Call for volunteers to support the developement of Biz Nites!

[Jon Lynch]

Hi All

Thanks for your kind support of Biz Nites. Could you possibly volunteer some of your time each month to help the events improve and grow? You'd be sure to meet some interesting people and get some opportunities to directly influence Japan's creative culture...

1) Promoting - getting more people to come to the events and join our online groups... Any ideas?

2) Assisting with planning and on-day operation... Could you help work the Xchange booth and noticeboard, door/registration, become a leader of a biz group, coordinate simultaneous interpreters, film or shoot the events, assist our online activities?

3) Booking presenters who are interesting creative people, and who can help us attract an audience. Any nationalities are fine, but for 6/23 an Italian connection, and for 7/14 a French connection would be particularly interesting.

Many thanks

Jon

[Jon Lynch]

Thanks for several emails. Here's more FAQs...

We probably need about 20 or more new volunteers so we can give each person a very specific task related to their skills and interests. If you contact me please tell me roughly what your skills and interests are ...

Probably we'll then meet for lunch or a coffee to brainstorm next steps, and assign a coordinator for you to work with based on matching schedules and areas of operation.

We'll keep in touch via online project management groupware website, emails, phone and possibly regular all-group meetings at various times if you have time to join those. You could also choose to work at home or at our office which has hotdesks, PCs and phones...etc. Or you could just a general simple job on event days only, such as door reception, interpreting or helping members to meet each other.

On event days ideally we'd like you to join from around 4pm at Roppongi 57, but anytime in the evening is helpful as we can work shifts, and if your job involves promotion or helping book speakers, there's no need to attend every event anyway... Also you can work only certain periods in the year as you wish..

Thanks again for considering helping us build up Tokyo's A-Z of creative communites...

Jon