{"id":178,"date":"2015-02-20T15:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.miami.wordcamp.org\/?p=178"},"modified":"2015-04-06T02:46:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T02:46:20","slug":"calling-all-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2015\/calling-all-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling All Volunteers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a simple fact: Past WordCamps would not have been possible without volunteers. Since WordCamps are community driven non-profit events, the volunteers are a vital part of a successful event like ours. In 2014, over 770 people attended WordCamp Miami and if it wasn&#8217;t for the volunteers (not just quantity but QUALITY and DEDICATION) it never would have been called by others as one of the best run WordCamps they&#8217;ve been to.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">770 attendees at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcmia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcmia<\/a> and the event ran like a well oiled machine. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dimensionmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dimensionmedia<\/a> and all the volunteers did a great job<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff (@jeffr0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffr0\/status\/466550584997584897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcmia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcmia<\/a> was incredible. Great people, great content, great location. Ran like clockwork. Huge thanks to volunteers, esp. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dimensionmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dimensionmedia<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brad Touesnard (@bradt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bradt\/status\/465866328281079808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What an excellent job by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dimensionmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dimensionmedia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcmia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcmia<\/a> committee, volunteers and all the Speakers. Way to go guys.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Efrain Rivera (@EfrainWp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfrainWp\/status\/465634989225562112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShawnLyteImages\/status\/465616374178787328<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please retweet this if you thought the volunteers did a kick ass job at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcmia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcmia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Bisset (@dimensionmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dimensionmedia\/status\/465594944510758912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For 2015, we plan to have another awesome event with close to 800 in attendances over multiple days. We cannot do this without your help and support&#8230; from those designing logos and signs&#8230; to helping with local venues&#8230; to those helping more during the event (crowd control, registration, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>If you can think lend us support before or during the event &#8211; even for a few hours &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/-KnXL\">please fill out this form<\/a> so our WCMIA Volunteer coordinators can start gathering information.<\/p>\n<p>We thank you in advance and look forward to another great year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/-KnXL\">WCMIA 2015 Volunteer Form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a simple fact: Past WordCamps would not have been possible without volunteers. Since WordCamps are community driven non-profit events, the volunteers are a vital part of a successful event like ours. 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