If you’re interested in going to the upcoming ASIS&T conference in Ohio, check out this opportunity to volunteer to help out at the conference.<\/p>\n
Note: The deadline to apply for this is coming right up! September 2, 2008<\/strong>. Read on:<\/p>\n Respond by<\/span><\/strong> September 2, 2008<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n To help ASIS&T student members who might not otherwise be able to participate in ASIS&T meetings, we provide\u00a0 an opportunity to attend the sessions and network with other members in exchange for assisting us in running the meeting.\u00a0 Students who have participated in our\u00a0program have found the experience “terrific.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n How the Program Works<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n In exchange for complimentary registration, we’ll ask you to help us run the conference.\u00a0 You’ll serve as a room monitor for about three sessions each day for three days.\u00a0 In addition, you’ll help out either at our registration desk or conference headquarters for a 4-hour period on one day of the conference. We’ve listed below the activities that you are expected to perform as part of the program.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 1. Monitoring Sessions<\/span><\/p>\n We’ll solicit your choices of sessions, by time period, and try to schedule you into the sessions you prefer wherever possible.\u00a0 Monitoring involves assisting the speakers and moderators, checking for name tags at the door, ensuring that the necessary AV equipment is on hand, encouraging participants to complete evaluation forms, and generally helping makes the session go smoothly. (Additionally, you will be expected to SMILE AND BE FRIENDLY!)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 2. Registration<\/span><\/p>\n Registration assistance involves facilitating the registration process, keeping a record of registrants, handing out materials, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 3. Headquarters<\/span><\/p>\n The Headquarters office is kept open throughout the meeting for the convenience of ASIS&T Committee members, members of the Board of Directors and members of the Conference Committees. Your function will be to ensure that everything runs smoothly and to assist where needed.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n How to Participate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n If you would like to be considered for this program, for the 2008 Annual, to be held October 24 – 29\u00a0in Columbus, OH.\u00a0 Please forward your name, address, phone, fax and e-mail numbers to:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n American Society for Information Science & Technology<\/span><\/p>\n ATTN.: ASIS&T 2008 Annual Meeting<\/span><\/p>\n 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Silver Spring<\/span>, MD 20910<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n FAX: (301) 495-0810<\/span><\/p>\n e-mail: cjohnson@asis.org<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n There are a limited number of positions\u00a0 available, and applications are considered on a first come\/first served basis, so be sure to let us know of your interest by September 2, 2008<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n Vanessa Foss<\/span><\/p>\n American Society for Info Science & Technology<\/span><\/p>\n Director of Membership & Meetings<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you’re interested in going to the upcoming ASIS&T conference in Ohio, check out this opportunity to volunteer to help…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1560,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1032],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-conferences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}