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Our Programs and Volunteer Opportunities - California Cleantech Open

Thank you for taking an interest in volunteering with the Cleantech Open. Volunteers have always been the backbone of the Cleantech Open, supporting our clean tech entrepreneurs. By signing up here, you will join with other volunteers to continue vital programs and grow new ones. We encourage you to take part in whatever way appeals to you.

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Alumni

California Cleantech Open

The Alumni Program maintains relationships with all past CTO Semi-Finalists, with the goal of creating a community that fosters connection, innovation and business acceleration.

Alumni Events Manager/Coordinator - 8-10 hours per Month

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni Chair
Area: Events
Time Needed: 8-10 hours per Month

Overview

Coordinate Alumni and CTO activities to ensure that the opportunities for alumni to participate in internal and external events are maximized. Work with events, PR, and marketing chairs to understand upcoming events and opportunities and communicate them to the alumni newsletter publisher. Work with Alumni SIG and workshop leaders to ensure that all Alumni specific activities are added to the CTO calendar.

Essential Functions

Identify external events that are appropriate venues for alumni to participate in
- Investor conference presentations
- Cleantech conferences
- Panels/speaking engagements
- Workshops, seminars, educational opportunities
- Press opportunities
Produce a list of potential and scheduled activities monthly for the general CTO calendar; quarterly for the alumni newsletter
Develop a priority rating to categorize the potential value of events to alumni
Liaise with events team, alumni workshop leads and SIG leaders to coordinate invitations and attendance of alumni at specific events.
Work with marketing team to promote events to alumni and CTO community
Work with PR team to obtain press coverage of alumni appearances

Required Skills

Business expertise and understanding of cleantech community
Good network and access to cleantech community activities
Excellent communication skills
Collaborative spirit

Alumni Newsletter Publisher - 6-8 hours per Quarter

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni Chair
Area: Quarterly Newsletter
Time Needed: 6-8 hours per Quarter

Overview

Work with the writers, alumni directory publisher, CTO marketing and PR team to assemble and publish a quarterly newsletter with content appropriate and interesting to the Alumni audience. Update with CTO news, Alumni successes and metrics, events and other news of note.

Essential Functions

Develop a standard project plan for quarterly newsletter assembly and production, and execute
Design and build a quarterly newsletter template
Solicit information from alumni team, marketing, PR for content
Incorporate designs, logos, layouts, as appropriate and/or dictated by CTO marketing team
Communicate to alumni community to solicit updates and feedback

Required Skills

Effective written and verbal communication skills
Ability to produce and adhere to a project plan
Ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders

Other Skills

Design/layout acumen or skills helpful
Experience in PR/Marcom helpful
Working knowledge of cleantech and investment helpful

Database Directory Outreach Manager - 2-4 hours per Week

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Directory Publisher
Area: Database and Directory
Time Needed: 2-4 hours per Week

Overview

Work with Alumni directory team to solicit information from alumni and ensure that database profiles are updated regularly. Develop incentives, contests, etc, to encourage participation and create a sense of community. Perform outreach by phone or email as required to ensure that information is current prior to quarterly directory update.

Essential Functions

Ensure that directory profiles are updated regularly
Devise incentives to create community, and participation
Develop scripts or outreach emails to solicit and encourage profile updates and news
Work with Directory Publisher and Database Liaison to produce reports with appropriate metrics, and determine additional information needed

Required Skills

Effective verbal and written communication skills
Marketing/marcom experience very useful
Willingness and ability to make multiple follow up phone calls

Database Liaison - 4 hours per Week

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Directory Publisher
Area: Database and Directory
Time Needed: 4 hours per Week

Overview

Work with the CTO system administrator to maintain the existing alumni database, including soliciting updates from the alumni, scrubbing data as required, writing up new feature requests, and managing the implementation of search and social networking features as they become available. Develop reports to capture appropriate metrics and provide information to writers, and database publisher in support of the Alumni Directory publication.

Essential Functions

Identify areas for improving database
Ensure that data is current and in usable form
Communicate to alumni community to solicit updates and feedback
Work with Directory Publisher to determine appropriate data for alumni directory
Work with CTO-IT to produce appropriate data for alumni directory updates and provide to marketing team as requested, including metrics
Work with Database Outreach Manager to solicit information & participation from alumni

Required Skills

Working knowledge of database structures
Understanding of search and social networking functionality from a user perspective
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Working knowledge of CTO Business Plan Competition

Event Reminder Caller - 2 hours One Time

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni Chair
Area: Alumni
Time Needed: 2 hours One Time

Overview

Call the <20 Alumni attending the first Alumni Workshop to remind them of the event details.

Essential Functions

Call and speak to or leave messages with the 15-20 Alumni who are attending the February 24th Alumni Workshop. Must be completed before February 24th. Volunteer will be provided with a call list and event details. A phone provided by CTO is an available option to make the calls.

Required Skills

Clear speaking skills
Comfortable with cold calling

Grant Writer for CTO Alumni Companies - 3 hours per Week

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni SOAR Manager
Area: Alumni
Time Needed: 3 hours per Week

Overview

New to Clean Tech – but think it’s a hot new market for you to pursue? This is a great opportunity to practice your skills, and at the same time, add Clean Tech experience to your resume. As the Federal Stimulus dollars targeted for Green Jobs start flowing, we expect a high level of Grant activity for start-ups in the Clean Tech Open community.

We are looking for experienced writers who want to volunteer their time to help CTO Alumni companies apply for grants. If you have good technical writing skills and want to contribute to the success of an early stage company, consider starting in a volunteer role.

Essential Functions

Assist in writing components of a grant package for an CTO company, including: company info, team profiles, technology description or research topic proposal
Assist in development of financial models
Develop schematics and other graphics
Time Commitment Varies By Project, could range from15-40 hours per submission

Non-essential Functions

Experience in technical writing (with writing samples available)
Track record of meeting deadlines for deliverables
Ability to work in small team environment
Familiar with essential tools for electronic submissions (Word, Excel, Photoshop)

Required Skills

Grant writing for commercial enterprises
Experience in start-ups
Clean Tech domain expertise
Financial modeling experience

Grant Writer for CTO Alumni Companies (Paid Position) - 3 hours per Week

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni SOAR Manager
Area: Alumni
Time Needed: 3 hours per Week

Overview

The Clean Tech industry will benefit from billions in Federal Stimulus funding distributed in the form of Grants and Government Bids. For many of our CTO Alumni companies, this will be the first time that they apply for a grant or submit an RFP response.

We are currently building a directory of professional contract writers who have the experience to guide our CTO entrepreneurs through the grant/bid process. If you are an experienced grant writer, tell us about your qualifications and availability.

Essential Functions

Lead the development process of grant or bid package
Develop project schedules, milestones and deliverables to meet submission deadlines
Experience in grant submissions for state or federal programs (lead role or significant contributor)
Experience in RFP responses for federal, state, local government contracts (lead role or significant contributor)
Time Commitment: Varies per project, per agreed deliverables

Required Skills

Superb technical writing skills to prepare submission materials (samples required)
Demonstrated ability to meet agreed milestones (references required)
Ability to work in small team environment
Work with essential tools for electronic submissions (Word, Excel, Photoshop)

Other Skills

Experience in start-ups
Clean Tech domain expertise
Experience working with Dept of Energy or California Energy Commission grant programs (SBIR, PIER and others)

Mentor Program Manager - 10-12 hours per Month

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni Chair & Mentor Chair
Area: Mentor Program
Time Needed: 10-12 hours per Month

Overview

Manage the mentor program for CTO Alumni. Working closely with the mentor chair and existing mentor program, create and implement a year-round mentoring program that focuses on alumni business needs and provides temporary support for specific issues. The program will be participant driven.

Essential Functions

Identify alumni needs for coaching and mentoring.
Identify appropriate mentors and skills, and developing a matching system that allows alumni and mentors to meet and qualify one another.
Work with CTO IT to use/build on/customize existing matching tools
Develop a set of rules of engagement for mentor/alumni that manage:
- Conflict of interest
- Time limitations
- Assignment goals
- General objectives of the program
- Relationship to business plan mentoring program
Develop a feedback mechanism to measure the impact of the program for each mentoring transaction from both alumnus and mentor.

Required Skills

Business expertise and understanding of startup business requirements
Excellent communication skills
Management experience
Good problem solving skills

On-Site Events Coordinator - 2-4 hours per Month

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Workshop/Event Leaders, CTO marketing team
Area: Education & Networking/Events
Time Needed: 2-4 hours per Month

Overview

Work with CTO team and event leaders to coordinate event venues, registrations, on-site logistics for alumni events such as workshops, breakfast briefings, external panels and speaking events.

Essential Functions

Ensure that venue is secured and that participants know how to access
Coordinate registration as needed with CTO staff and marketing team
Attend the event and manage participants as necessary
Liaise with workshop leader to determine specific support requirements for each event

Required Skills

Effective verbal communication skills
Ability to work with multiple teams
Organizational skills
Problem solving skills

Second Chair - 10 hours per Week

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni Chair
Area: Program Management
Time Needed: 10 hours per Week

Overview

Work with the Alumni chair to plan and execute the mission and activities of the CTO Alumni program. The mission of the program is to create a community for past contestants of the CTO business plan competition that will foster innovation, connection and communication, and will help the alumni companies to continue to build business momentum. The role of the second chair includes involvement in the five 2009 project areas: Alumni database and directory, education and networking, quarterly newsletter, alumni mentor program, and events.

Essential Functions

Assist in management of alumni programs as needed
Manage volunteers for specific programs as assigned
Get to know alumni companies and help to create opportunities for them
Build relationships with alumni companies to strengthen their ties to the community and to assist them in taking advantage of programs
Support other chair initiatives that intersect with alumni programs
Take ownership for a series of programs in one or more of the project areas
Attend alumni events
Two-way communications with alumni community to solicit needs and collect feedback

Required Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to produce and adhere to a project plan and deadlines
Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
Diplomacy and flexibility
Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills
Business experience and acumen

Other Skills

Cleantech domain expertise helpful
Non-profit experience helpful
Fundraising/sponsor management experience helpful
Organizational skills

Special Interest Group Leader - 2-4 hours per Month

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni Chair
Area: Education & Networking
Time Needed: 2-4 hours per Month

Overview

Act as liaison for a specific domain. Own the agenda and communication for a specific Special Interest Group. Organize telecons and subject matter workshops or meetings; liaise with other groups and with Alumni Chair to coordinate events, activities and communicate opportunities.

Essential Functions

Organize quarterly conference calls
Track the interest areas and agendas for the group
Act as spokesperson to represent the SIG interests and agenda for workshop and event content to other CTO constituents
Solicit participants for CTO and external events as needs arise
Act as communication coordinator for the SIG

Required Skills

Interest in SIG domains of Energy Efficiency and/or Smart Power; actual experience in a related industry is a plus
Business expertise and understanding of startup business requirements
Good communication skills
Ability to organize and coordinate events and meetings

Workshop Lead - 10-12 hours per Month

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Alumni Chair
Area: Education & Networking
Time Needed: 10-12 hours per Month

Overview

Produce workshops for alumni education from concept design to execution. Develop content, obtain speakers and/or materials, schedule and work with CTO volunteers to execute. Workshops may be delivered by webinar or in person. Work with CTO staff and volunteers to coordinate venue, registration and followup. Work with Alumni Chair to coordinate sponsorship and funding.

Essential Functions

Develop workshop concept and content-preferably a series of two or more.
Schedule workshop events, and coordinate with CTO master calendar.
Provide workshop description and outcomes to CTO staff for advertising and registration.
Solicit domain experts for workshop content and delivery as needed.
Work with workshop content deliverers to review and approve content.
Provide appropriate materials to CTO staff/volunteers for dissemination.
Solicit feedback from attendees to measure success and document.

Required Skills

Subject matter expertise and network
Ability to manage event details with help from volunteers

Workshop Technology Manager - 10-12 hours per Month

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Workshop Lead(s)
Area: Education & Networking
Time Needed: 10-12 hours per Month

Overview

Assist workshop leads in producing webinars and face-to-face workshops, managing the webinar technology, and/or audio-visual technology.

Essential Functions

Determine appropriate technical requirements for each workshop
Set up webinars on requested dates
Ensure all parties have appropriate access
Coordinate rehearsal if required
Provide technical (user) support during webinar
Provide technical (AV) support during physical workshop (microphones, projectors, laptops for presentation

Required Skills

Working knowledge of webinar applications
Working knowledge of teleconferencing and video conferencing
Working knowledge of AV and presentation technology
Good communication skills

Writer - 8-10 hours per Month

Program: Alumni
Team Leader: Newsletter Publisher
Area: Quarterly Newsletter
Time Needed: 8-10 hours per Month

Overview

Writing feature and news articles for quarterly newsletter featuring Alumni success stories, featured companies, news that affects Alumni specifically and the community generally. Involves interviews with Alumni, research of relevant news items, and coordination with CTO marketing team.

Essential Functions

Work with publisher to determine the quarterly focus
Interview alumni, CTO staff and community, sponsors as directed
Produce articles and profiles quarterly
Conduct research as necessary
Write/edit profiles for inclusion in alumni directory

Required Skills

Excellent writing skills
Editing skills
Good overall communication skills
Ability to manage to a deadline

Other Skills

Working knowledge of clean tech and venture investment
PR experience helpful

Angels

California Cleantech Open

The Angel Investor Program is chartered to engage the Angel Investor community as active participants in the CTO, to increase the rate of Angel funding for CTO contestants. This team will recruit Angel investors, enage them with our community, and match investors to companies.

Angel Outreach - 5 hours per Week

Program: Angels
Team Leader: Angel Investor Engagement Chair
Time Needed: 5 hours per Week

Overview

Manage outreach to the Silicon Valley Angel Investor community, to engage individuals to become involved in the CTO via outbound communications, a email campaign, guerilla/grassroots networking, etc. Get the Angel community excited about a variety of means of participation: mentoring, giving us access to their networks, advice on pitches, participation in our new “Angel Investor Forum”, bringing raw/unproven deal flow into CTO as competition entrants (spring), first access to CTO Finalists as Angel investment deal flow (fall), etc.

Essential Functions

•    Develop and execute a messaging and communications plan
•    With the Angel Chair, set goals for number and timing of Angels recruited into our program. Drive and measure the results.
•    Drive sign-up of Angels for our “Angel Investor Forum” (to be run coincident with CTO Mock Judging), and get commitments for Angels to play specific roles within that event.
•    Act as go-between for matchmaking between CTO finalists and appropriate prospective Angel investors. (And/or, help facilitate a mechanized process for matchmaking.)
•    Develop a feedback mechanism to assure that Angels who engage with us are pleased with our program, are seeing results, and that we are hearing their inputs.

Required Skills

•    Passionate team player, who thrives within a small, focused group
•    Business expertise and understanding of startups (ideally, startup experience).   Appropriate experience would likely include Marketing, Sales or Business Development.
•    Ideally: understanding of the Venture and Angel funding ecosystem and deal screening processes
•    Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
•    Have a strong network of your own, and an ability to expand it in support of this program
•    Availability of about 5 hours/week (with a surge around 2-3 key events), ability to attend a weekly team meeting at a fixed time

Program Manager - 5 hours per Week

Program: Angels
Team Leader: Angel Investor Engagement Chair
Time Needed: 5 hours per Week

Overview

This person will build the processes and infrastructure in support of our goal of engaging the Angel Investor community as active participants in the CTO: mentoring, giving us access to their networks, advice on pitches, participation in our new “Angel Investor Forum”, bringing raw/unproven deal flow into CTO as competition entrants (spring), first access to CTO Finalists as Angel investment deal flow (fall), etc.

Essential Functions

•    In conjunction with the Chair, develop and maintain a master project schedule for the Angel program.
•    Establish our Angel investor database, and means for sharing it among appropriate CTO individuals.   (Perhaps something like Google Docs.)   Develop the process for occasional email communication to the Angel community as fed by the database.
•    Develop matchmaking process(es) to enable CTO finalist to tap into the Angel community for advice during the competition and most importantly, to tap the Angel community for potential investments at the end of the season.
•    Orchestrate the mechanics and logistics of the Angel Investor Forum event. Provide a feedback mechanism after the event, to enable the contestants to learn from the feedback of the Angel participants.

Required Skills

•    Passionate team player, who thrives within a small, focused group
•    Business expertise and understanding of startups (ideally, startup experience)
•    Ideally: understanding of the Venture and Angel funding ecosystem and deal screening processes
•    Organized and structured style, with excellent project management skills
•    Familiarity with Web 2.0 tools for communication and team collaboration
•    Availability of about 5 hours/week (with a surge around 2-3 key events), ability to attend a weekly team meeting at a fixed time

Competition

Contestant Recruitment

California Cleantech Open, Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

The Contestant Recruitment program plans and implements the recruitment strategy for bringing in teams for each annual competition. Outreach includes universities, labs, personal networks, grass roots publicity, existing business plan competitions, green events and conventions and Alumni support.

Event Evangelist - Boise/Idaho - 3 hours per Month

Program: Contestant Recruitment
Team Leader: Contestant Recruitment Chair
Area: Contestant Recruitment
Time Needed: 3 hours per Month

Overview

There are a wide variety of clean tech conferences, symposia, job fairs, talks and panels where potential CTO contestants may be found. Attend these events in Boise and other parts of Idaho with CTO collateral to reach out to these clean tech start-ups.

Essential Functions

Volunteer to attend as few or as many events as desired
Receive brief training on how to talk to potential contestants
Take collateral to events and talk about CTO
Get contact information from all potentials
Pass along information to Chair

Non-essential Functions

Personally follow up with potential contestants from events

Required Skills

Interest and availability to attend events
Very outgoing!
Great evangelist for CTO
Familiarity with the competition entry process

Event Evangelist - Central California - 3 hours per Month

Program: Contestant Recruitment
Team Leader: Contestant Recruitment Chair
Area: Contestant Recruitment
Time Needed: 3 hours per Month

Overview

There are a wide variety of clean tech conferences, symposia, job fairs, talks and panels throughout Central California where potential CTO contestants may be found. Attend these events with CTO collateral to reach out to these clean tech start-ups.

Essential Functions

Volunteer to attend as few or as many events as desired
Receive brief training on how to talk to potential contestants
Take collateral to events and talk about CTO
Get contact information from all potentials
Pass along information to Chair

Non-essential Functions

Personally follow up with potential contestants from events

Required Skills

Interest and availability to attend events
Very outgoing!
Great evangelist for CTO
Familiarity with the competition entry process
Located in Central California, specifically the Central Valley or similar location

Event Evangelist - Denver - 3 hours per Month

Program: Contestant Recruitment
Team Leader: Contestant Recruitment Chair
Area: Contestant Recruitment
Time Needed: 3 hours per Month

Overview

There are a wide variety of clean tech conferences, symposia, job fairs, talks and panels where potential CTO contestants may be found. Attend these events in Denver and other parts of Colorado with CTO collateral to reach out to these clean tech start-ups.

Essential Functions

Volunteer to attend as few or as many events as desired
Receive brief training on how to talk to potential contestants
Take collateral to events and talk about CTO
Get contact information from all potentials
Pass along information to Chair

Non-essential Functions

Personally follow up with potential contestants from events

Required Skills

Interest and availability to attend events
Very outgoing!
Great evangelist for CTO
Familiarity with the competition entry process

Event Evangelist - Portland/Oregon - 3 hours per Month

Program: Contestant Recruitment
Team Leader: Contestant Recruitment Chair
Area: Contestant Recruitment
Time Needed: 3 hours per Month

Overview

There are a wide variety of clean tech conferences, symposia, job fairs, talks and panels where potential CTO contestants may be found. Attend these events in Portland and other areas in Oregon with CTO collateral to reach out to these clean tech start-ups.

Essential Functions

Volunteer to attend as few or as many events as desired
Receive brief training on how to talk to potential contestants
Take collateral to events and talk about CTO
Get contact information from all potentials
Pass along information to Chair

Non-essential Functions

Personally follow up with potential contestants from events

Required Skills

Interest and availability to attend events
Very outgoing!
Great evangelist for CTO
Familiarity with the competition entry process

Event Evangelist - Salt Lake City/Utah - 3 hours per Month

Program: Contestant Recruitment
Team Leader: Contestant Recruitment Chair
Area: Contestant Recruitment
Time Needed: 3 hours per Month

Overview

There are a wide variety of clean tech conferences, symposia, job fairs, talks and panels where potential CTO contestants may be found. Attend these events in Salt Lake City and other parts of Utah with CTO collateral to reach out to these clean tech start-ups.

Essential Functions

Volunteer to attend as few or as many events as desired
Receive brief training on how to talk to potential contestants
Take collateral to events and talk about CTO
Get contact information from all potentials
Pass along information to Chair

Non-essential Functions

Personally follow up with potential contestants from events

Required Skills

Interest and availability to attend events
Very outgoing!
Great evangelist for CTO
Familiarity with the competition entry process

Event Evangelist - Seattle/Washington - 3 hours per Month

Program: Contestant Recruitment
Team Leader: Contestant Recruitment Chair
Area: Contestant Recruitment
Time Needed: 3 hours per Month

Overview

There are a wide variety of clean tech conferences, symposia, job fairs, talks and panels where potential CTO contestants may be found. Attend these events in Seattle and other areas in Washington with CTO collateral to reach out to these clean tech start-ups.

Essential Functions

Volunteer to attend as few or as many events as desired
Receive brief training on how to talk to potential contestants
Take collateral to events and talk about CTO
Get contact information from all potentials
Pass along information to Chair

Non-essential Functions

Personally follow up with potential contestants from events

Required Skills

Interest and availability to attend events
Very outgoing!
Great evangelist for CTO
Familiarity with the competition entry process

Event Evangelist - Southern California - 3 hours per Month

Program: Contestant Recruitment
Team Leader: Contestant Recruitment Chair
Area: Contestant Recruitment
Time Needed: 3 hours per Month

Overview

There are a wide variety of clean tech conferences, symposia, job fairs, talks and panels throughout Southern California where potential CTO contestants may be found. Attend these events with CTO collateral to reach out to these clean tech start-ups.

Essential Functions

Volunteer to attend as few or as many events as desired
Receive brief training on how to talk to potential contestants
Take collateral to events and talk about CTO
Get contact information from all potentials
Pass along information to Chair

Non-essential Functions

Personally follow up with potential contestants from events

Required Skills

Interest and availability to attend events
Very outgoing!
Great evangelist for CTO
Familiarity with the competition entry process
Located in tSouthern California, specifically Los Angeles, Orange County or San Diego

Events

California Cleantech Open, Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

Events create an active, physical Clean Tech Open community, encouraging an atmosphere that inspires, educates and engages our entrepreneurs, Sponsors and Volunteers.

General Help - Renewables Symposium on 7/21 - 4 hours One Time

Program: Events
Team Leader: Event Chair
Area: Events
Time Needed: 4 hours One Time

Overview

The Renewables Symposium will take place on Tuesday, July 21 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Autodesk in San Francisco. Come help out with the event and listen to the content.

Essential Functions

Arrive 1 hour before the event begins to set up signage and registration
Check in attendees
Help set up exhibits
Answer questions
Tear down registration, signage and exhibits after event

Required Skills

Must be available from 4:30pm to 9:00pm on Tuesday, July 21st
If available on Tuesday afternoon to help with event prep, added bonus!

General Help - Smart Power Symposium on 8/25 - 4 hours One Time

Program: Events
Team Leader: Event Chair
Area: Events
Time Needed: 4 hours One Time

Overview

Join us for the Smart Power Symposium at NetApp in Sunnyvale on Tuesday, August 25th. Help with setup, registration, event assistance and teardown.

Essential Functions

Arrive 1 hour before the event begins to set up signage and registration
Check in attendees
Help set up exhibits
Answer questions
Tear down registration, signage and exhibits after event

Required Skills

Must be available from 4:30pm to 9:00pm on Tuesday, August 25th
If available on Tuesday afternoon to help with event prep, added bonus

Manager - Alumni Workshops - 15 hours per Quarter

Program: Events
Team Leader: Events Chair
Area: Alumni
Time Needed: 15 hours per Quarter

Overview

The Alumni Workshops happen quarterly and take place at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. The Lead will handle all the event logistics with WSGR, and also oversee content, working closely with the Alumni Chair.

Essential Functions

Report to Event Chair
Work closely with Alumni Chair
Oversee workshop logistics (signage, A/V, food, etc.)
Manage the workshops team
Interface with Alumni for attendance and content
Manage sustainability requirements
Ensure content of workshops by working with Alumni Workshop team

Required Skills

Organized
Interested in gaining event experience
Interest in sustainability
Attention to detail
Basic knowledge of Alumni program
Ability to manage a small team

Manager - Executive Summary Seminar and Clean Tech Accelerator - 3 hours per Week

Program: Events
Team Leader: Events Chair
Area: Events
Time Needed: 3 hours per Week

Overview

The Executive Summary Seminar and Summer Seminar Series are evening events taking place at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto. Basic event logistics and a small volunteer team are needed. Great position for someone looking to gain event experience.

Essential Functions

Report to Event Chair
Work closely with Summer Seminar Chair
Oversee seminar logistics (signage, A/V, food, etc.)
Manage the volunteer team
Manage sustainability requirements
Ensure follow-up and cataloguing of event details for institutional memory

Required Skills

Available for the following evenings: May 12, July 14, July 21, July 28, August 4 and September 1
Organized
Interested in gaining event experience
Interest in sustainability
Attention to detail
Basic knowledge of Summer Seminar Series
Ability to manage a small team

Manager - National Awards Gala - 6 hours per Week

Program: Events
Team Leader: Events Chair
Area: Events
Time Needed: 6 hours per Week

Overview

The National Awards Gala Manager will manage all aspects of the national Awards Gala, including venue and vendor logistics and volunteer roles.

Essential Functions

Report to Event Chair
Oversee the Awards logistics (floorplan, setup and teardown guidelines, etc.)
Manage the Awards team
Interface with sponsors
Select and manage event vendors (caterer, beverage, A/V, rentals)
Research and solidify venue logistics
Arrange for transportation, parking and security
Work within Awards budget
Work with other chairs and staff to publicize and communicate appropriately
Manage volunteer leads
Work with chair on event debrief and track metrics
Manage sustainability requirements

Required Skills

Availability on October 27
Extremely organized
Strong relationship building skills
Event experience
Strong project management skills
Interest in sustainability
Attention to detail
Ability to influence decisions to ensure great outcomes
Ability to create a new event and meeting the needs of new communities

Manager - Semifinalist Orientation, Business Clinics and Mock Judging - 5 hours per Week

Program: Events
Team Leader: Events Chair
Area: Events
Time Needed: 5 hours per Week

Overview

The Semifinalist Orientation, Business Clinics and Mock Judging are all day events taking place at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto. This role, perfect for someone looking to gain event experience, will oversee all logistics and manage the volunteers for the day.

Essential Functions

Availability on: July 7, August 11, AUgust 18, August 25, September 1 and September 24
Report to Event Chair
Work closely with Mentor Chair
Oversee event logistics (signage, A/V, food, etc.)
Recruit and manage the volunteer team
Manage sustainability requirements

Required Skills

Organized
Interested in gaining event experience
Interest in sustainability
Attention to detail
Basic knowledge of Seminfinalist program
Ability to manage a small team

Finance

Financial Oversight

General Support

California Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

Various volunteer roles do not fall into any program area, but help with the organization's structure, daily functions and institutional memory. These projects are vital to the success of Clean Tech Open and enable the competition to consistently be the best platform for clean tech entrepreneurs.

HTML Web Assistant - 3 hours per Week

Program: General Support
Area: Web/IT
Time Needed: 3 hours per Week

Overview

There are continual updates to the static site that can be made in basic HTML. Help us to make these edits in a time efficient manner by updating the site for us.

Essential Functions

Receive updates and edits from one of several different volunteers from various programs (Alumni, Innovation Partners, Mentors, and staff)
Update the static pages within the website, double checking spelling and compatibility with various browsers
Confirm updates with response to original party

Required Skills

Fluent in HTML
Ability to access www.CleanTechOpen.com to make edits (need appropriate framework and will be given access codes by developers)
Some experience with static web page updates

Semifinalist Prize Package Additions - 10 hours per Month

Program: General Support
Team Leader: Special Projects Chair
Area: Special Projects
Time Needed: 10 hours per Month

Overview

Start-up companies need many resoureces, including educational literature, graphic design support, small resources and many other items. This team will brainstorm and gather resources for the Semifinalist teams to support them as companies as they grow.

Essential Functions

Work with the team to brainstorm ideas on what to gather for Semifinalists, including:

free logo design from local universities
book donations from companies like Amazon.com
demo building support and execution grom groups like IDEO
clean tech resources from web researchers

Identify and gather the best resources to present to Semifinalists as prize packages

Required Skills

Great ideas, creativity, enthusiastic about brain storming sessions
Ability to cold call to gather resources
Basic knowledge of what start-up companies need to succeed
Easy to work with amongst a team

Video Transcriber - 40 hours One Time

Program: General Support
Area: Institutional Memory
Time Needed: 40 hours One Time

Overview

Transcribe the almost 30 hours of videos taken from the 2008 competition. Create an organized quote library. Great for virtual volunteer.

Essential Functions

Listen to and transcribe 50+ YouTube videos and other archives videos recevied from CTO staff.
Edit transcribed content for clarity and cohesion
Compile quotes in quote library by: Speaker Name, Title, Affiliation, Date, Subject Matter/Topic, and Quote Content

Non-essential Functions

Catalogue current YouTube postings so all the links are in the quote library

Required Skills

Internet connection
Familiarity with YouTube
Video viewing software
Efficienct typer
Good editor
Good with Excel
Able to organize data into a library (Excel)

Grants

California Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

Grant Development volunteers work to research grant opportunities and write up grant applications to supplement Clean Tech Open's sponsorship funding. Grants help fund a variety of expenses, from operating costs to special programs to category sponsorships.

Grant Editor - 10 hours per Month

Program: Grants
Team Leader: Katie Roberts
Time Needed: 10 hours per Month

Overview

This position may be filled by several people rotating the role, or working simultaneously. Editors will receive the draft versions of grant applications, edit and review, fact check and then submit back to the Grant Writer for corrections and final approval.

Essential Functions

•    Work with the Grant Writer to ensure deadlines of grants are met
•    Receive grant drafts from Grant Writer to edit, proofread and fact check
•    Send grant applications back to Grant Writer for final approval, with several rounds of editing possibly necessary beforehand

Required Skills

•    Advanced editing and proofreading skills
•    Good communication skills among team members
•    Intermediate knowledge of Clean Tech Open (can be acquired and grown)
•    Ability to fact check
•    Comfort with contacting professionals via cold calls to ensure deadlines, facts, and for any follow-up information
•    Ability to work within deadlines
•    *Experience with writing and reading grants is a bonus

Grant Researcher - 2 hours per Week

Program: Grants
Team Leader: Katie Roberts
Time Needed: 2 hours per Week

Overview

The role consists of researching and identifying appropriate grant opportunities. A basic knowledge of Clean Tech Open, its areas of interest, and proper grant outlets is desired. This person will work closely with the Grant Writer to ensure there is a constant stream of grants in the pipeline, and to check that the grants being presented are appropriate to CTO.

Essential Functions

•    Research and identify new government and private funding prospects
•    Organize grant application to hand off to Grant Writer
•    Facilitate the ease of the Grant Writer’s role
•    Work closely with Grant Writer to supply any follow-up information
•    Assist Grant Writer in submitting grant applications
•    Follow up with grant providers

Required Skills

Writer - 5 hours per Week

Program: Grants
Team Leader: Katie Roberts
Time Needed: 5 hours per Week

Overview

The Grant Writer receives the grant information from the Grant Researcher and writes the proposals. The grants will be reviewed by editors and then submitted by the Grant Writer.

Essential Functions

•    Generates proposals and supporting documents in response to solicitations.
•    Generates revenues for agency programs and services through timely submission of well-researched, well written and well-documented fund-raising proposals.
•    Writes reports to government, foundations and other funders.
•    Works closely with Director of Sponsor Relations to monitor the funding pipeline.
•    Hand off completed grant applications to editing team and Grant Researcher

Required Skills

•    Very skilled at oral and written communication
•    Intermediate knowledge of the workings of CTO (which can be acquired and grown)
•    Advanced grant writing skills, with several years of experience
•    Familiarity with the grant submission process
•    Able to work with a Grant Researcher to take prospective grant applications from start to finish
•    Samples of written grants, with a trial period overseen by the Marketing and Communications Manager
•    *Some experience with sponsorship research, account development and account management is a bonus

Innovation Partners

California Cleantech Open

The Innovation Partners Program builds connections between our Innovation Partners (research organizations, labs, universities, technology innovation firms) and our Clean Tech Open community. The program aims to accelerate the growth of successful new clean tech companies through targeted events and programs throughout the year. The Technology Showcase events feature the research innovations from our Innovation Partners, providing an opportunity for entrepreneurs to hear, meet and engage with technologists. The One-on-One Matching Events provide focused opportunities for interested/qualified entrepreneurs to meet the scientists and technologists on an individual basis.

Matching Event Team - 6 hours per Week

Program: Innovation Partners
Team Leader: Matching Event Lead
Area: Innovation Partners
Time Needed: 6 hours per Week

Overview

As a member of the Matching Event Team, you have a unique opportunity to meet, screen, network and engage our Clean Tech Innovators

Scientists, researchers, and technologists
Passionate entrepreneurs
Corporations seeking clean tech solutions
Funders (VCs, angels, grants)

The purpose of the Matching Event is to create matching opportunities for the CTO community (Entrepreneurs, technologies, contestants, universities, labs, research organizations, funding sources, mentors, alumni, CTO volunteers, sponsors) to facilitate catalyzing clean technologies.

Essential Functions

Responsible for the presentations, speakers, content and theme at the Matching Event:

Recruit, develop relationship, & invite CTO community attendees and Clean Tech Innovator attendees
Work with the sponsors: VC sponsors, corporate sponsors
Work with entrepreneurs – executive summary of companies
Work with technologists – poster presentation

Create questionnaire and matching profile of each attendee prior to the Matching Event:

Categorize themselves: Entrepreneur, Technologist, Corporation, Media, Funder, Job Seeker

Categorize what they are looking for:

Event management, logistics, preparation
Create schedule of events
Communicate and coordinate with the events team regarding all logistics.
Volunteer needs and requests for day-of
Prepare name badges of each profile

Non-essential Functions

Attend a professional speed dating and “borrow” best practices from the event
Create online community for future follow-up
Ask attendees for feedback during the event

Required Skills

5-8 hours/week commitment (seasonal)
Available for weekly call (1 hour max)
Available for one in-person meeting with Matching Event Team
Must represent Innovation Partners team in a professional and respectful manner
Attend Matching Event

Other Skills

Strong oral and verbal communication skills
Organized and structured style
Team player
Passionate, energetic and fun

Partner Outreach/EIR Program - 6 hours per Week

Program: Innovation Partners
Area: Innovation Partners
Time Needed: 6 hours per Week

Overview

As a leader or member of the Partner Outreach team, you have an exclusive opportunity to engage our Innovation Partners (national laboratories, university tech transfer, and research organizations), and represent the Clean Tech Open and the Innovation Partner Program in a high-profile position.

Essential Functions

Engage with your assigned Innovation Partner(s)

Contact IP Partners at minimum every month for the latest information regarding clean technologies and research that is closest to commercialization.
Identify the most promising new technologies and research of your IP Partner and write a summary of the technology and all relevant information.
Develop a relationship & invite IP Partner to participate in our events, including but not limited to the Innovation Showcase at the Symposium Series, the Matching Event, Judging, and Speaking at events.

Create the Innovation Showcase

The Innovation Showcase at the Symposium Series brings together the nation’s leading government, university and private research centers to present their latest technologies, ready for commercialization, to the clean tech entrepreneurial community during the Symposium Series. This technology “Open House” will include a poster-driven networking session where technologists and licensing officers from our Innovation Partners will be on-hand to explain their discoveries and findings.
Responsible for the recruitment and attendance of a representative from your Innovation Partner(s)
Responsible for all relevant correspondence related to the Innovation Partner and the Innovation Showcase

Reach out and market Clean Tech Open events to your Innovation Partners

Communication & coordination

With SIG Speaker Squad regarding which Innovation Partners should keynote Breakfast Briefings
With Clean Tech Open community through blogs and website postings

Non-essential Functions

Plan and host SIG mixers for Clean Tech Open community (fellowship and networking)
Event management and logistics

Required Skills

Must have expertise with research organizations and technologies
5-8 hours/week commitment for 2009
Available for weekly call (1 hour max)
Available for SIG committee meetings, in-person, 1x/month
Attend Innovation Partner program events
Write technology-specific postings at minimum 4x/year
Must represent Innovation Partners team in a professional and respectful manner

Other Skills

Strong oral and verbal communication skills
Organized and structured style
Team player
Passionate, energetic and fun

Special Interest Group Speaker Squad - 6 hours per Week

Program: Innovation Partners
Area: Innovation Partners
Time Needed: 6 hours per Week

Overview

As a leader or member of the SIG Speaker Squad, you have a unique opportunity to shape the content presented at events, build relationships with leaders in your industry, and represent the Clean Tech Open in a high-profile position.
SIGs (Special Industry Group) are currently:

Renewable Energy – Solar, Biofuels, Geothermal, Wind, Tidal
Smart Buildings
Energy Efficiency/Smart Grid
Transportation/Batteries
Air, Water & Waste

Essential Functions

Responsible for the speakers, content and theme of our two key programs: Symposium Series (6 events) and Breakfast Briefings (monthly events)

The Symposium Series is an industry deep-dive with thought leaders from the federal and state government, research and academia, leading venture capitalists and company executives. Leading experts lead a lively panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities in each CTO competition category.
The Breakfast Briefing is a monthly sound-byte “state of the industry” discussion with our clean tech community. Each month will focus on a specific theme and will highlight will feature the Innovator’s Keynote – a brief talk on the new technologies and business opportunities that can evolve from these innovations.

Develop the speaker panel of prominent industry leaders:

Identify leading industry experts and a moderator for each event.
Develop a relationship & invite keynote speakers and panelists to speak at the event.
Host speaker preparation conference calls.
Responsible for all speaker correspondence as a representative of the Clean Tech Open.
Follow-up, thank you, and feedback from the speakers.

Create the content and theme of each event.

Identify current trends, themes, topics of interest to our community that is new, fresh, insightful and educational.
Work with the sponsors, the moderator, and the speakers with creating Q&A.
Develop the event schedule
Communicate and coordinate with the events team regarding all logistics.

Reach out and market Clean Tech Open events to your industry network

Non-essential Functions

Write industry-specific blog 4x/year
Plan and host SIG mixers for Clean Tech Open community (fellowship and networking)
Event management and logistics

Required Skills

Must have content expertise and network connections in SIG
5-8 hours/week commitment for 2009
Available for weekly call (1 hour max)
Available for SIG committee meetings, in-person, 1x/month
Attend SIG event.
Must represent Innovation Partners team in a professional and respectful manner

Other Skills

Strong oral and verbal communication skills
Organized and structured style
Team player
Passionate, energetic and fun

Judging

California Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

The Judging team is in charge of managing the selection process of Semi-Finalists, Finalists and Winners. This team recruits Judges, designs the process and the evaluation criteria, and runs the logistics of the judging sessions for all rounds.

Judging Co-Chair - 15 hours per Month

Program: Judging
Area: Judging
Time Needed: 15 hours per Month

Overview

The Judging team recruits and selects judges for all three rounds of judging. The team members act as scribes during the judges and also mamke final decisions on difficult judging decisions. The Co-Chair position has a cyclical cycle, with much volunteer time needed at the beginning of June, at the end of September and the beginning of October, and again at the end of October.

Essential Functions

Work with the other Co-Chair to oversee the Judging team and all Judges
Recruit, interview, and select Judges from members of CTO's sponsors, academia, technical experts, and past Judges
Communicate with selected Judges all dates, judging criteria, and appropriate material
Interview and select team members to act as scribes and program assistants
Make executive decisions on specific judging questions
Handle sensitive information in the form of Executive Summaries, Business Plans and presentations
Present judging program overview and criteria to national expansion affiliates in March

Required Skills

Able to commit many hours during the high judging seasons
Experience working with high-level executives and professionals
Experience managing a team
Familiarity with the CTO judging process
Great written and oral communications skills
Highly organized
Able to make executive decisions for special cases to apply to national programming
Comfortable with working with nataional expansion programs
Interest and ability to jump right into the Judging program and work solo for a few weeks

Judging Scribe - 3 hours One Time

Program: Judging
Team Leader: Judging Chair
Area: Judging
Time Needed: 3 hours One Time

Overview

The first round of judging calls will take place June 17, 18 and 19. The calls will be three hours long for each category, with two categories being judged per day. Scribes are needed to call into these judging calls and take note of all the conversations. Notes will be turned into the Judging Chair.

Essential Functions

Call into the conference line for three hours
Take concise, detailed notes on the judges' comments, questions and debates.
Take note of any conversations with contestants, if judges call them into the conference line.
Edit and compile all notes and turn into Judging Chair.

Required Skills

Good writer
Great note-taker
Have some understanding of the CTO judging process
Able to spend three hours on the phone on one of the judging call days
Ability to maintain confidence of judging results

Legal

Marketing

California Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

The Marketing program provides guidance and support to staff and Volunteers, so that they can consistently share Clean Tech Open's vision and successes and inspire people to get involved. These marketing volunteers help by adding punch to marketing materials and helping with roll out of marketing programs.

Marketing Evangelist - 8 hours per Month

Program: Marketing
Team Leader: Marketing Chair
Area: Marketing
Time Needed: 8 hours per Month

Overview

Consistent branding and messaging is important to a growing organization like Clean Tech Open. With many new volunteers, we need help spreading the word on exactly how to talk about CTO. Presentations will be made to different volunteer groups, sponsors, mentors, contestants and Alumni.

Essential Functions

Work with the Marketing Chair to present to different groups about CTO's message
Help maintain consistency of the brand and message image throughout all stakeholder groups

Required Skills

Interest in marketing
Some experience with branding
Interested in learning more about Clean Tech Open and the brand
Interested in expanding experience level of messaging

Media

Mentors

California Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

The Mentors program provides business clinics, expert presentations, and access to a pool of over 100 Mentors whose role is to help all teams maximize their chances both as competitors and as sustainable businesses.

Student Intern - 3 hours per Week

Program: Mentors
Team Leader: Mentor Chair
Area: Mentor Program
Time Needed: 3 hours per Week

Overview

The California Clean Tech Open seeks student interns who will act as hands-on resources for our semi-finalist teams. Each contestant team will have a team of mentors - typical accomplished executives who have built successful tech businesses both large and small - to coach them through the competition. Working under the auspices of the mentors, student interns will provide assistance to our start ups as a competition resource.

Essential Functions

Typical tasks include:

Competitive assessments
Business case development and financial modeling
VC pitches

Required Skills

We are accepting applications from talented seniors, grad students or new grads with expertise or a passion in entrepreneurship, finance, engineering, and clean tech. Time commitments are 3-4 hours/week from July through the end of Sept. This un-paid position will help train students on what it takes to build a winning clean tech start up and will expose them to a powerful network of clean tech execs, entrepreneurs and investors.

You must be willing to commit to being available from the beginning of July through the end of September, for approximately 3-4 hours per week.

Public Relations

California Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

Boost public awareness of CTO, especially among potential entrants and sponsors.
Amplify the core CTO positioning: a proven and successful non-profit that transforms a clean tech concept into a viable business.
Build & maintain relationships with industry influencers, media, bloggers and other key influencers.“CTO is the go-to destination for clean tech.”
Promote CTO staffers, ‘faculty’ and past/current contestants as clean tech thought leaders.
Establish ‘touch points’ with our audiences via news releases, blog posts, Twitter, Facebook, media events, etc.
Assist as needed with all external communications to ensure consistent voice and coherent flow/timing

Blog Contributor - Alumni Tracking - 5 hours per Week

Program: Public Relations
Team Leader: Public Relations Chair
Area: Public Relations
Time Needed: 5 hours per Week

Overview

Work with the CTO alumni and the Alumni Chair to develop profiles, interviews, updates, and other interesting content for use on the CTO blog. Ideally, provide 1-2 posts each week to keep readers informed about CTO’s numerous alumni companies.

Essential Functions

Ability to interview and develop interesting Q&A-style stories on a wide range of clean technologies
Develop an editorial plan that spans as many CTO alums as possible
Write 1-2 posts each week, for posting to the Clean Tech Blog. These articles will be by-lined by the author

Non-essential Functions

Familiar with blogging platforms and how to post on Wordpress

Required Skills

Be a writer! Ability to develop and maintain an appropriate editorial tone in keeping with the CTO blog
Good interpersonal skills

Other Skills

Some familiarity with various clean tech sectors would be very useful

Twitter Monitor - 5 hours per Week

Program: Public Relations
Team Leader: Public Relations Chair
Area: Public Relations
Time Needed: 5 hours per Week

Overview

Twitter can be a valuable resource to track clean tech trends, watch for events, and get word-of-mouth exposure. This role entails catching up on Twitter for a few minutes each day throughout the week to track any exposure.

Essential Functions

Monitor the Twittersphere for mentions of clean tech
Evaluate each Tweet for its relevance to the CTO; determine whether to follow the author from twitter/cleantechopen
Notify PR Chair of anything noteworthy

Required Skills

Have a Twitter account
Familiarity with Twitter
Familiarity with clean tech issues, categories
Ability to determine ‘authority’ of bloggers and Twitters
Make recommendations to CTO/PR re. individuals we need to fold into the PR campaign

Resource Directory

California Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

The Clean Tech Open Resource Directory is a web-based, open-access resource for all clean tech stakeholders. The resource is assembled and maintained by the same communities that use it and contains a wide variety of links and useful information.

Special Projects

Sponsorship

Summer Seminar Series

California Cleantech Open

The Summer Seminar Series includes an Executive Summary Seminar on Tuesday, May 12 in the evening, and five seminars after the Semi-Finalists are selected from July to September. The events offer educational guidance and direction on key aspects of building a viable, sustainable business.

A/V coordinator - 3 hours per Week

Program: Summer Seminar Series
Team Leader: Summer Seminar Series Chair
Time Needed: 3 hours per Week

Overview

Coordinate the A/V requirements with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati prior to and during Summer Seminars, including the conference room PowerPoint, microphone(s), monitors, video recording, podcasting, etc. Also includes Webex connection, monitoring, and real-time communications with remote participants.

Essential Functions

Transfer speaker presentations to WSGR laptop
Setup Webex connection for remote participants
Monitor remote participant communication (Webex) for questions for speaker
Coordinate with WSGR for room A/V needs (microphone, projector, etc.)
Record and monitor podcasts
Help manage audience at program start and after break

Non-essential Functions

Take pictures

Required Skills

Familiarity with PowerPoint
Have a laptop with wireless connectivity
Familiarity with WebEx (able to learn)
Familiarity with Audacity software for podcasting (able to learn)

Sustainability

California Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

The Sustainability program of the Clean Tech Open works to embed sustainable practices in the competition by providing resources and tools for competitors and by adopting sustainability practices for Clean Tech Open's operations and events.

Sustainability Starter Kit Team - 10 hours per Quarter

Program: Sustainability
Team Leader: Sustainability Starter Kit lead
Area: Sustainability
Time Needed: 10 hours per Quarter

Overview

The Sustainability Starer Kit is a wonderful "goodie bag" of resources for the Semifinalists. Drawn from a myriad of donations, sponsor gifts, discounted resouces, and pooled knowledge, the kit contains many items and services that the Semifinalist teams need to enable their companies to work and stay sustainable.

Essential Functions

Work with the team lead to research and gather resources
Build the kits (one afternoon once all the items are gathered)
Hand out the kits to the teams (two Seminar evenings)

Required Skills

Interest in sustainability
Creative ideas for sustainable products and services
Ability to work well with a team
Available to help build and hand out kits

Sustainable Events Coordinator - 5 hours per Week

Program: Sustainability
Team Leader: Sustanability
Area: Events
Time Needed: 5 hours per Week

Overview

With so many Clean Tech Open events, there is a big opportunity to "green" most of them. Work with the Events team to ensure that transportation, food, waste and programming are all sustainable. Build out a team to carry through all physical aspects.

Essential Functions

Work towards a goal of zero-waste events
Oversee a team to identify and secure options for sustainable transportation, catering, waste and recycling options, offsets for event guests, etc.
Maintain documentation of sustainable practices

Non-essential Functions

Participate in marketing and PR of events from a sustainability perspective
Write blog posting for CTO blog regarding sustainable event practices

Required Skills

High interest in sustainability
Some event experience
Ability to manage a team
Basic knowledge of sustainable event options

Sustainable Events Team - 2 hours per Week

Program: Sustainability
Team Leader: Sustainable Event Coordinator
Area: Sustainability
Time Needed: 2 hours per Week

Overview

Making events sustainable is an important aspect of building up the Sustainability program. By helping out at events, the Sustainable Events team can offer event guests can many options to participate in events in a completely sustainable manner.

Essential Functions

Work under Sustainabile Events Coordinator
Identify sustainable caterers
Ensure proper trash and recylce recepticles at all events
Identify and secure public transportation or carpooling options for all events
Research carbon offsets for transportation and event waste
Oversee footprint of individual events
Work with WebEx to webinar all events
Evaluate events for other ways to set a sustainable example

Required Skills

Interest in sustainability
Available to consistently help out at many events

Website Resources Team - 8 hours per Month

Program: Sustainability
Team Leader: Website Resources Lead
Area: Sustainability
Time Needed: 8 hours per Month

Overview

The Sustainability portion of the website is due for an overhaul. With a great team of researchers, writers and implementors, this section can be a great resources for the contestants and Alumni, and the public will visit as well.

Essential Functions

Search out the best resources for calculators, suggestions, methods, services, etc. for start-ups
Maintain up-to-date content

Required Skills

High interest in sustainability and sustainable resources
Ability to work with a team
Ability to gather and synthesize information and resources

Website Sustainability Resources Lead - 10 hours per Month

Program: Sustainability
Team Leader: Sustainability Chair
Area: Sustainability
Time Needed: 10 hours per Month

Overview

Essential Functions

Build out a team of people to research, write, implement and continually update content for the website
Search out the best resources for calculators, suggestions, methods, services, etc. for start-ups
Maintain up-to-date content

Required Skills

High interest in sustainability
Some experience with sustainable resources
Ability to manage a team
Knowledge of posting process to a website
Ability to gather and synthesize information and resources

Volunteer Program

California Cleantech Open, Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open, Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open

The Volunteer program looks to recruit interested volunteers for Clean Tech Open events and outreach points. Our Volunteers are critical in fulfilling the needs of both the national and regional Clean Tech Open programs and help sustain the organizations ongoing mission of a cleaner tomorrow through technology.

Volunteers - Boise - Varies hours per Month

Program: Volunteer Program
Time Needed: Varies hours per Month

Overview The Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open Committee is looking for enthusiastic, interested volunteers to help at a number of upcoming events. The Events are all held in the Greater Boise area and will run from a few hours to half days. Volunteers will be asked to do a myriad of projects such as registration, set -up and tear-down of event locations, follow-up calls to contestants, mentors, judges, and a few things I am sure we have failed to mention.

If you have any questions, please contact the Northwest Volunteer Chair, Kathi Jones, at kjones@cleantechopen.com and she will be happy to answer any questions you might have.

We look forward to having you join our inaugural team as we grow the Clean Tech Open in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

How to Get Involved

Our Programs and Volunteer Opportunities - California Cleantech Open

Alumni

Angels

Competition

Contestant Recruitment

Events

Finance

Financial Oversight

General Support

Grants

Innovation Partners

Judging

Legal

Marketing

Media

Mentors

Public Relations

Resource Directory

Special Projects

Sponsorship

Summer Seminar Series

Sustainability

Volunteer Program

Web Development