http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/student_affairs_and_technology_blog_header.jpgBy Eric Stoller. It's no secret that conferences often need themes as vehicles for marketing and focus. However, themes can be limiting and the ever-present "applicability to conference theme" checkbox for reviewers is a hurdle that some submissions can never get past. For their 2014 annual conference, NASPA has decided to add a new type of session to the mix. Dubbed "Members' Choice," these sessions are similar in nature to some of the unsessions from years past. Having lead some of the unsession slots the last few years, I am appreciative that NASPA has maintained some spots for those topics that don't necessarily "fit" the usual "mold" but are still "critical conversations student affairs professionals should be having." Read more...