Thank You For Your Interest In Presenting  At The 2011 Screenwriting Expo! "Some teachers treat the Expo like a store -- the teachers, although very nice, often times seem like they are there primarily to "sell" their products/books/dvds, etc. and/or sign-up students for additional classes/consults for $. I know it's hard covering so much material in only a 90 mins. class, but somehow I'd like to feel like the classes are more intensive (deeper learning experiences)."    -- Expo Registrant A note from Expo program management: of course this is not true of all or even most speakers.   But those who use Expo sessions as little but opportunities to sell, sell, sell are hurting the reputations of both speakers and the Expo.  Speakers who use a teaching session as a sales pitch are not invited back.   To submit Expo seminar proposals, please click here to affirm the speaker agreement or scroll down. Please let us start by thanking you for considering the Expo and proposing sessions.  We feel honored that you think the Expo is worth your valuable time. What's New... The Expo will include a film festival for the first time ever -- right on site.  See http://expofilomfest.org for details More sessions: we have booked more meeting rooms than in the past two years, and we have a lot of smaller meeting spaces,. Producers, Producers, Producers!  We're inviting many more producers to be on panels, to participate in the Golden Pitch Fest -- and we're planning a series of sessions on financing your own film, for the benefit of both producers and screenwriters. So would you like to give a presentation, teach a class, join a panel discussion, organize and moderate a panel discussion, or interview someone in front of an audience?  What Registrants Don't Want Infomercializing.  Above all, sessions which are or include "infomercials" or plugs for the speaker's latest book or outside class.  Registrants pay to travel to the Expo, to register, and to attend classes.  They rightly feel cheated by a session intended to whet their appetite for your book or class.   The same sessions as in prior years.   Most registrants are repeat registrants.  They want new content. They are very emphatic about this.  Exceptions: classes which drew high attendance last year.  We have already invited those teachers back.  If you did not/do not receive an invitation, we're sorry...The audience has spoken.      What Registrants Do Want: Producers, producers, producers.  And showrunners, showrunners, /showrunners: Panels of, interviews with, or sessions given by currently working movie producers and TV creators and showrunners Currently working film and TV writers.  A mix of newly-successful and long-time-successful writers.  Individual sessions, panels, or interviews. Currently working movie directors, especially writers/directors.   Individual sessions, panels, interviews. Sessions on marketing screenplays and oneself, and on breaking in, especially with writers who have recently done so. Sessions on screenwriting craft.  Because some regular speakers on craft cannot attend in 2011, we encourage proposals on craft this year.  Sessions on pitching.  We have invited several pitching experts.  We might add one more session on pitching.  Sessions on the business sides of being a screenwriter.  Contracts, copyrights, taxes, managing one's career. NEW: breaking creative blockages.  For these sessions, we seek therapists and other credentialed experts.  Unless you're a screenwriter with significant credits, we do not want sessions on "How I broke through my own writer's block."  Agents and Managers: Panels of, interviews with, or sessions given by currently working screenwriting agents and managers. New Media: presentations on the craft and business of scriptwriting for the Web, Xbox, Playstation, and other new media. Advanced teaching sessions not given at prior Expos: Registrants want new, more advanced sessions that build upon seminars from last year.  See last year's program at  http://screenwritingexpo.com/Seminars-Classes.html before it is taken down for this year's program. Sessions on screenwriting craft (see below). A Script Analysts' And Consultants' Program.  Are you a script analyst or consultant?  Help us:  What should this program be?  We're looking at everything from teaching sessions by script analysts to panels of analysts to setting up a way to do or initiate consultations on site.   Propose something!  Decision Timetables: We expect that the initial round of additional sessions from proposals will be selected by July 15, 2011.  We will add sessions through Sept. 1, 2011. Invited Teacher Benefits Quick Summary     – $3 for each paying registrant attending your sessions(s), using our count.  This $3 is per session, not per teacher.       – free or reimbursed parking up to $15/day each day you are presenting     – free pass to the entire Expo, classes, and evening receptions     – free basic Expo registration for your designated assistant     – use of speakers’ Green Room/lounge all day, each day of Expo     – Limited snack/comfort food and beverages in the Green Room (details to be worked out).     – Promotional help to market your outside products and services, both during and after the Expo See the full Speaker Agreement (next page) for the actual terms. Invited* Speaker Requirements Quick Summary: Here is a quick summary of what you will be expected to provide:     – A professional, relevant presentation     – No commercialism or "informercializing"--strictly enforced--see below     – Be on time.     – No recording     – Warranty that you own the work you present. Ready to propose a session or sessions?  Click here to read the speaker agreement and go to the proposal form*.