Volunteering
Volunteer at the conferenceABA Australia welcomes any CURRENT MEMBER to volunteer at our conference. Volunteering at the conference is a great way to give back to the ABA Australia community and SAVE MONEY! Want to volunteer? Here’s how it works:
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Types of Volunteer Jobs |
Conference check-in and information desk Volunteer assignments occur throughout all days of the conference. Duties include but are not limited to: Staffing of registration area, assisting delegates with picking up their lanyard and name tag, assisting delegates with finding location of conference activities, sanitising the area, replenishing supplies and answering questions.
Time Keeper Volunteer assignment occurs throughout the days of the conference. Duties include keeping track of time during presentations, holding up cards to presenters to let them know how much time is left to present, and telling presenters time is up. | Room monitoring Volunteer assignments occur throughout all days of the conference. Duties include but are not limited to: Assisting delegates with finding seats in sessions, closing sessions when capacity is reached, ensuring additional delegates do not enter a closed session, assisting delegates in choosing alternate sessions when a room has reached capacity, assisting presenters as needed, assisting delegates earning ABA Australia PDU or BACB CEUs with their check-in and check-out process, submitting a head-count for session to conference staff, providing assistance with audio-visual equipment, and providing other assistance as needed. Assisting with the Social and Poster Session Volunteer assignment occurs late Saturday afternoon. Duties include but are not limited to: assisting poster presenters with set up, assisting attendees with locating the poster session, and assisting attendees with entering the session. |
PLEASE NOTE:
- The number of shifts available is limited. Priority is given on a first come, first served basis.
- All volunteers must attend a short online orientation training prior to the conference and must check in and out for each shift.
- ABA Australia expects that selected volunteers will commit to completing all scheduled shifts and duties asked of them. If a volunteer does not complete any of the assigned shifts, they will be ineligible for the refund of the conference registration fee.
Volunteer Training Dates & TimesThese will be online training sessions held via Google Meet. There will be two training days/times that will occur in July 2025. The dates and time of these training will be announced in June 2025. All approved volunteers will receive an email in June asking which training they will attend |
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