VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITH TEDxAkron
The TEDxAkron team is always looking for volunteer leadership support. From fundraising to event management, marketing to speaker support, and beyond - we would love to hear from you if you are interested in volunteering with TEDxAkron as we rebuild a new team to support the 2025 event. Please know that volunteerism isn’t a direct pathway to speakership. In fact, we prohibit volunteers from becoming TEDxAkron speakers within the year of their volunteerism in order to not blur the lines between organizational support and organizational opportunity. But if you are looking for a great, rewarding opportunity to work with a growing organization that impacts the Summit County and Akron community, we’d love to hear about your interest in volunteering with us!
Currently we are seeking to build a new volunteer planning team for TEDxAkron to support all aspects of the operations: sponsorship and fundraising, public relations, promotion, social media, volunteer leadership, and more. If you are interested in expressing your interest in volunteerism for TEDxAkron, please fill out the form below in full and one of the Organizers or a member of the TEDxAkron team will be in touch.
TEDxAkron works in a mostly remote capacity, but will be meeting up to once a month, as needed in the greater Akron area. TEDxAkron volunteers need to be able to use standard technologies with ease (Word, Google Docs, Microsoft tools, etc.) and will be supported to utilize Slack for team-related organization and communications.
Available Volunteer Roles for the 2025 Season
We are looking for multiple volunteers in each of these outlined roles, and do not expect that every volunteer will need or be tasked with supporting every bullet outlined below the titles. For example, if you’d like to be a Marketing & Social Communications Team Member and would prefer to work on social media, as opposed to press outreach or other efforts, we welcome the part of that role that excites or engages your skills and interests the most!
Fundraising & Partnerships Team Member | These team members work to help support:
Donor management & stewardship
Fundraising tools & outreach
Building prospect and outreach lists
Grant writing and solicitation efforts
Marketing & Social Communications Team Member | These team members work to help support:
Public communications and marketing efforts
Photography, technology, and artistic efforts
Website and social media support and management
Press outreach and management
Event Programming Team Member | These team members work to help support:
Event and program design, logistics, and management
Volunteer recruitment and management
General speakers and TEDx Speaker support and management
Vendor, technology, logistical, security, and artistic outreach and management
Other roles we’re seeking that only require one key volunteer leader:
TEDxAkron Alumni Engagement Team Lead | This team member works to support:
TEDxAkron former speaker/alumni support and engagement
Special event and on-site coordination and support for TEDxAkron alumni
PLEASE NOTE: Volunteer roles with TEDxAkron are unpaid roles. However, we may reimburse milage based on special circumstances and accounting. Also, roles listed above may change, become edited or be removed as roles and needs change for TEDxAkron.
All confirmed TEDxAkron Team Member Volunteers (RE: Not general event-based volunteers) may also serve as TEDxAkron Curators. TEDx Curators often work with the Co-Organizers to help decide who may be speaking at TEDxAkron events in a juried process.
The TEDxAkron team is dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive environment, and encourages volunteer applicants for all races, colors, religions, national origins, ages, genders, sexual orientations, ancestries, citizenship status, mental or physical disabilities, genetic information, veteran status, or military status to apply.
