General | Facilitators

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Thank you very much for volunteering to be a facilitator for your alma mater/university. We really appreciate your help. Here are some answers to questions that you might have about the event and how to go about preparing for it.


FOR FACILITATORS

1.
How much time commitment do I have to put in as a facilitator?
Basically, 1 full day on July 22nd 2007, and perhaps a few of hours before July 22nd to prepare some decorations or other material for your booth. You and your fellow exhibitors for your school will be responsible for decorating your booth and providing brochures or media aids for the attendees. We will however give a small subsidy for the cost of decoration of your booth.

2.
What is the size of the booth?
It will be 3m x 2.5m. University name and booth number will be displayed at the overhead fascia panel. The white polykem partition will be 2.5 meter in height, with aluminum profile. There will be 1 13 amp power point and 2 fluorescent lights. There will be a table and 2 chairs as well (number of tables and chairs differs for booths that has 2 universities/ colleges combined). The table size is 6 feet and 3 feet. The table will be covered with a cream color cloth with maroon skirting. Please bring an extension cord if you need more than 1 power source. If you are bringing some appliances from US, don't forget the adapter. (Note: This may change since we have yet to finalize the details. However, we expect it to be the same as last year as we're using the same booth contractor, PICO again.)

3.
What time should I be there at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre?
You may come on the following hours to inspect and decorate your university booth:
July 21st, 2007 (10am to 6pm) July 22nd, 2007 (7am to 8:30am)
We encourage you to come at these hours to prepare your booth for the event. Basically, get everything ready by 8:45am as the Opening Ceremony will be starting at 9am.

4.
What should I wear on that day?
There is no specific dress code. We would advise that you do not wear shorts or slippers/flip-flops but strongly encourage that you put on your university wear. Please be neat.

5.
Who will be visiting the booth that I am manning?
Yes, McChicken Burger and Fries for lunch provided by McDonald's and drinks provided by Nestle! We will also provide mineral water. Do only take lunch break after 12:30, as the VIPs will be visiting the booth between 10:30am and 12:30pm.

6.
Will I be provided food?
All the attendees, which we estimate will come to a few thousand people for the whole day. The crowd would mostly consist of high school students, teachers, parents, college students, students in preparatory programs etc. The VIPs will visit the booths too.

7.
Should we decorate our booth?
Yes. You are strongly encouraged to decorate your booth. It will definitely bring up the atmosphere. You should try to hang out some stuff that is related to your university, be it t-shirt, pendant, postcard, photos, or anything that showcases the university. You can ask your friends who are still in US, to write some of their personal experience and paste it at your booth for attendees to read too! We will in fact reimburse up to RM30 (With receipts attached) if you need some money to buy some stuff like ribbon etc to decorate your booth. It is up to your creativity.

8.
Should all exhibitors register in the website?
Yes. Your registration will help us in preparing name tag for you. Registration only takes a couple of minutes at the registration page.

9.
Is there Internet connection?
Unfortunately, no internet connection will be available at the venue.

10.
Where can the universities send the brochures to?
It will be good if they can send directly to you. If you would like them to send to us, please request your university/ college to send it to:

Wun Min Wong
NL 7 - 07, Indah Villa Apartment,
Jalan PJS 11/12,
46150 Bandar Sunway,
Selangor, Malaysia.
Email Address: wunmin.wong@discoverUSeducation.org

Kindly inform her if your university is sending stuff to her address so that she can look out for it.

11.
Do we need to jot down the name of people who visit our booth?
We would request that you do so, so that it will help us in showcasing your university how many students have actually visited your booth.

12.
How many people are we expecting to attend the event?
We are targeting 5,000 attendees. As of now, we do know that there will be students flying in from Sarawak, Penang, Singapore etc. One big favour that you could do for us would be to help us spread the words around.

13.
What is the objective of this event?
Through the event, we hope that students better plan and make informed decisions prior to furthering their studies at U.S. universities and colleges and to create greater awareness of US tertiary education. All of you have studied in US, and hence, you will be the best person to share with fellow Malaysians who intend to follow your foot step. All of the committee are volunteers too, comprising of alumni, current and prospective students of US Universities.

14.
What time can I go home?
Essentially, you can start packing up at 6:00pm. So, once you are done packing up your stuff, you may leave. Thanks a lot for volunteering. Hopefully, it creates greater awareness for your university.

15.
If I have more question, what should I do?
Please email your questions to general@discoverUSeducation.org.


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