New Course Proposals

Thank you for your interest in presenting a course at The Haven – the information below is intended to help you to submit your proposal.

About The Haven
Before you begin, please spend some time looking through our web site to familiarize yourself with what we do at The Haven Institute. As well as what we do, it is particularly important to be aware of where we are – we offer residential courses in a stunning, rural location on Gabriola Island, one of the southern Gulf Islands situated in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland British Columbia (Vancouver), Canada. This is a factor to include in any marketing plan – we do not get 'walk-in' clientele and coming to a course here requires a certain amount of planning.

For more on our location, see the information on 'Getting Here'.

Course timetable
Our courses last a minimum of 5 sessions, and typically look like this

Day	Session	Time
1	1	7:30 pm – 9.30 pm (approx.)
2	2	9:15 am – noon
2	3	3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
2	4	7:30 pm – 9.30 pm (approx.)
3	5	9:15 am – noon

As each day is added, the courses increase by three sessions, so a 4-day (3 night) course is 8 sessions, 5-day (4 night) course is 11 sessions, and so on.

Please note the following important information:

We will often ask leaders to accept at no fee a member of The Haven's faculty or management to attend a new course, in order to complete an evaluation. More information on this will be provided if your course is approved.
Proposals for 2010 will be accepted until June 1^st 2009

Submitting your proposal
Please submit your proposal to the Director of Programs and include the following information:

1. Full contact details for the leader(s) – including name, address, phone number(s), email and web site addresses.

2. A resume for the leader(s), which includes details of training, education, and work history, specifically regarding the topic area that their proposed course addresses. It would also be useful to include professional references and copies of materials authored by the leader(s).

3. A brief and descriptive title for the course.

4. A description of the course, including:

The intended audience or market for this course – who would this course be of interest to and benefit?
A summary of the course content – what topics or issues are addressed?
A description of the methods of presentation – what is the presentation style, types of exercises, teaching models used etc.?
A brief history of the course – in what setting has it been presented before, how many people have participated in the course what feedback has been received?

5. A proposed marketing plan – including for example the number of contacts on electronic mailing lists, average hits on your web site, publications and media outlets where you might advertise.

6. Amount of desired payment – on a per-participant basis.

7. Brief information on the following:

The proposed length of the course – consistent with the information on course timetables included above.
The suggested minimum and maximum number of participants.
Any special requirements, other than one session room.

The Director of Programs will acknowledge receipt of your proposal and let you know what the next steps will be.