TEDx events around the world are a huge group effort by a dedicated group of volunteers for each event. For TEDxCanberra 2011, a crew of 24 people was involved in doing all sorts of jobs, spending over 1000 volunteer hours to make TEDxCanberra happen.
We understand that volunteering can take a significant amount of time, but you’ll have fun in the process, learn lots, meet lots of interesting people and help make this event happen!
Three tiers of volunteers
We have three tiers of volunteers, with differing levels of time commitment:
- On-the-Day Helper — generally involves one or two meetings before the event, rehearsal day time and being part of the actual event.
- Volunteer - able to give occasional, specific assistance based on your skills, but unable to commit to being a part of the core team that meets on a regularly basis. If you volunteer at this level, you will be assigned to one or more teams, depending upon how much time you can commit.
- Core Member - group of volunteers who dedicate significant time to the event. This involves regular meetings (fortnightly to weekly) as well as the time required to organise and chase things up. Core Members may have responsibility for one or more teams or functions.
Expectations
Our expectations are simple — we expect our volunteers to be passionate about TED and TEDx, to communicate with their relevant Core Member(s) on a regular basis, meet deadlines and represent our TEDxCanberra brand appropriately.
Does this sound like you? If so, nominate as a TEDxCanberra volunteer!
Would love to be a volunteer for TEDxCanberra. I am a writer, blogger, niche market publisher and trainer for social media for a local PR company. I’m sure that some of my skills may come in handy. Oh…and I am passionate about TED and have attended both TEDxCanberra events and blogged and tweeted about them.
Hi there Suzanne, thanks for your interest. Can you please fill in your details using our form as it helps me to track our volunteer details
http://tedxcanberra.org/tedxcanberra-conferences/about-tedxcanberra-events/volunteer-for-tedxcanberra/
Thanks and looking forward to receiving your nomination.
I would love to volunteer on a teir 1. on the day helper or teir 2. Volunteer.
I first encountered Ted Talks through my Facebook acount in 2008 with a Talk from Neil Turok and his program AIMS, I also listened to a talk from Jill Bolte Taylor on how it feels to have a stroke. Both very good speakers who presented their topics well, I have not followed Ted Talks for a while but would love to volunteer. A freind mentioned you were seeking volunteers and I should apply.
I am work as a Clinical Coderand have volunteered previously as a M.C. or Stage Manager at the Multicultral Festival and Folk Festival I have also volunteer iwith organisations such as Cancer Council Qld. If you have something for me to do would love to be involved.
Yours Sharon Neill