Annual Meeting
11/07/2014
Welcome from the ECCAIF
Interest Forum Leaders
Fran
Pam
Karen
What’s an Interest Forum?
Why we got this started
What we are all about
Networking
Professional education for IF members
Professional education for NAEYC
members
Live and online events
Proposing ideas to NAEYC on behalf of
our members
Live events at conferences
Highlights
NAEYC “accreditation” for
consultants
An online registry of consultants
Guidance for NAEYC members at
large about how to work with
consultants
How you can be an official
member
Subscribe to the Early Childhood Consultants and
Authors Interest Forum
Go to: http://member-forums.naeyc.org/
To stay in the know
Join our LinkedIn Group
Sign up for our email list
http://bit.ly/ECCAIFemail
Participating in the ECCAIF
LinkedIn group
How do you find
new clients?How do you keep
training
engaging?
How can I
self-publish?
Which brings us to ask you…
What do YOU want from ECCAIF
or NAEYC to support our work as
Consultants
Professional development providers
Authors
Faculty
Our plan for ECCAIF
Webinars on specific topics of
interest to our members.
Webinars for NAEYC members who
are not members
Marketing your services
Self-publishing
Other topics you want or can
present?
Contribute to the newsletter? Or a
blog?
Agenda based meetings at least 4
times a year
Help us list the topics/info
we should gather and share:
Links for related conferences
Speaking opportunities
Grant/funding information
Jobs and gigs
Info on state training registries, QRIS,
or approval systems
Ways to collaborate, join forces, help
each other?
Writing/publishing opportunities
Cross blogging
Social media
Submitting “Official” Interest Forum
Proposals for conferences
Just because you are a member
of ECCAIF doesn’t mean we
will list your proposal. It must
offer content related to our
group.
Thank you
Fran Simon
Engagement Strategies, LLC.
EarlyChildhoodWebinars.com
Pam Brillante
Consultant and Professor
William Patterson University
Karen NemethLanguage Castle, LLC.
LanguageCastle.com