CKUA Venue Volunteer Opportunities!

'Tis the End of the Season.....to volunteer!

Hello CKUA Volunteers,
I hope you are staying warm as the temperature dips to a chilly and uncomfortable place this week.  Often February is the time of year that we start thinking (actually hoping) winter will end and spring will start making itself known to us soon!



William James (American philosopher and psychologist) once said "In the dim background of our mind, we know that we ought to be doing something but somehow we cannot start"

That is sort of how the end of winter feels.  You can sense the change coming, but it isn't here yet and it is very frustrating.

Here is a quote that will help you remember that spring will come and, with it, a release from the cold, windy, extra-layers of sweaters existence you've plodding through for the last couple of months!

"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberence. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance". -Yoko Ono

Below are 2 upcoming volunteer opportunities, sure to warm your heart and soul! Please let me know if you are able to volunteer:

Wei Yew Event - at CKUA BuildingDate: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Time: 4:30 pm -7:30 pm
Volunteer Requirements: 2 volunteers requested to meet n' greet guests. monitor guest list and name tags.

Winspear Presents- ESO Masters Beethoven's Pastorale Symphony
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2014
Time: Performance starts at 8 pm, volunteers to be there by 7:30 pm.
Volunteer Requirements: 2 volunteers, banner only.

 



Volunteer Op; BOOK RELEASE - Paula Simons interviews local authors!

Next week we have the Edmonton Journal hosting an event at CKUA and we need your help welcoming the guests and also with set-up and tear-down...

Thursday November 28th from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

We're looking for 4 volunteers to set-up and take-down some chairs and tables on the main floor and also a couple of whom that might enjoy greeting the guests for 30 minutes as they arrive. You'll of course get to sit-in and enjoy the program (5:00 to 7:30pm) while you're here....

Paula Simons from the Edmonton Journal will be interviewing the following local authors about their upcoming books:

   Todd Babiak-
His new book “Come Barbarians” is a murder mystery. Babiak is author of 4 previous books, including “The Garneau Block” and “Toby: A Man”
   Michael Hingston- 
“The Dilettantes” is a novel about life at student newspapers. Hingston is also the Journal’s Books Editor.
   Ryan Cormier-
“Thugs , Thieves and Outlaws” is a true crime book about historic Alberta crimes.
   Jana Pruden-
The Journal’s crime bureau chief, her newest book is also a true crime book more focused on Saskatchewan crime cases.

If you're interested and available to lend a hand with this volunteer opportunity, please EMAIL ERICKA

Volunteer Op; Free Ho-Ho-Holiday Tickets!

T'is the season to enjoy some of our city's best holiday performances! CKUA is sponsoring theatre and music in the Edmononton area this Christmas and we have free tickets for YOU n' your favourite elf! 

All you have to do is pick-up and return the CKUA banner from the station and display it in the lobby prior to the show. No experience necessary, banner set-up is very simple. I promise. If any of the below shows are of interest to you, please email me promptly!

Sunday November 17

The Bills @ 7:30 pm

Horizon Stage, Spruce Grove

 

Friday November 22

Chris Gibbs: Like Father Like Son? @ 7:30 pm

Horizon Stage, Spruce Grove

 

Sunday December 8

Alberta Baroque - Music for a Festive Season @ 3:00 pm

Robertson-Wesley United Church, Edmonton

 

Sunday December 15

Pro Coro - A Pro Coro Christmas @ 2:30 pm

The Winspear Centre, Edmonton

Volunteer Op: ESO at the Winspear

If you're keen to attend the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's Masters Meyer's Bass Concerto - CKUA has two free tickets for volunteers who are willing to set-up our station banner in the lobby.


What: ESO's Master Meyer's Bass Concerto - Banner set-up

When: Friday November 15th. Arrive for 6:30 pm. Show starts at 7:30 pm

Where: Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre

***Must be able to pick-up tickets and banner at CKUA during business hours between Monday and Friday and return the following week.***

If you're interested, please email Ericka Bold (the interim Volunteer Coordinator) to sign-up! 

Fundraiser Feedback

First of all, we'd like to thank everyone for participating & making this Fall Fundraiser a success. Susan Campbell said it best on her last day in the office - CKUA's volunteers are filled with passion from the tops of their heads to the tips of their toes. And that passion shows in how much you do for the station.

 

Also a huge thank you as we rolled out our new platforms these past few weeks; our blog, Facebook Group & Mailchimp forms have hopefully not been too painful. But if they have been painful, we want to know about it! We have created this short (in minutes) survey in regards to your experiences with fundraiser & our new digital formats. It's all important in making sure we can continue to make your CKUA Volunteer experiences even better!

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Email Sign-ups

As the Fall Fundraiser comes to an end, I hope everyone has been having an amazing time. I know it's been great to see so many of your smiling faces around the building this week! The campaign is going great - as always, your role as volunteers is absolutely vital and we're so grateful for all the hard work you're putting in.

And because we want to continue seeing all your smiling faces around here, I just want to make sure that everyone knows how to receive email updates from this blog. Signing up for emails is completely optional, and if you don't want them, you don't have to have them. We'll continue to post blog stuff on Facebook, and if you prefer to occasionally hop on over here and check what's happening yourself, that's fine as well. But for those of you who want to receive emails, I hope this will clear up any confusion.

Signing up for emails is very simple. Just click on the "Subscribe to Emails" button along the right hand side of the blog.

This will open a page with a form on it. Fill out the form and click "Subscribe to List." You'll then receive an email that asks you to confirm your subscription. Once you follow the directions in the email, you should be subscribed!

The "Dear Volunteers" email with content from the blog sends out once a week, on Thursday evenings. If nothing changes on the blog that week, no email will send. Occasionally we may send out other emails that contains information more time sensitive - the winner of the cake draw, for instance.

If at any time you want to unsubscribe from emails or change your information, you can do so by clicking the "Unsubscribe from this list" or "Update subscription preferences" links located at the bottom of every email. You can also email us and we can make changes manually.

And that's all she wrote! If you have any concerns, issues, or questions about this blog, the emails, or even about volunteering in general, don't hesitate to ask here, on Facebook, or by email. And keep on smiling!

Volunteer Op; Fall Fundraiser

Fall Fundraiser October 17 - 27, 2013

There are still plenty of shifts available, & you can see them all on our color coordinated calendar!! To see all the available shifts for the Fall Fundraiser go to October 17 - 27 and veiw by day, when a shift has been filled it color is turned to gray, and you can filter what shifts you see with the drop-down menu in the top right hand corner (its a little arrow). To sign up for available shifts, fill out the form on the Fundraiser page (in the menu bar at the top this page).

Fall Fundraiser; New Sign-up Form

Fundraiser is just around the corner, have you signed up to volunteer yet? Well fret no more, we have this handy sign-up form here.

Welcome to the brand new volunteer sign-up form! It's a little bit different, we know, and it might be confusing, strange, or maybe you just don't like it. If you have any questions, please ask! We're just as new at this as you and want to know what people find confusing. And we're always happy to help!

At the bottom of this form is a note section. If you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to tell us you do or don't like this new system, please enter them there. We welcome every kind of feedback.

And, as always, all information entered here will remain private and will only ever be used by us at CKUA to contact you regarding volunteer opportunities.

Also, please note that scheduling will be confirmed with you the same way it always has been - by email! The filled-in schedule may be placed on the blog for reference sake, but for now the calendar that's up is for you to see what shifts are available. 

Thank you!

To view the full calendar of shifts check out the Fundraiser blog page.

Sign-up for Shifts

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First Name *

Last Name *

Email Address *

Contact Number

() - (###) ###-####

Is this your first time volunteering at CKUA?

• Yes
• No

Is there someone you'd like to volunteer with?

• Yes
• No

Who? Please enter their full name!

What training day will you be attending?

• Monday, October 7
• Thursday, October 10
• I don't need training because I'm awesome

Day Available NOT AVAILABLE Thursday, October 17 Friday, October 18 Saturday, October 19 Sunday, October 20 Monday, October 21 Tuesday, October 22 Wednesday, October 23 Thursday, October 24 Friday, October 25 Saturday, October 26 Sunday, October 27

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 8 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Position

• Data Manager
• Shift Manager
• Library Runner
• FDO
• Phones
• Hospitality

Day Available NOT AVAILABLE Thursday, October 17 Friday, October 18 Saturday, October 19 Sunday, October 20 Monday, October 21 Tuesday, October 22 Wednesday, October 23 Thursday, October 24 Friday, October 25 Saturday, October 26 Sunday, October 27

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Position

• Data Manager
• Shift Manager
• Library Runner
• FDO
• Phones
• Hospitality

Day Available NOT AVAILABLE Thursday, October 17 Friday, October 18 Saturday, October 19 Sunday, October 20 Monday, October 21 Tuesday, October 22 Wednesday, October 23 Thursday, October 24 Friday, October 25 Saturday, October 26 Sunday, October 27

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Position

• Data Manager
• Shift Manager
• Library Runner
• FDO
• Phones
• Hospitality

Day Available NOT AVAILABLE Thursday, October 17 Friday, October 18 Saturday, October 19 Sunday, October 20 Monday, October 21 Tuesday, October 22 Wednesday, October 23 Thursday, October 24 Friday, October 25 Saturday, October 26 Sunday, October 27

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Position

• Data Manager
• Shift Manager
• Library Runner
• FDO
• Phones
• Hospitality

Day Available NOT AVAILABLE Thursday, October 17 Friday, October 18 Saturday, October 19 Sunday, October 20 Monday, October 21 Tuesday, October 22 Wednesday, October 23 Thursday, October 24 Friday, October 25 Saturday, October 26 Sunday, October 27

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Shift NOT AVAILABLE 6 AM - 9 AM 9 AM - 12 PM 12 PM - 3 PM 3 PM - 6 PM 6 PM - 9 PM 9 PM - 12 AM HOSPITALITY ONLY 9 AM -1 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 1 PM - 5:30 PM HOSPITALITY ONLY 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Position

• Data Manager
• Shift Manager
• Library Runner
• FDO
• Phones
• Hospitality

Comments

Volunteer Op; Pre-Campaign Phone Blitz

CKUA receives 59% of its revenue from donations. This means that when we start a relationship with a donor, we need to continue to communicate and steward these donors and remind them that they have the opportunity to continue supporting the station they love!

CKUA has two fundraisers each year, with the next one coming up this fall. In order to kick-off the campaign, we are organizing a callout blitz to all of our lapsed donors (approx. 2500!). These are people who enjoy and listen to CKUA, but have not been active donors for the last two campaigns. We are looking for volunteers to help us get in touch with these donors and encourage them back into the fold. It may seem intimidating at first, but remember that these are people just like you, with a strong passion for CKUA.

We also want to note that there is a matching pool for any donations that come in during the blitz, so think of it as 5 days of DYD!

Shift Details:
Sunday, September 29 - Thursday, October 3 (5:00 - 9:00pm each night)
Need 10 volunteers for each night
A light supper will be served at 5:00pm

Location:
In office; Studio A (aka. Pledge Room)

3rd floor, 9804 Jasper Ave, Edmonton AB, T5J 0C5

Experience/skills Required:
Strong communication skills
Knowledge of CKUA is an asset

What we need help with:

• Phones:
• Calling out to past donors and inviting them to be active donors once again
• Answering any questions that the donors may have (there will be staff and lead volunteers to help you)
• Filling out pledge forms legibliy and completely