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Volunteer at the National Workshop!
It takes everybody pitching in together to make the National Workshop happen. Volunteering is a great opportunity to meet people, share your skills, and do good for your profession! Those who volunteer four or more hours will receive a special gift.

If you can give a couple of hours of your time, we can offer you positions to match your skills and interests. If you have questions, please contact volunteer coordinator Marc Blackburn at marc_blackburn@nps.gov.
Volunteer Opportunities
Below is a list of some of the volunteer capacities available at the workshop. Other positions may be available onsite, please make sure to stop by the volunteer table, located near registration.
Meal Ticket Checkers
Assist NAI staff by checking tickets at meals.
Poster Runners
Put up signage for each venue and outside each concurrent session room at the end and/or beginning of each day and makes sure signage changes as the sessions change.
Registration Assistants
Greet and register NAI members and their guests at the conference registration table.
Speaker Host/Room Monitors
Introduce concurrent session speakers; hands out and collects evaluation forms; posts "session full" sign when room fills; assists with AV and speaker needs;
Exhibit Hall Coordinator
Staffs exhibit hall to answer questions, troubleshoot or help exhibitors with needs.
Audio-Visual Assistants
Assist NAI staff with audio visual equipment, removing equipment to storage at the end of the day;
Greeters/Ambassadors
Greet attendees as they arrive at the hotel by directing them to the hotel and conference registration areas; also greet attendees as they enter the opening reception.
IMI/Pre-Workshop Monitors
NIW Committee member
Marketplace of Ideas Monitors
Staffs Creative Corner to assist presenters
Membership Table
Greet prospective members, talk to them about joining NAI.
Newsletter Circulation Assistants
Serves as “runner” for the newsletter staff by delivering newsletters under doors of participants after they are printed each night; task will take place after 10 pm. (newsletter developed by publicity/promotions committee)
Special Event Host
Staffs special events to ensure event is running smoothly, assists with anything that is needed for the event on-site
Ticket/Nametag Checker
Monitor doors at banquet to ensure attendees have a ticket to the event; checks nametags at keynote events to ensure that all who enter have proper name badges; ensures attendees at meal functions have proper tickets/badges.
Volunteer sign-Up Table
Staffs table and encourages volunteers to sign up to assist with NIW tasks and works with the Ticket Trader table.
Media Awards Crew
Assists with set up and clean up of the media awards venue; ensures that award plaques that were not picked up are taken to the appropriate location (recruiting is handled through the VisCom committee)
Auction Price Drop Monitors
Staff the price drop booth; inform bidders of how the system works; ring the bell at half hour time intervals; take bid sheets to cashier table after each bell
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Auction Item Check-In
Assists auction donors in filling out form; logs auction items, assigns each item a number; data entry
Auction Item Order Monitor
Determines order of sale of auction items and ensures that stutters get out the items in logical order for live auction.
Auction Cashier Assistant
Looks up bidder auction cards, tallies total amount spent by individual bidders and collects that amount. Must be able to make change and use a credit card machine.
Auction Set up Crew
Assist auction chair with setting up the live and silent auction items, bell auction items, and cashier line.
Auction: Occasional Auctioneer
Auctions off items brought by strutters; gets bidders to pay as much as possible for items; describe items to bidders, talk to bidders about benefits of the scholarship auction
Auction “Hupper”
Assists auctioneer by identifying those individual bidders who are bidding on a given item. Must have a strong loud voice, be focused and not be shy in crowds.
Silent Auction Monitors
Staffs silent auction area, answers questions, serves as “security” for items; picks up bid sheets at close of auction; identifies winners, enters information into database
Auction Strutter
Assists auctioneer by showing individual items through the audience; if a particular bidder is interested in getting a closer look at an item, the strutter will take it over to where that person is sitting; in a heated bidding war the strutter is expected to walk the item between the bidders in the attempt to have bidders bid higher on the item
   
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2008 NAI National Workshop
November 11-15, 2008
Portland, Oregon
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