ISSTD News

Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight

Volunteer to Make a Difference! ISSTD Committees Looking for a Little Help

This month’s Volunteer Position Spotlight shines on two incredible opportunities to become more involved with ISSTD News as a member of the Virtual and Regional Conference Committee or as the Chair of the Member Engagement Committee!

  1. Committee Member – Virtual and Regional Conference Committee

Do you enjoy planning events? The Virtual and Regional Conference Committee is seeking committee members and we would love for you to join! The VRCC works together to build the ISSTD’s regional and virtual conferences, which includes location planning, the development of conferences themes, marketing and sharing about the conferences with one’s network, supporting the development of the conference schedule and working alongside the Member Engagement Committee to build social programming opportunities at the conferences and coordinate volunteer needs. New committee members would be joining the group to work collaboratively on these tasks. This role includes a maximum of 3-5 volunteer hours per month and attending meetings every other month held via Zoom.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity or if it sounds like something you would be interested in being a part of, please email membership@isst-d.org to express your interest.

  • Committee Chair – Member Engagement Committee

Do you enjoy supporting and engaging volunteers and new volunteer opportunities within organizations? If so, this volunteer position might be for you! The Member Engagement Committee is seeking a new committee chair to work alongside other ISSTD committees, task forces, special interest groups, and the Board of Directors to identify volunteer needs; advertise volunteer needs for events, short-term projects, long term-projects and committee needs, supporting matching potential volunteers with groups based on needs; facilitating training of new committee chairs and volunteers; and, supporting the implementation of volunteer recognition efforts through ISSTD News and other means annually. 

As committee chair, you will be engaged in the following responsibilities:

  • Keep abreast of the committee charge and ensure the committee is aligned with its charge and mission and of the strategic plan and the goals and keep pace with completing tactics assigned to Committee (according to schedule) 
  • Chair all quarterly committee meetings held via Zoom, prepare meeting agendas in consultation with staff, post reminders about upcoming meeting in ISSTDWorld at least one week prior to meeting date, post agenda to community in ISSTDWorld at least 48 hours prior to meetings, and take and post meeting minutes,
  • Represent committee at ISSTD member engagement meetups (i.e., Town Hall, Member Engagement Meet-Up at Annual and Virtual conferences)
  • Represent Committee at quarterly Leadership Roundtable meetings and assist with new volunteer orientation training once a year
  • Welcome and introduce new committee members and assist with orienting them to committee activities 
  • Submit Annual Report to the Board of Directors and coordinate yearly committee Update for ISSTD News

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity or if it sounds like something you would be interested in being a part of, please email membership@isst-d.org to express your interest.

We welcome all members to apply. We would love to hear from you!