{"id":6,"date":"2019-05-23T00:58:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T00:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/?p=6"},"modified":"2019-06-28T18:27:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T18:27:40","slug":"call-for-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/call-for-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that WordCamps are run entirely by volunteers? From the organizers who plan it all, to the volunteers who work the event, to the speakers who teach you new things \u2013 everyone donates their time to make the WordPress community a better place.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re currently taking applications for volunteers to help during the event and make it a success. Those who volunteer for a half day or more get complimentary admission to the event! Depending on the task, you may be able to attend the sessions of your choice while also volunteering.<\/p>\n<p>Some volunteer tasks include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Setup<\/strong> \u2013 These volunteers will be asked to come in early\u2014especially on the first day\u2014to help with elements of the venue before the event begins.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Registration<\/strong> \u2013 Check in registered attendees and hand out name tags.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greeter<\/strong> \u2013 In the mornings only, greet people at the entrances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video\/Cameras<\/strong> \u2013 Help setting up cameras and mics for WordCamp and throughout event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photographer<\/strong> \u2013 Take pictures throughout the event of speakers and attendees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Room Runners<\/strong> \u2013 Work with staff, speakers, and everyone else working in the room to keep things running smoothly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speaker Helper<\/strong> \u2013 Helps Speaker setup. Introduce speakers\/sessions, keep track of time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Takedown<\/strong> \u2013 Help us clean up and take down any equipment\/tables we have setup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Happiness Bar Support<\/strong> &#8211; Spend some time giving back and helping those coming along behind you. We need people of all levels in the WordPress community to hang out in the Happiness Bar and help answer How-To questions from other attendees. Topics can include all aspects of WordPress (web development, design, SEO, databases, web marketing, etc).\u00a0<em>Please note: Happiness Bar Volunteers are not granted a free ticket to the WordCamp.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interested? Fill out the form below and we\u2019ll be in touch! Please hold off on purchasing your ticket to the event. Once we finalize the volunteer list, those helping with get a coupon code for a free ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all who submitted applications. We will be in touch closer to the WordCamp to coordinate roles!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that WordCamps are run entirely by volunteers? From the organizers who plan it all, to the volunteers who work the event, to the speakers who teach you new things \u2013 everyone donates their time to make the WordPress community a better place. We\u2019re currently taking applications for volunteers to help during the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/call-for-volunteers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call for Volunteers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5471426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paMxYC-6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5471426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}