NCA Annual Convention

New and Coming to NCA in 2024 Are Virtual Learning Opportunities (VLOs)! As we prepare for our 110^th Annual Convention experience, VLOs are being created to encourage a vibrant, year-long conversation around the 2024 convention theme, “Communication for Greater Regard.” VLOs are added-value opportunities for members to learn, interact, and connect. They are designed to showcase member expertise and to enhance member learning among focal groups and/or focal topics. VLO types include a masterclass (less than one hour), an intensive (two to three hours), and a consortium (four hours). Planning is underway to schedule several VLOs leading up to the 2024 convention with the opportunity for in-person meet ups in New Orleans at the convention. Want to learn more or get involved in the creation of VLOs? Do you have suggestions for a VLO focal topic, expertise you would like to share in a VLO, or a focal group you would like to convene for a VLO? Share your insights and ideas today with the VLOs Planning Team. 

Jeanetta D. Sims

University of Central Oklahoma

Dr. Jeanetta Sims is known as a highly collaborative, respectful leader who believes in listening, honoring people and scaling through Mt. Fuji moments. She is a tenured professor and former dean of the University of Central Oklahoma’s (UCO) Graduate College and University College as well as the co-creator with students of the Broncho Education and Learning Lab (BELL). She championed UCO’s HLC Quality Initiative which culminated in a new first year experience called Broncho Blueprint. Dr. Sims is a 30+ award-winning scholar, educator, poet, and founder of Diverse Student Scholars. Along with numerous academic publications, she is the author of poetry and prose in the Moments in Soul-journal series and We Are Here series. In 2022, she was named a DaVinci Institute Fellow, Women Who Inspire Award recipient, a Marketing Management Association Fellow, and the inaugural recipient of NCA AACCD’s Dorothy Pennington Award.