and services in the digital conference bag A quarter-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition catalogue The insertion of your promotional brochure in the virtual conference bags The insertion of your company information in press reports
Price: 50 € plus VAT as well as your promotional offer (i.e. free digital teaching & learning material/ course/ CD-ROM/ membership/ site access/ software etc.)
A DIGITAL CONFERENCE BAG essentially is an email that is sent to conference participants with the conference programme in pdf format and other attachments. This email will contain your logo / visual identity as a conference bag sponsor. Including your promotional material in this welcoming email will ensure a first impression with the participants. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes:
Your logo and website link on every digital conference bag together with VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE visuals The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags welcoming email A quarter-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition pdf document The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in press reports
Price: 35 € plus 19% VAT
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
If you are interested in any of the exhibition, sponsorship and/ or marketing items mentioned above, please contact us at:
Organiser LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH Im Schwenkenland 18 79224 Umkirch Germany Heike Philp Tel +49(0)76 65 939 09 09 Fax +49(0)76 65 947 29 74 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.virtual-round-table.com www.lancelotschool.com Blog: www.letstalkonline.com http://www.twitter.com/heikephilp Co-organiser Shelly Terrell, VP of Educator Outreach for Parentella.com, Germany [email protected] www.parentella.com http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org http://www.twitter.com/shellterrell Co-organiser Berni Wall, RLI-Gapfillers +44(0) 1609 748 175 www.language-tuition.co.uk www.gapfillers.co.uk Radical Language –a blog for English learners http://www.twitter.com/rliberni
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
http://www.virtual-round-table.com hosted by LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH www.lancelotschool.com co-organizers Shelly Terrell and Berni Wall
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference is a live online conference dedicated to language learning with technology. It is aimed at educators and language teaching professionals in language schools, institutes or other language related organisations. It is held entirely online using virtual classroom technology and provides a superb opportunity to profile one’s company as being truly ‘state-of-the-art’ in understanding and promoting Internet-based learning. The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference will present a number of web tools and best practise on how to use these tools in class for the benefit of our language learners.
Many appreciative comments from past conferences testify that the conference demonstrates well our efforts to provide “innovative, inspiring and sociable teacher training” for language teaching professionals around the globe. Our conference recordings have been viewed many hundreds of times over and are now housed under the [RECORDINGS] tab on the homepage in the form of individual blogs for easy sharing. http://www.virtual-round-table.com
The previous two VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE Conferences (November 2009 and April 2010) saw a total of 815 unique visitors attending live sessions and more than 820 signed up on the conference website. These were from the following fields : Language teaching professionals Directors of Studies Teacher training organisations Programme Managers and Education Administrators Technology and Service Providers Training Consultants and Company Representatives Deans, Directors and Researchers from Universities and the Higher Education Sector
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference is unique because … it is an online conference for language teaching professionals it takes place in virtual classrooms, which do not require any installation, no log-in, no registration it is solely dedicated to language teaching with technology
The 1st VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference took place on 12-13 November 2009 and the 2nd VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference took place on 22-23 April 2010. The many appreciative comments after the first conference of this kind and the subsequent EduBlog award took us by surprise. In a follow-up survey we asked the question: How often? and with 98% of all responses stating ‘semi-annually’ and even ‘quarterly’ as well as the numerous positive testimonials, we decided to run the conference twice a year. Compared to a local conference, an online conference reaches more people and is much more efficient to organise. To date, the conference is free of charge and relies on voluntary donations. Both conferences saw a combined total of … 75 guest speakers presenting and conducting workshops in over 100 sessions 46 hours of program and recordings for more then 800 unique visitors and signed up members on the community site in more than 75 countries language experts met in 9 panel discussions discussing and elaborating on research, social media, teacher training and much more 8 Second Life sessions simulcasted in Adobe ConnectPro, for easy viewing 22 ‘show & tell’ presentations of products and services for language teachers 18 hands-on workshops 3 Pecha Kucha nights with a complete total of 17 Pecha Kucha presenters an innovative virtual simulcast, bridging Second Life with virtual classroom technology a poster exhibition in Second Life
Guest speakers included amongst others (listed in alphabetical order)… … honorable guest speakers such as Waldemar Martyniuk of ECML who presented the opening speech at the 2nd VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference about the work of ECML in the area of language learning and technology
…researchers and representatives of CALL(Computer Assisted Language Learning) organizations such as Stephen Bax, Graham Davies, John Gillespie, Ton Koenraad, IngeAnna Koleff, Andrew Lian, Robert O’Dowd et al. …Second Life experts such as Hajnalka Beck [Dorka Nemeth], Nergiz Kern [Daffodil Fargis], Ylva Lindberg, Dennis Newson [Osnacantab Nesterov], Joe Pereira [Creed Juran], Shiv
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
Rajendran [Kingsbury Yeats], David Richardson, Graham Stanley [Baldric Commons], Paul Sweeney [Paolo Inventor] and others. …teacher trainers and teacher training organisations such as Shaun Wilden of International House, Gavin Dudeney of The Consultants-E, Pete Sharma of Pete Sharma Associate, Russell Stannard of TeacherTrainingVideos, Marisa Constantinides of CELTAthens, Holly Longstroth of LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH, Marina Petrovic of EduCo, Karenne Sylvester of KalinagoEnglish. …EU funded projects such as MUVENATION, AVALON, NIFLAR, ARGuing, eCLIL, Chain Stories, Lullabies from the Cradle, Don’t give up, EduComics, EuroLib, Web2.0ERC, TOOL for Online and Offline Language Learning. … webservices, publishers, products vendors and industry representatives such as Graham Stanley of the British Council, Deborah Capras of Business Spotlight, Tim Darling of digital publishing AG, Stace Wills of Elluminate, Kenny Christian of English Profi, Valentina Dodge and Emma Watson of English 360, Simon Beeston of Oxford English Testing, Lukas Palecek of Fronter, Philip Gienandt of LinguaTV, Ben Palmer of OURLesson, Lars Gyorvari of phase6, Duane Sider of Rosetta Stone Inc., Janusz Hamerski of SolarNet, Henry Hon of Vyew, Anthony Green of VOICEBook and others. …Live online language schools and individual live online teachers such as Shiv Rajendran of LanguageLab, Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart von Talkademy, Stefan Booy of Myngle, Lukas Palecek of WebSchool, Monica Thomas of AdLib, Stephen Jones, Soaad, Hala, Vyara. … bloggers, web 2.0 enthusiasts and individual experts such as Burcu Akyol, Sean Banville, Paul Breibisch, Neal Chambers, Andy Chaplin, Kalyan Chattopadhyay, V Anitha Devi. Seth Dickens, Carl Dowse, Alexandra Francisco, Ozge Karaoglu, Tamas Lorincz, Sue LyonJones, Nik Peachey, Nicholas Provenzana, Vicky Saumell, Bethany Smith, Shelly Terrell, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, Berni Wall, Kirsten Winkler. … networkers such as Kenny Christian (EnglishProfi), Angelika Güttl-Steinhofer (DaF Community) and Maeshell West-Davies (sosocial club) …’webheads’ such as Barbara Dieu, Evelyn Izequierdo, Dr. Doris Molero, Vance Stevens and many others
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
TESTIMONIALS “The recent Virtual Round Table conference resulted in a powerful exchange of ideas among accomplished peers that belied its comfortable, intimate ambience. The Ning was well managed to present information needed by participants such as events and forums in an easily navigable format. The events were carried off flawlessly using Adobe Connect, and the recordings make a substantial contribution to the burgeoning multiliterature on the field of language learning through technology. The organizers are to be thanked and congratulated.“ Vance, UAE I’ve spoken at many conferences and conducted workshops in the "real world", but the best response I’ve had is still from Virtual Roundtable. Let’s do it again! - Mauricio, Australia To join such a conference, from the comfort of home, at times which suited me, was a delight. I made contact with others around the world who had interesting opinions and were happy to share them. I would love to take part in another virtual conference. - Sue, USA Acquiring such talented presenters and panelists, yet having the content accessible and of interest to all-comers is an art. The balance of topics and depth of this conference and the quality of the many speakers showed the skill and confidence of the curator and her team. Anyone missing out on taking part in this conference would want to make sure that they kept the time clear when the next virtual round table conference is announced. Taking part live - it just makes sense! - Nigel, Australia The people of Lancelot have done an amazing job pulling this off. The pioneering work of Lancelot and its partners will be written about in the history books of language education. I’m not joking. These people just blow my mind with their knowledge, passion, and dedication. They are just as excited about technology as they are about the fundamentals of language learning. The combination of both, drives them always to the cutting edge of our trade. Stefan, US An excellent overview of the wide range of opportunities now available to teachers who really want to get into an online environment. The presenters and moderators struck a fine balance between providing interesting and informative content without overselling their concepts and services. - Brent, Germany A nice way to be a student again. We could chat and enjoy learning things. We spent some very nice moments sharing our understanding of our work, the questions we have and the ideas. A positive and highly enjoyable experience. - Dominique, France The best thing about the Virtual Round Table Conference was the fact that at any given moment we had the chance to swap ideas with more than 40 people from around the world. This gave me the opportunity to put my own experience of teacher training and technological issues in ELT here in Brazil in perspective with colleagues around the world and this has subsequently led me to re-think a number of issues. It couldn't have been a more enriching experience. - Valéria, Brazil
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Position your organisation as an e-learning industry leader by sponsoring the VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE 2010 through one of our exclusive sponsorship packages! All sponsorship packages include the positioning of your logo/ visual identity, top sponsors’ logos will receive distinctive positioning: On the ‘Sponsors’ page with a link to your website In all conference mailings from the delegates database On all virtual classroom conference slides In the post-conference report sent to the press
The CONFERENCE SPONSOR of the VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE Conference is the main supporter of the conference. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes: A special mention in the Opening Plenary Session The possibility of providing a speaker in one of the conference plenary sessions (to be coordinated with and approved by the conference organisers) An opportunity to moderate and organise a (theme relevant) workshop/ product presentation session within the conference programme, fully integrated into all pre-conference announcements A recorded interview with the scholarship winner(s) A full-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition pdf document A logo/ visual identity placement at the beginning and at the end of each of the conference recordings The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in press reports Price: 1500 € plus 19% VAT
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
As a TEACHER TRAINING GRANT sponsor, your company may position itself as a generous promoter of teacher training in the technology-supported language learning and training market. Teacher training grant winners must be conference participants and they may choose a teacher training course from a list of courses with special emphasis on language learning with technology. The sponsorship is a contribution towards 50% of the course fee. Generous donations by all participants will be collected and added to a fund. If your company and the amount of your donation would like to be mentioned, we will gladly do so. The following list of four teacher training courses have been selected because they all train language learning with technology and they can be taken at a distance. 1. IH COLT - IH Certificate for Online Tutoring, International House (Infos: http://www.ihonlinetraining.net/ihcolt.html ) 2. Cert ICT - Certificate in Teaching Language with Technology, The Consultants-E (Infos: http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/trinityict/index.asp ) 3. LANCELOT Training - LANguage learning with CErtified Live Online Teachers, LANCELOT School (Infos: http://www.lancelotschool.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&It emid=117 ) 4. EUROVOLT via VLE, Die Wiener Volkshochschulen GmbH, Kompetenzzentrum Lernen und eLearning + Kompetenzzentrum Sprachen und Kulturen (Infos: http://www.eurovolt.net/) Besides the general logo placement benefits stated above on page 6, this sponsorship includes (depending on the amount): A special mention in the opening Plenary Session The possibility of providing a speaker in one of the conference plenary sessions (to be coordinated with and approved by the conference organisers) An opportunity to moderate and organise a (theme relevant) workshop/ product presentation session within the conference programme, fully integrated into all pre-conference announcements A recorded interview with the teacher training grant winner(s) A full-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition pdf document A logo/ visual identity placement at the end of each of the conference recordings The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in press reports Price: voluntary contribution towards a fund for 50% of a teacher training course of choice from a list of 4-5 teacher training courses which train language learning with technology
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
A current favourite at conferences worldwide, and also very popular at VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conferences is the PECHA KUCHA NIGHT. This popular event of a number of speedy presentations Pecha Kucha style (20 slides auto-advancing every 20sec) gives you the perfect visibility and promotional opportunity to profile your company as a sponsor of creativity, innovation and fun. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes:
A special mention in the opening plenary session A secured slot as a Pecha Kucha presenter or moderator A logo/ visual identity placement at the end of each of the Pecha Kucha recordings A detailed INSIGHT analysis of viewings of Pecha Kucha recordings A full-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition pdf document A special mention in the description of the playlist on YouTube The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in press reports
Price: 200 € plus 19% VAT
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
The SPEAKERS’ RECEPTION group on the conference website is an exclusive group of guest speakers, panelists chairpersons, moderators and conference organisers. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes:
Your logo/ visual identity and a link to your website in the speakers’ reception group A special mention in the opening Plenary Session An opportunity to moderate and organise a (theme relevant) workshop/ product presentation session within the conference programme, fully integrated into all preconference announcements A half-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition catalogue The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in the press pigeon holes
Price: 100 € plus 19% VAT
WEBSITE ADS are a prominent eye catcher on the main conference site. Throughout the conference, participants access the schedules frequently and see your advertisement over and over again in a rotating banner. This could mean reaching hundreds of participants in a short period of time and many more due to the recordings being displayed on the site. This advertisement remains active for 6 months until the next VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE Conference.
Your logo/ visual identity and a link to your website in the banner An opportunity to moderate and organise a (theme relevant) workshop/ product presentation session within the conference programme, fully integrated into all pre-conference announcements The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in the press pigeon holes
Price: 60 € plus 19% VAT for 6 months
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
As an important and popular element of the conference, promotional TOOLS AND SERVICES are an essential sponsorship opportunity. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes:
A special mention of your company’s products and services promotional offers of tools and services (i.e. free digital teaching & learning material, free books, free CD-ROMs, free 1-year membership etc.) The insertion of your promotional offers in the conference price draw at the end of the conference The insertion of your promotional offers of tools and services in the digital conference bag A quarter-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition catalogue The insertion of your promotional brochure in the virtual conference bags The insertion of your company information in press reports
Price: 50 € plus VAT as well as your promotional offer (i.e. free digital teaching & learning material/ course/ CD-ROM/ membership/ site access/ software etc.)
A DIGITAL CONFERENCE BAG essentially is an email that is sent to conference participants with the conference programme in pdf format and other attachments. This email will contain your logo / visual identity as a conference bag sponsor. Including your promotional material in this welcoming email will ensure a first impression with the participants. Besides the general logo placement benefits stated on page 6, this sponsorship includes:
Your logo and website link on every digital conference bag together with VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE visuals The insertion of your promotional brochure in the digital conference bags welcoming email A quarter-page colour advertisement in the programme/ exhibition pdf document The integration of your company in VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE PR activities The insertion of your company information in press reports
Price: 35 € plus 19% VAT
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Virtual Round Table conference
Author: Heike Philp
If you are interested in any of the exhibition, sponsorship and/ or marketing items mentioned above, please contact us at:
Organiser LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH Im Schwenkenland 18 79224 Umkirch Germany Heike Philp Tel +49(0)76 65 939 09 09 Fax +49(0)76 65 947 29 74 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.virtual-round-table.com www.lancelotschool.com Blog: www.letstalkonline.com http://www.twitter.com/heikephilp Co-organiser Shelly Terrell, VP of Educator Outreach for Parentella.com, Germany [email protected] www.parentella.com http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org http://www.twitter.com/shellterrell Co-organiser Berni Wall, RLI-Gapfillers +44(0) 1609 748 175 www.language-tuition.co.uk www.gapfillers.co.uk Radical Language –a blog for English learners http://www.twitter.com/rliberni
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