About Proceedings

Participating in the ABC Annual Conference Proceedings allows you a chance to share your extended abstract or a longer proceedings with the global audience of the business communication community. The ABC journals, International Journal of Business Communication and Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, as do most journals, will consider manuscripts that were previously submitted to the ABC Conference Proceedings and Best Paper as future publications.

View citable Conference Proceedings (ISSN 2472-0658) on the ABC website. No log in is required to view the collection.

Note: The Submitter (not co-presenter) can view and edit the submission.

Dates
Best Paper due by - August 10
Review competed by proceedings reviewer - August 12
Edits completed by submitter - September 30
Publication - Late 2022

Proceedings Review

To view Proceedings review, log into the ABC site and click My Profile, then click My Options. Next, select My Presentations (at bottom of list—lower right corner). Click your 2022 submission. 

1. Click All Votes
2. Click View
3. Select last evaluation showing.  Once opened, under "Proceedings Extended Abstract Review" read and act upon your review.

Best Paper

Do you wish to be considered for the Best Paper designation for our proceedings?

To do so, follow these steps:

1. Edit your submission to indicate you wish for your work to be considered for Best Paper.

2. Upload a full paper (Word or PDF) of no fewer than five pages by adding a file to your submission.

You are under no obligation to submit to the Best Paper and, provided you have granted permission for inclusion, your work will remain part of the conference proceedings.

ABC reserves the right to not award a Best Paper.

 

Edit Submission

To edit submission, log into the ABC site and click My Profile, then click My Options. Next, select My Presentations (at bottom of list—lower right corner). Click your 2022 submission. 

1. Click pencil icon on left. 
2. Edit your extended abstract as desired.
3. (You may click "yes" on the submission form to indicate, "The extended abstract was modified in response to Proceedings review." and/or you may click to indicate your desire to be considered for Best Paper.")
4. Go to bottom and press OK when done.

File Upload

If you instead wish to upload a file to preserve formatting and/or share a longer paper, you may do so by clicking the files icon on left from your submission. Save the file with name "Proceedings(your last name)(year)", for example, ProceedingsWhittle22.
If you upload a file, edit the submission to show "yes" on the submission form to indicate you have uploaded a file for proceedings,
NOTE: All uploaded files will be viewable by registered conference attendees.

Add or Revoke Permission

If you choose to add or revoke permission for the Proceedings, you may edit your submission to make that change.

Proceedings Tips

Click to watch this YouTube video made by Proceedings Editor Leigh Ann Whittle with tips on what makes a good Proceedings submission.
Questions about Proceedings? Contact Proceedings Editor Leigh Ann Whittle.