Conversation Project Host Application

Thanks for your interest in hosting a Conversation Project program. Not all requests may be approved. You will receive notice of approval or refusal via email from an Oregon Humanities staff person with information about our decision within two weeks of receiving your application.

Please check our Conversation Project Catalog to confirm that the conversation you want to host is available in the way you want to host it (for example, some facilitators only offer in-person conversations).

Questions? Contact Lucy Solares-Steger, Program Coordinator, at l.solares@oregonhumanities.org.

Organization

Name of Organization

Street

City/Town

State

Zip Code

Website

Organization Type

Event Contact Person

First Name

Last Name

Title

Phone

Ext

Which format are you interested in for your topic(s)?

Community Conversation: a single, 90-minute programReflective Conference: multiple conversations held over a single day

Please enter how much (between $0 and $600) your organization can pay per conversation if we move forward with your application. Think about your organization's budget and size to choose the rate that works for you at this time. The amount you can pay will not affect whether your application is approved. Most organizations pay at least $50. If your organization can afford to, paying a higher amount allows us to continue to make these programs accessible to smaller organizations.

We can pay $

.00 for each conversation

Enter just the Amount, with no $ sign.

Please answer a few more questions.

Why is your organization interested in hosting a Conversation Project?

Keeping in mind groups and people who represent different sectors and perspectives, who do you hope to bring together in conversation? How will this inform what organizations you partner with to host this conversation and/or how you engage in outreach?

Which type of event(s) will you host? (Please see the catalog to ensure your facilitator offers your preferred format)

Virtual OnlyIn Person OnlyVirtual and In Person (if hosting multiple events)

Please let us know what precautions, if any, you are taking around COVID-19 to ensure safety for everyone or meet the conditions the facilitator requested. Check for specific facilitator requests in the catalog.

Conversation Project leaders who travel more than one hundred miles are provided one night of lodging. Will the leader(s) travel more than one hundred miles from their hometown and are you able to cover lodging? Check for the hometown of the Conversation Project leader in the catalog or in the list above where you selected the program(s) you want to host.

No traveling, or the distance is less than one hundred miles.Yes, and we can pay for lodging. Yes, but paying for lodging is a financial barrier for our organization and we’d like to request support from Oregon Humanities.

Your organization will be responsible for set-up, outreach, and production of these virtual conversations on Zoom Meeting or a similar platform that allows small group breakout rooms. Additionally, someone from your organization will need to support the Conversation Project leader with technical needs like breakout rooms and screen sharing. Please choose one of the following:

Please choose one of the following:

My organization has a Zoom Meeting account or similar platform. I would like to use an Oregon Humanities Zoom account to host this conversation.

Please read and agree to the following, on behalf of your organization, before submitting your application.

If the event is in person, we are responsible for following local, state, and federal public health guidelines relating to COVID-19 as well as precautions requested by the facilitator.

If the event is in person and the conversation facilitator travels more than one hundred miles one way, we will provide one night of commercial lodging, unless we requested help from Oregon Humanities for lodging.

If the event is virtual, our organization will help the facilitator with any technological needs, including breakout rooms and screen sharing.

These conversations are for between seven and twenty-five people, and we are responsible for promoting the event to our community or convening a group of people.

Someone from our organization will attend the event to welcome participants and introduce Oregon Humanities and the conversation facilitator.

After the event we will submit attendee information (name, email, and zip code), our host evaluation, and payment for the program to Oregon Humanities, and email the Oregon Humanities' event evaluation to participants.