Information for Volunteers
Volunteer Opportunities
The Ninth International Conference on Positive Behavior Support has a limited number of volunteer opportunities. Volunteers must agree to perform nine (9) hours of volunteer time in exchange for a free conference registration (Thursday and Friday only – workshops are not covered by volunteering).
Volunteer opportunities include:
You may click on the links above or scroll down this page to see what each job entails.
If interested please complete the volunteer application and send it to Gretchen Hess at volunteers@apbs.org. Your participation will be confirmed by January 31, 2012.
Greeter
Volunteers help direct conference attendees to various event locations throughout the conference. These people will help the attendees find the registration desk, the exhibit area, the poster session or even a hard-to-find session room.
Information Table/Credit Sign-In Desk
Volunteers will be available to answer attendees’ questions regarding the conference, the hotel, Atlanta, and APBS. For example, they will be expected to know which sessions may have been cancelled, or when the certificates of attendance will be available from the registration desk.
Also, volunteers present two credit options to attendees (certificate of attendance, or CEUs for Board Certified Behavior Analysts) and answer questions related to getting credit for the various sessions. People working this desk will be responsible for collecting BCBA sign-in forms and the processing fee as well as distributing certificates of attendance at the end of the conference.
Poster Session Aide
Volunteers help poster presenters find the location(s) of their poster spots, assist in the hanging of posters as requested, provide push pins, keep track of posters by signing in the presenters, keep other conference attendees out until the poster session opens, and assist with clean-up/tear-down once the poster session ends.
Registration Desk
Volunteers assist pre-registered conference attendees at the check-in desk as well as help process on-site registrants. Tasks include: finding name badges, distributing conference materials bag and explaining the contents, reminding participants of when the exhibits and poster session are open and where they are located, answering other general questions about the conference.
Session Host
Volunteers greet presenters and offer to distribute handouts (as needed), remind presenters to introduce themselves prior to starting their presentation, assist with equipment setup or troubleshooting (as needed) and sign in and out on BCBA forms, if applicable. Each session host will be responsible for only one room per session.
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