The 2026 Therapeutic and Applied Geek and Gaming Summit (TAGGS) will take place April 16-19, 2026 and all presentations/workshops are from 9 am to 5 pm PST.

Please complete this form to submit your session proposal for TAGGS 2026.

Please be descriptive, but brief, and answer all questions fully so your submission gets the best consideration for final approval.

The final day to submit a proposal is November 15th, 2025.

Acceptance emails will be sent the week of January 31st, 2026.

To submit additional proposals, visit this form again. Please send questions to hello@taggsummit.org. For more information about TAGGS, visit https://taggs.geektherapy.org.

Provide a quick bio (300 words max). Be mindful that bios aren't just for attendees to get an idea of the presenter, but are part of CE requirements to ensure presenters are knowledgeable about what they will be presenting.

How to Write a Strong Bio:

1. Be Concise: Keep your bio brief but informative, focusing on key details that highlight your qualifications and expertise.
   Establish Professional Identity: Clearly state your credentials and areas of specialization.
2. Incorporate Personal, Cultural, And/Or Significant Identity Factors: Mention relevant aspects of your background or identity to connect with attendees on a personal level. This is crucial if the content you're presenting is also connected to your lived experience.
3. Highlight Specializations: List the therapeutic approaches and populations you specialize in to help potential clients determine if you're the right fit.
   Include Unique Aspects: Add something that sets you apart, such as a unique therapeutic approach or personal interest that relates to your practice.
4. Mention Reach: If applicable, note your licensure in multiple states, any notable experience with large organizations, or platforms in which you are connected too.
5. Add a Human Element: Include a personal hobby or interest to make your bio more relatable and approachable.
    

Example:

"Ariel Landrum is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Art Therapist. She is a proud Filipina American practicing out of California. She specializes in Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Art Therapy. She incorporates her client's passions and fandoms as part of the treatment process. She is licensed in multiple states to provide therapy and regularly conducts mental wellness training for various Fortune 500 organizations.

The populations she specializes in working with are military members and their families, the LGBTQIA+ community, survivors of sexual assault, and the AANHPI diaspora. When she isn't conducting therapy in her private practice, Guidance Teletherapy, you can find her trying to catch them all on Pokemon Go."

The TAGGS selection process takes the diversity of its presenters into consideration to include and uplift underrepresented groups and identities.

Please share as much or as little information as you want about how you self-identify. We understand that identity is a complex and personal matter, and we respect your decision to share what you choose. Please list any identities you wish to champion and celebrate.

By sharing your identities, you are contributing to a greater understanding and appreciation of the multifaceted backgrounds that enrich our community. Your willingness to participate in this process is invaluable in our efforts to create a TAGGS that celebrates and uplifts underrepresented voices.

• Presentation: A format focused on presenting or sharing information. Example: A slide show with speaker with only Q&A audience interaction.
• Workshop: A format focused on teaching a skill, with the opportunity for attendees to receive feedback from the facilitator. Interactive experiences that showcase a specific skill. May involve breakout rooms. Example: Design a mini-game, create an RPG plot, create interventions for a fandom or IP.

The guidelines below came straight from "Writing Learning Objectives" from the NBCC guide: https://www.nbcc.org/assets/ceprovider/aceplearningobjectives.pdf

How to Write Effective Learning Objectives:

• Define Learning Outcomes: Start by clearly stating what participants will know or be able to do after completing the course. Focus on what the participants will achieve, not what the presenter will do.
• Be Observable and Measurable: Ensure that each learning objective can be observed or measured. This helps in assessing whether the learning goals have been met.
• Use Action Verbs: Incorporate specific action verbs to describe the desired outcomes. This makes your objectives clear and behaviorally specific. Some examples include: Analyze, Apply, Create, Evaluate, Summarize
• Avoid Vague Verbs: Stay away from vague verbs that are hard to measure, such as: Understand, Learn, Know, Appreciate
• Phrase Objectives Clearly: You can introduce your objectives with phrases like: "Participants will be able to..." or "This workshop is designed to help you..."
   

By following these tips, you can create learning objectives that are clear, measurable, and focused on participant outcomes, making them more effective for both instructional design and assessment.

Please list 3-5 citations in APA format to be referenced within this session. (At least three (3) of which must be published within the past 5 years from scientific journals and/or researched-based literature.)

AI Policy: We do not discourage the use of artificial intelligence to edit and format reference lists. It is the user's ethical responsibility to ensure that any information submitted is accurate. If the selection committee finds that any references are fictitious, your presentation will be withdrawn from consideration.

TAGGS is only requesting hosting and distributions rights. The content created belongs to the presenter(s). TAGGS will host recordings of presentations to Media Pass holders for one year, and may make recordings available beyond that. You may request that TAGGS remove the videos from our sites at any time.

You can read the full Code of Conduct here: https://geektherapy.org/taggs-code-of-conduct/