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ISAO Volunteer Opportunities
ISA Ontario needs and values your time and enthusiasm. Please consider placing your name on our list of willing volunteers. Up to seven times a year, our display board is set up for ISAO workshops as well as non-ISAO events such as Canada Blooms and the Landscape Ontario Tradeshow.
The location of these events varies and has included Ajax, Barrie, Hamilton and Toronto. This year, Sarnia has been added for the Tree Climb and early next year, London for the 57th Annual Conference and Trade Show. Copies of the Ontario Arborist, fact sheets, pamphlets, membership applications and various other educational materials are provided and in some instances ISA catalogues and book sales are offered.
The sale of these books as well as memberships is a significant source of revenue for your Chapter and benefits members by keeping such things as conference costs down to manageable levels. The importance of these retail sales can not be emphasized enough.
Providing material alone is not enough because we need knowledgeable ISAO members to distribute the information and answer many of the questions that surface. At the booth, we are the face of ISAO and in many cases, this initial contact forms the opinion of the public about our professionalism and the value of hiring or being an ISA Certified Arborist.
Tasks associated with volunteering to staff the booth may include but are not limited to;
• Picking up or returning the display and promotional material from the OFA offices in North York.
• Liaise with staff at the various event venues.
• Initial set-up/removal of the display, lights, banners and organizing the materials in an appealing manner.
• Attending the display in four hour segments in tandem with another member.
• May include receiving paperwork and payment for memberships and books.
• Opening or closing the display for the day.
• Keeping promotional material stocked for display.
• Answering arboriculture questions put forward by the public.
• Enthusiastically expressing the value of hiring a Certified Arborist and the value of becoming a member of ISA.
• Encouraging and steering people to our website where many of their queries may be answered.
• Maintaining the non-display portion of the booth such as watering any plant material.
Becoming a part of the team that is responsible for our display enables you to network with people with similar interests and promotes the value or your work as a Certified Arborist. Positive contact experiences made at these events affect each and every member and serve to keep ISAO in the forefront of people’s minds when considering a professional to maintain their trees.
| For more information, please contact Linda Hawkins at ISAO office 1-888-463-2316. |
Last Modified: Saturday, February 23, 2008
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