{"id":2836,"date":"2018-08-24T11:04:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2018-09-12T15:18:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T19:18:58","slug":"call-for-wordcamp-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/call-for-wordcamp-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for WordCamp Volunteers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2897\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/08\/volunteers-registration.jpg\" alt=\"WordCamp Philly 2017 volunteers working the registration desk.\" width=\"900\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/volunteers-registration.jpg 900w, https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/volunteers-registration-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/volunteers-registration-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/volunteers-registration-500x285.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;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!&#8221;<\/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>. We hope you consider giving us a hand at WordCamp Philly 2018. I.t 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 August 24 through 11:59 p.m.\u00a0 September 15.<\/li>\n<li>We plan to 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 2018.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfgU2ekoQmkTBdcY_eWk-VPF157Itd7oFIhBrfyJhHha4j8nw\/viewform?embedded=true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"525\" height=\"2200\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;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!&#8221; It&#8217;s a great way to get involved, meet new friends, connect with existing ones and just overall have a great time. We hope you consider giving us a hand &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/call-for-wordcamp-volunteers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call for WordCamp Volunteers!&#8221;<\/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":""},"categories":[16311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-info"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9HzQu-JK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15440732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3202,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}