We need your help!

Volunteer at the World Affairs Summit

You don’t need special skills or knowledge. For most jobs you’ll need a cell phone. We will schedule volunteer orientation about a week before the Summit.

To volunteer, please submit your application here.

Volunteer Shifts

Jobs

1. Speaker Escort (need a cell phone)
*Contact your speaker in advance and arrange to meet at the Summit
*Escort your speaker to his/her venue or to the very special speaker/volunteer lounge
*Stay during the presentation and be sure the speaker knows how to get to next destination

2. Room Manager (sound/light/computer presentation experience will help) (need a cell phone)
*Inform yourself about the physical requirements for the room (seating, audio-visual)
*Make sure the physical requirements are met, using venue technicians when necessary
*Stay in the room throughout presentations to make sure things run well, and if they don’t, get them fixed

3. Stage Manager (need a cell phone)
*Know the schedule for your room
*Introduce speaker
*Answer audience questions before and after the speakers

4. Info People (should be comfortable reaching out to strangers, being on your feet)
*Ride the LINK or stand by LINK stations or manage the information booth
*Give people printed material
*Answer questions like “where’s the University?” and “who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?”

5. Runners (need a cell phone and be able to move quickly on foot)
*Move from building to building as needed, looking for people, delivering material, being heroic (costumes encouraged)

To volunteer, please submit your application here.