{"id":6,"date":"2017-07-31T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.philly.wordcamp.org\/?p=6"},"modified":"2017-07-27T10:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T14:26:31","slug":"call-for-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/call-for-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for WordCamp Volunteers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>As a WordPress newbie myself, one of the most beneficial things I&#8217;ve done in order to learn about and embrace the WordPress community is to volunteer!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great way to get involved, meet new friends, connect with existing ones and just overall <strong>have a great time<\/strong>. I hope you consider giving us a hand at WordCamp Philly 2017 as it will be great to work with you!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Important Volunteer Information<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The application period will run from July 31 until 11:59 pm August 31.<\/li>\n<li>We plan select our list of volunteers by late September, if not a bit sooner.<\/li>\n<li>At this point, we believe we will need more volunteers than last year. Please share a link to the application form with all of your friends!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>What sort of tasks do volunteers perform?<\/h3>\n<p>Volunteers help WordCamp Philly run smoothly. Here\u2019s a short list of just some of the roles volunteers fill:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They arrive bright and early to help set up before WordCamp Philly begins.<\/li>\n<li>They run the registration table, welcoming attendees as they arrive.<\/li>\n<li>They distribute swag to attendees.<\/li>\n<li>They serve as room managers, guards and runners, helping keep the speaker tracks on schedule.<\/li>\n<li>They assist attendees at the Happiness Bar, providing tech support.<\/li>\n<li>They answer questions and provide directions as hallway monitors.<\/li>\n<li>They help break down after WordCamp Philly ends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There may be other miscellaneous roles that will need to be filled as a need arises. No prior WordCamp experience is required so you are highly encouraged to apply!<\/p>\n<h5>The Application Form<\/h5>\n<p>You may use the form below to apply to volunteer at WordCamp Philly 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScwAAnpExGF7_YJEEP0u6QglNlkaiUM6ODqxnY6uj3qO6a0fg\/viewform?embedded=true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"604\" height=\"2200\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a WordPress newbie myself, one of the most beneficial things I&#8217;ve done in order to learn about and embrace the WordPress community is to volunteer! It&#8217;s a great way to get involved, meet new friends, connect with existing ones and just overall have a great time. I hope you consider giving us a hand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/call-for-volunteers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Call for WordCamp Volunteers!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15440732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jIwF-6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15440732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1005,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/1005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}