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A meta-organizer finds workshop organizers and venues so that lots of workshops can happen in a given locale. Since we have 1-2 workshops a month in San Francisco, we spread out who's doing the heavy lifting of running each workshop.

 

 

In SF, we have a spreadsheet that lists out our prospective organizers / venues, the status of each upcoming workshop, and which of us was responsible for making sure that worskhop took place. This helps us keep track of who's doing what, where, when.

 

 

* At least once per quarter, get together to brainstorm and send emails.

* Connect volunteers and venues to pick a date for their workshop.

 

 

The path often looks something like: student --> TA --> teacher --> organizer, but that's very rough and often steps are skipped. Lots of teachers don't start off as students, for instance, and sometime students are ready to jump right into organizing!

 

 

* Look at your recent volunteers list, and see if you have repeat volunteers. These folks might be up for stepping into the organizer role for a workshop.

* Ask! And when you ask, ask for nominations as well. They might know someone perfect.

 

 

These are the things you need to know and be able to do to be an effective meta-organizer.

 

 

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* Participation at events where you can recruit people to the list of potential organizers is hugely helpful

 

 

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* Keeping track of who you've asked, so you can follow up

 

 

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* Ability to keep track of who's been asked, when, and what they said (spreadsheet!)

 

 

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* Tolerance for email back-and-forth to determine date of workshop

 

 

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* Ability to answer questions about organizing

 

 

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