Re: Volunteering at juggling festivals

Posted by xchaos, 2012-06-21 23:47 BST

It was my first Berlin convention, so I have no comparison with other years.
One was not required to sign-up for a volunteer job right at the registration. One was not even forced to do it at all as the 'Looser-badge' gave full access to the entire convention and show tickets were completely independent.

The guys from Berlin said that they have had some problems getting enough volunteers in past years, but I didn't dig into details there. On the other hand the Berlin convention is a rather big and cheap one with over 800 participants over 4 days and 25 EUR (30 EUR onsite) registration fee. They rely heavily on volunteers to keep it that way and have many jobs during the 4 days, especially for the included breakfast that goes from 9 a.m till 2 p.m.

From other conventions i know the problem of having a hard time motivating people to volunteer, especially people new to conventions. A constant reminder like this badge is not a bad idea imho.