Education conferences, found for you
Discovery searches the public web and trusted event feeds for calls for proposals, then matches them to your topics, audiences and institutional role.
For faculty, instructional designers and administrators
Find the right education conferences and submit polished proposals before the deadline
Worth the Pitch finds calls for proposals across higher education, matches them to your research and practice, and drafts every field of each conference's submission form within its word limits.
Free plan, no card required. Cancel any time.
Sound familiar?
Conference proposals compete with teaching, research and committee work
- Calls for proposals are scattered across association sites, listservs and newsletters, and you hear about the best ones from a colleague after they close.
- Each submission portal wants something different: a 250-word abstract, a 75-word program summary, three learning outcomes, a track, a session type and a reference list.
- Co-presenter sections ask for names, titles, institutions and bios for everyone, and collecting them eats days of email.
- Deadlines cluster around the busiest weeks of the semester, so strong session ideas never get submitted.
What you get
A proposal workflow built for academic conferences
Whether you present on teaching and learning, educational technology, student success or institutional leadership, Worth the Pitch brings the relevant calls to you and helps you meet each one's requirements.
Tracks and session types, chosen exactly
When a form asks you to pick a strand, track, session type or level, the draft selects one of the listed options word for word.
Word limits honored field by field
Abstracts, program summaries and outcome statements are drafted inside each limit, with live word and character counters as you revise.
Every field in form order
Proposal Studio drafts each field as it appears, including literature and reference sections and co-presenter blocks, so you can review the full submission in one pass and add citations from your own work.
Deadlines you can see coming
Each match shows Proposals due and Conference dates. Reminders arrive 7, 3 and 1 day before a call closes, and the Apply this week board lists what closes in the next 14 days.
Profile built from your CV
Upload your CV or bio and Profile Autopilot drafts your full profile, including ranked topics, audiences, target conferences and signature sessions, in about a minute.
See the output
What a drafted academic proposal looks like
An illustrative example for an instructional designer proposing a session to a teaching and learning conference. Field names and limits mirror a typical submission form.
Try it on your next callExample: Proposal Studio draft for an education conference form (illustrative)
1Session Title (12 words max)
Designing Feedback Loops That Students Actually Use in Online Courses
2Track (select one)
Digital Learning and Course Design
3Session Type
Interactive Workshop (75 minutes)
4Program Abstract (75 words max)
In this workshop I share a feedback cycle my team built for fully online courses. You will map feedback points in one of your own courses, test two low-effort revision prompts, and leave with a plan for using student responses to adjust instruction mid-term.
5Learning Outcomes (3 required)
1. Map feedback points in an online course. 2. Apply two revision prompts. 3. Plan a mid-term instructional adjustment.
How it works
From CV to submitted proposal
- 01
Upload your CV
Profile Autopilot reads your CV or bio and builds your topics, audiences and signature sessions. Preview it free and adjust anything.
- 02
Review matched calls
See education conferences ranked by fit, with deadlines, formats, locations and virtual options on each card.
- 03
Draft to the form
Proposal Studio reads the submission form and drafts each field, from title and abstract to outcomes and track selection.
- 04
Submit and follow up
Guided Apply walks you through the portal field by field, and the pipeline reminds you to follow up after the review window.
The difference
Conference submissions, before and after
Doing it by handWith Worth the Pitch
Scanning listservs and association sites for new callsMatching education calls delivered to your dashboard and daily digest
Cutting a 250-word abstract down to a 75-word summaryEach abstract and summary drafted inside its own limit
Guessing which strand or session type fits your workThe exact track and session option from the form, already selected
Remembering deadlines during midterms and gradingReminders 7, 3 and 1 day before each call closes
Retyping answers into a slow submission portalGuided Apply steps through the portal with Copy & next
Pricing
The Free plan covers one proposal draft a month, which suits faculty who target a few conferences a year. If you submit to several conferences each cycle, Basic at $29 a month gives you 10 drafts and 15 scored matches per refresh.
Free $0Basic $29/moGrowth $59/moPro $149/mo
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FAQ
Questions, answered
Does it find academic and higher education conferences?
Yes. Discovery searches the public web and trusted event feeds for calls for proposals of every kind, including teaching and learning, educational technology, student affairs, assessment and leadership conferences. Matching then ranks them against the topics, audiences and conferences in your profile, so the education calls relevant to your work rise to the top.
Can it handle literature reference and citation fields?
Proposal Studio drafts every field on the form in order, including reference and literature sections. It builds from what is in your profile and talk library, so review those fields and add the citations from your own work before you submit.
What about co-presenters?
Co-presenter blocks appear in the draft in the same order as the form, so you can see every name, title, institution and bio field you will need before you open the portal. Your own details come from your profile, and you can paste in your colleagues' information during Guided Apply.
Is it appropriate to use AI for a conference proposal?
Policies vary by association, so check each call's guidelines. Proposal Studio drafts from your own profile and session ideas in the first person, and you review and edit every field before anything is submitted. Many presenters use it as a structured first draft that they refine with their own judgment.
Our center supports many faculty presenters. Is there a team option?
The Pro plan at $149 a month supports up to 10 speaker profiles, with 200 proposal drafts and 60 scored matches per refresh. It works well for a teaching and learning center, an instructional design team, or a department that submits proposals on behalf of several presenters.
What if the submission portal requires a login?
Many academic portals do. Proposal Studio infers the likely fields from the call page when the form needs a login. Once you are inside the portal, you can paste the form text into Proposal Studio and it redrafts every answer to match the exact questions and limits.
Guides for this
ProposalsHow to Write a Speaker Proposal That Review Committees Say Yes ToA step-by-step guide to conference proposals, with a fill-in template, a worked abstract example, and three sample learning objectives you can adapt today.Read the guide →Finding gigsWhere to Find Calls for Speakers in 2027: Sources, Search Tricks, and a Weekly RoutineEvery reliable source of speaking opportunities in one place, plus the search operators and 30-minute weekly routine that keep your calendar full.Read the guide →BrandingHow to Write a Speaker Bio: 50, 100, and 150-Word Examples You Can ModelA practical formula for a third-person speaker bio, three example bios at different lengths, and a checklist to run before you send yours to an organizer.Read the guide →
How it works on your dashboard
Help · Getting startedBuild your profile with Profile AutopilotUpload a bio, CV, or one-sheet and get a complete speaker profile in about a minute.Read the article →Help · ProposalsDraft a proposal in the Proposal studioGenerate a proposal that answers the conference's actual form field by field, then review and edit it before you submit.Read the article →Help · ProposalsWhen we can't read a conference formShare the form's link or paste the form itself so your draft matches every question, even on login-only portals.Read the article →Help · MatchesAlerts, digests, and deadline remindersChoose which emails you get, how strong a match must be to alert you, and when deadline reminders arrive.Read the article →
Submit to the conferences that matter for your work this year
Find education conferencesUpload your CV, see the education calls that fit, and draft your first proposal to the form. The Free plan needs no card.
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