• Volunteer

World Savvy’s Volunteer Program is supported by nearly 500 core volunteers who are dedicated to our mission. We are deeply grateful for their enthusiasm and hard work.

Featured Volunteer of the Month: Paul Huang!

Paul Huang is one of World Savvy’s most dedicated volunteers. He first volunteered with World savvy in 2003 as the score-keeper at the inaugural San Francisco World Affairs Challenge. Over the past 10 years, Paul  has come back year after year and made significant improvements to the way that scores were tabulated and reported at the end of Challenge day. In 2008, Paul developed a new multi-user web-based scoring system that was much more accurate and user-friendly, and provided instantaneous results. In 2012, this system was central to allowing World Savvy to expand the newly redesigned and rebranded World Savvy Challenge program into the online space. Paul also serves on World Savvy’s Technology Task Force, advising the organization on strategic technology investments not only for the World Savvy Challenge, but organization-wide.

Paul’s work is often behind the scenes and under the radar, but is incredibly central to allowing World Savvy to grow the Challenge program. We are incredibly grateful for his commitment to this work and his entrepreneurial spirit.

World Savvy offers a variety of both long-term and short-term volunteer opportunities. We offer trainings and orientations for all volunteer opportunities.

Long Term Volunteer Opportunities

Current Internship Opportunities

• Educational Resources Intern - Summer 2012 - Minneapolis
  

Educators Resource Library Management

Short Term Volunteering Opportunities

World Savvy Challenge

• Judges are needed to evaluate three events; the Formal Presentation, Collaborative Question and the Solutions Showcase. In addition to viewing the events and filling out a detailed grading rubric, judges engage in a brief Q&A with students. 
• Proctors are needed to monitor classrooms.  This includes keeping track of the time for Formal Presentations and Collaborative Questions, moderating a Q&A period after each Formal Presentation, and troubleshooting classroom, technology or presentation problems for those two events.
• General Volunteers are needed to assist our staff in running the event. Tasks include monitoring classrooms, helping with registration and info table, being responsible for audio-visual equipment, providing information to students, parents and visitors, providing food and refreshments for attendees and participants, etc.
• San Francisco (March 17th, 2012), Online Competition

Events Support : 10th Anniversary Celebrations:

• San Francisco: April 26, 2012
• Minneapolis- St. Paul: May 17, 2012
• New York: May 3, 2012

Looking for people to help prepare for the events (stuffing invites, etc.) as well, as help on the night of the event with silent auction, check in desk, and more. For more info, contact edward@worldsavvy.org. For more info about the events visit here.

Media & Arts Program

• Exhibit Opening & Performances Volunteers - San Francisco (May 17th, 2012) & New York (TBD - May 2012)

Video Editing

Print Material Editing - CS2, CS5 or Photoshop

Social Media Consulting

Marketing/ E-Marketing Consulting

Guest Speaking

Office/Admin Support

• Mailings
• Outreach Preparation