Activities involved
Event Help Event Planning
Skills required
Promotional Support
Requirements:
  • Interview
  • References
  • Resume
Also required for this position: Please call Sue about the position (403-200-2356) or email your resume to her at blanchas@telus.net. Find us online and become a member for free: The website for the Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group operates on the Meetup.com social-media platform for hosting in-person and virtual events. Search 'Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group' in Calgary in the search box on Meetup.com at this link: https://www.meetup.com.
  • Work remotely
  • Flexible in schedule
  • Good for families
  • Good for groups
  • Accessible by public transit

Director/Organizer of Fun Events, Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group

3-10 hours / weekly
Operate the group as long as you wish.
The Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group grows friendships for Calgary women by posting fun events you can attend on a website filled with activites for women. Search the event site for an activity you enjoy and click 'Attend' to meet other women in Calgary.  The site operates on the Meetup platform and membership is cost-free if you skip past or close Meetup's suggested fee.  Just visit this link: https://www.meetup.com and search Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group* in the search box of Meetup.com. 

Search for walks in parks, easy summer hikes or meet women who like dine aroung Calgary. As event host or organizer, you post and host any events you wish, such as: dance nights, museum visits, movies, educational seminars, or any other activity that appeals to women.  You won't have to organize each event; many of the events we post are events we find around Calgary.

You will expand your circle of friends by hosting events when and where you want to host them in Calgary or even the Rocky Mountains.  

Work mostly from home and receive great perks and all the training you need to operate the Meetup group.  Easily earn the money you need to operate the group by inviting women to donate by posting one donation notice on our website once a year. We're a free group so women like to donate. The cost-free Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group operates on the Meetup.com platform designed for hosting in-person and virtual events. 

APPLY FOR THIS POSITION BY CALLING OR TEXTING SUE BLANCHARD, MBA, AT 403-200-2356

(1) It's free to join our group Meetup.com. Visit this link: https://www.meetup.com. 
(2) Search 'Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group' in the search box of Meetup. 
(3) Join Meetup for FREE (no-cost) to become a member. *Click past the Meetup invitation asking you to pay $2.99 a month. 

BENEFITS
- Receive free training and a reference for a job, and be your own boss.

- Host your own events on days when you have time to volunteer, whether it's weekdays, weeknights, or weekends.

- Easily post the events you host on a website (the event site) to invite women members to attend them for fun.

- Train and support the event and assistant organizers who, like you, find their own events to host and post on the event site.

- Optional: Generate awareness of the events through the group's Facebook and new Instagram page, or find volunteers to help with this task.

SKILLS
- Write concise and accurate event posts
- Speak to groups of adult women as they introduce themselves at your events
- Recruit and train volunteers who want to host events. Most volunteer to host and love this role 

REQUIRED
 - A home personal computer with access to the Internet; this is a virtual group. You will attend the Meetup events you host 
- Ability to devote a few hours a week to the role

*The Calgary Women's WALKING and Friendship Group is not the Calgary Women's Friendship Group, another group on Meetup. When you join the group, you can click past the Meetup invitation asking you to pay $2.99 a month.
Certification or Education Required
Ideal:  Some experience in marketing/social media OR event planning/coordination OR volunteer recruitment/training.  Anyone can learn to operate this group.
Why should you volunteer for this opportunity?
BENEFITS
- Free training and a reference for a job 
- You're the leader
- This position trains you for a management role.
- Manage a fun virtual events group that already operates soundly with everything in place.
- Make friends and have fun attending/hosting great events for women who want to develop their own friendships.
Activities involved
Event Help Event Planning
Skills required
Promotional Support
Requirements:
  • Interview
  • References
  • Resume
Also required for this position: Please call Sue about the position (403-200-2356) or email your resume to her at blanchas@telus.net. Find us online and become a member for free: The website for the Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group operates on the Meetup.com social-media platform for hosting in-person and virtual events. Search 'Calgary Women's Walking and Friendship Group' in Calgary in the search box on Meetup.com at this link: https://www.meetup.com.
  • Remote or online
  • Flexible in schedule
  • Good for families
  • Good for groups
  • Accessible by public transit