We are looking for presentations reporting (1) community leadership stories or 2) data storytelling work that highlight efforts to reimagine, strengthen, and restore healthcare, education, legal, and other systems to promote children’s wellbeing and prevent trauma. 

Data storytelling work can be research projects, community narratives, or community advocacy work which uses data to tell a story. While community leadership stories responding to do not have specific guidelines, we encourage presenters to use visual aids such as pictures, maps, or graphs. 

Vital Village can provide technical support and guidance as you prepare your presentations. Community members are welcome to sign-up for our Data Storytelling Workshop Series and explore tools and frameworks for collecting, visualizing, and evaluating community-driven data.

We also invite you to register for optional 1:1 office hours if you would like tailored support on your abstract or project. You can register for the office hours here.

(1) Title
(2) Author(s)
(3) Author Affiliation(s)
(4) Background
(5) Methods/Community Narratives
(6) Results/Impact
(7) Conclusions
(8) Acknowledgements/funding sources

Abstracts must include the following information:

For all presentations:

• What type of visualizations will be used (e.g. data maps, graphs, tables, infographics, pictures)?
• What impact or lessons can be learned from the story?

For data storytelling presentations:

• What data will be used to tell your story? (Only for a data storytelling presentation)
• How will your data support your story (illustrate current issues, raise concerns, express community voices via interviews/surveys, or show work progress)