All members are invited to attend the annual convention. The convention location rotates within the state in order to afford all members an opportunity to attend special programs and workshops at the convention, covering a variety of interests and communication disciplines.

Be a Participant
Anyone interested in presenting programs at the convention should contact the President-elect. Programs are often solicited and suggestions are always welcome.

2008 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 16-18, 2008
The 2008 conference will be held at The Chateau in Bloomington, IL. The theme is "Communication Renaissance". The conference will begin Thursday evening with a board meeting and social hour. Sessions will begin early Friday morning, Oct 17, and continue until noon on Saturday the 18th.

Details and a conference schedule will be posted here in June 08. For information or questions until then, please contact the lead planner, Eric Ewan at Pekin High School.

Do you know a colleague in the Illinois Speech and Theatre Association who has reached a significant milestone or received an award? If so please click here to honor members at the 2008 convention.

2008 SPEECH COACH WORKSHOPS
September 20, 2008 - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
The 2008 workshops for new and experienced speech coaches will be held at Illinois State University on Saturday, Sept. 20. Watch this space for more info.

Past ISTA Conferences:
Click on the links below to view PowerPoint presentations from previous ISTA conventions. Warning: The files are quite large.

2007
2006
2005
2004
2003

If you have questions, ideas or suggestions for programs at the ISTA convention, write to Doug Jennings at dkjenni@ilstu.edu.