• Volunteers for the 2nd Annual MIT Postdocs Share Their Science

  • Dear Postdocs, we are a super-busy bunch. Yet, the PDA understands that while you might be too busy to get fully involved with the PDA, you might want to volunteer for smaller, occasional tasks.

    So please let us know if you can help out with any of these tasks!


    2nd Annual MIT Postdocs Share Their Science

    Event Date: 05/12/2014

    Venue: Morss Hall, Walker memorial

    Time: 11AM to 3.30 PM

    Task Period: March 1st to May 12th

    Contact Details:
    Suresh Maddur Ganesan, Chair, Fund raising Committee, MIT PDA

    Email: surevet@mit.edu

  • TASK 1

    Poster session: Announce about the poster session, collect the poster session abstracts, prepare abstract book, assign numbers to each poster and arrange for judges to judge posters on the day of event (5/12/2014).

    Time commitment: Most of the things can be done through email. I would say like 1-2 hrs per week. Also about 5 hrs on the day of the event.

    Number of volunteers: 3

    Task2

    Catering: Choose a catering service and contact them to arrange food. Contact them to get the food on time on the day of event

    Time commitment: Most of the things can be done through email. I would say like 1-2 hrs per week and 5 hrs on the day of the event

    Number of volunteers: 2

    Task3

    Raffle: Handle the Ballet box for Raffle on the day of event.

    Number of Volunteers required: 3 on the rotational basis. 

    Time commitment: 5hrs on the day of the event (May12th)

    Task4

    Poster boards: Arrange the poster boards for poster session. This includes look for the poster boards possibly for cheaper cost, bring it to the venue, assemble and disassemble on the day of the event, If required.

    Time commitment: About 1-2 hrs per week basically to arrange for the board. Once the arrangement is done then the

    Number of volunteers: 2 persons to follow up the status of the poster board arrangements. Requires about 6-10 people especially on the day of the event.

    Task5

    Advertisement:

    This is to advertise the event campus wide through leaflet or other creative ways. Prepare a banner for putting it on the day. Also get some sponsors from local businesses if possible.

    Time commitment: March- May 15th. About 2 hrs per week

    Number of volunteers required: 3 people.

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