Volunteering Opportunities

SSNE is working to create a vibrant and sustainable New England – but we need your help to do it.There are many opportunities to get involved – whether volunteering for a single event, or taking on a longer-term volunteer position in one of the 5 committees that oversee SSNE activities.

Committee Volunteer Opportunities:

Programming Committee – many
Marketing Committee - many
Development Committee - many
IT Committee - many
Strategy Committee - none at present
OD Committee - none at present
Finance Committee - none at present

If you are interested in volunteering please email volunteer@ssne.org.

Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Programming Committee Volunteer Opportunities

• Researcher for: sustainability case studies and guest speakers, content for handouts, possible speakers for SSNE events, assist with guest speaker travel/lodging (especially for new healthcare-related project).
• Logistics: research host sites, potential partners for new regions or to host networking events, make arrangements with host sites
• Recorder/On-site support: on-site note-taker, admin/registration support, write up notes and speaker content for SSNE web and other uses, type up evaluation summaries.
• Public Relations/Promotion: expand our database to get the word out about events, make event announcements, help with promotion of seminars, case studies, roundtable dialogues

Marketing Committee Volunteer Opportunities

There are many ways that volunteers can help out - from distributing brochures around the city, to writing a press release article for the news, to acting as – or working with reviewers for marketing language. Please ask. If you are interested in making a longer-term commitment, below are roles that you could take on:

• Media Liaison
• Web-site developer/manager (ideally able to work with IT people, and work on creating and updating a professional user-friendly site for SSNE).
• Marketing publications manager (brochures): stays on top of editing/refining/producing the brochures needed for the year’s events.
• Materials Distributor (helps to figure out how to get the word out & where to distribute marketing materials for maximum impact)
• Language guru and graphics guru (helps to refine and clarify SSNE marketing language and image)

Development Committee Volunteer Opportunities

Goals: The goal of the Development Committee is to support the mission of SSNE by cultivating a network of supporters and raising funds for programs, operations, and the future expansion of SSNE.

We seek volunteers with good communication and writing skills to help generate grant proposals, appeal letters, and membership packages. This committee offers good opportunity to network with key players in the sustainability community while building personal skills that may be used to enrich the non-profit sector as a whole. We also seek volunteers with significant experience in fund-raising and developing organizational-level membership models to serve in advisory roles.

IT Committee Volunteer Opportunities

SSNE's work can only be accomplished with an effective IT infrastructure. The ability to accomplish essential marketing, registration, membership and fundraising tasks at a low cost provides the base structure to support SSNE's mission. The current opportunity to greatly enhance SSNE's services and programs using more effective IT is needed for SSNE to continue and grow. Involvement in SSNE's IT needs provides an opportunity to learn more about its key programs and mission and to help lead it in new directions.

• Webmaster
• Database Administrator
• Collaboration Tool Support and Training
• IT other

For more details on the IT committee and volunteer opportunities, click here