CNPS 2009 Conservation Conference: Strategies and Solutions

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Volunteer Opportunities

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We need volunteers to assist with many aspects of the conference: Audiovisual equipment; registration; silent auction; and photo contest, botanical illustration and poster entries. Experienced volunteers are encouraged to be team leaders.

Registration rebates of up to $75 are available for volunteers.

To volunteer during the conference, or for more information on volunteer opportunities, contact Andrea Williams at 415-331-0639 or Andrea_Williamsnps.gov. For volunteering before the conference or for post-conference workshops, contact Josie Crawford at 916-447-2677 ext. 205 or jcrawfordcnps.org.

Volunteer position descriptions

Registration staffer

• Tasks: You’ll be working with several other volunteers to check people in to the conference, give them materials, and direct them to where they want to go.
• When: Shifts run 4 hours: 7-11a, 10:45a-2:45p, 2:30p-6:30p on Saturday and Sunday, plus Monday 7:30a-11:30a. If you’re staying for the workshops, you can help register people Tuesday or Wednesday 7:30a-9a.
• If you are organized, friendly, and know your alphabet like nobody’s business, this is the task for you! Morning person who likes a fast-paced job? Try the early shift! Prefer a little more interaction with people? Take a later shift, or think about working at a booth.

Audiovisual equipment engineer

• Tasks: You’ll be running the equipment for speakers during the sessions, and dealing with any technical difficulties.
• When: Shifts run 2-3 hours, during sessions.
• If you are technically skilled and know your way around a projector and can change a light bulb, this is the task for you!

Audiovisual equipment gatekeeper

• Tasks: You’ll be checking in and out the equipment for speakers during the sessions, and/or making sure it comes back.
• When: Shifts run 2-4 hours, 7:30-10:30a or 1:15-3:45p.
• If you are detail-oriented and can tell a microphone cord from a USB cable, this is the task for you!

Specialty booth worker

• Tasks: You’ll be staffing one of the following, according to your skills and interests: Local Information, Press Table, CNPS Booth, Merchandise, or Author’s Table.
• When: Shifts generally run 4 hours, starting around 10, or 7am for a set-up shift.
• If you are organized, friendly, and have some cash register experience, this is the task for you!
  Local Information: Know your way around town? Good at giving directions to that favorite lunch spot? Work the Local Information booth!
  Press Table: Have media relations experience? Helpful? Work the Press Table!
  CNPS Booth: Longtime member or enthusiastic newbie? Work the CNPS Booth!
  Merchandise: Like seeing happy consumers united with intriguing goods? Work the Merchandise Booth!
  Author’s Table: Enjoy poring over books, selling them, and maybe meeting the authors? Work the Author’s Table!
  

Exhibit construction engineer

• Tasks: You’ll be helping set up or put away exhibits, silent auction materials, or photo or art contest materials.
• When: Shifts run 3-4 hours, Saturday 7-11a or Monday 3-7p (Silent Auction Saturday 4-6p, 9-10p; Sunday 9:30a-1:30p, 7-8p).
• If you are artistic, spatially oriented, or like putting things in their place, this is the task for you!

Exhibit monitor/assistant

• Tasks: You’ll be helping monitor exhibits, silent auction materials, or photo or art contest materials to keep them tidy and help exhibitors if they need it.
• When: Shifts run 4 hours, generally Saturday 10a-2p or 2-6p; Sunday 7:30-11:30a, 11:30a-3:30p, or 3:30-7p; Monday 7:30-11:30a, 11:30a-3:30p (Silent Auction Saturday 5:45-945p; Sunday 11:30a-3:30p, 3:30-7:30p).
• If you are sharp-eyed, neat, helpful, like to circulate, or can say “Please don’t touch that” in two or more languages, this is the task for you!

Greeter/Ticket-taker

• Tasks: You’ll be greeting people as they arrive, and directing them to where they want to go; or taking their tickets for events such as the banquet or film.
• When: Shifts run 4 hours: 7:30-11:30a on Saturday and Sunday, plus Saturday 11:30a-3:30p (Ticket-taker shifts generally 2 hours at the beginning of events).
• If you are friendly, and can keep people from milling about in confusion, this is the task for you! Blue vest not necessary.