Want to apply to be part of the Volunteer Crew who will work alongside the OKFestival Team in Berlin this summer? Just click the red button below and fill out the form which appears. If selected, you'll work with us on-site in Berlin this July to produce OKFestival and ensure that it is a resounding success. Our volunteers are integral to our ability to run OKFestival – without you, we wouldn’t have enough hands to get everything done!
What: Volunteers @ OKFestival
When: July 15-17th, Berlin
Why? Have a read below!
Apply to become a volunteer at OKFestival 2014
The Volunteer Experience
Prepare to meet and bond with other wonderful people as you work with them to overcome challenges and make this year's Open Knowledge Festival a smooth-running success story. You’ll experience all the behind-the-scenes action, learning what it takes to produce a festival while having a crucial impact on its atmosphere.
All members of the Volunteer Team will be given free admission to the entire festival, including the opening event on July 15th. We can’t cover any travel, accommodation or subsistence costs. You'll need to be available for at least one full day from the morning of Tuesday 15th July right through until the festival wraps up on the evening of Thursday 17th July.
Volunteer Tasks
Volunteers will do everything from creating and decorating spaces to liaising with keynote speakers, to running our Communication Station – the central hub at OKFestival which will broadcast the festival's amazing content to the world in real-time. Tasks are as varied as the volunteers themselves!
We need project managers who are great organisers, strong bodies who can carry tables, chairs and get physically active as we build sets and stages, designers who know how to decorate for atmosphere, social media geniuses who can take us viral and much more.
Our application form will ask about your skills and abilities in order to see where you might fit best.
Join Us!
If you want to come to Berlin this July 15th-17th and help us to create the best Open festival yet, please apply today via the red button above, and then spread the word to ensure others know about the festival too! If you need financial aid in order to be able to volunteer, please be sure to apply for financial aid as soon as possible and state in your application that you have applied to volunteer at the festival. The deadline for financial aid applications is Sunday 4th May, and if you’re selected for financial aid you’ll find out shortly after that.
There is no hard deadline on applying to be a volunteer, but the sooner you apply the better your chance of being selected to come and make Open history with us at this year's OKFestival. We can’t wait to see you there!
Can’t join us in Berlin? Dont’ worry – there are other ways you can get involved; check them out here.
i’m in the us, and i know volunteering doesn’t cover a plane ticket, but is there anyway i can help stateside?
would love to help out.
cheers,
albert
Hi Albert,
You could apply for financial aid to come to the festival and volunteer as well – see the ‘Join Us’ section of this page for details. However, if you simply want to get involved Stateside, you can take a look at this page to find out how else you can get involved.
Thanks for your enthusiasm!
Hi Megan,
man i’m confused….i received financial aid so i have ticket money….but i thought i also applied to volunteer? if not is it too late?
i need a ticket 😉
I have already applied for both Financial Aid and Volunteering for the OKFestival. The call for volunteers recommends that we state that we have applied to volunteer in the financial aid application. However, I had already submitted my application for financial aid before the call for volunteers was released. Would you advise to resubmit an application Financial Aid so that I include the information that I have applied to volunteer?
Hi Bernard,
Thanks for asking – there’s no need to resumbit your application, we’ll be cross-comparing the lists anyway so we’ll be aware that you’ve applied for both. Having people indicate this just helps us out and speeds things up, but it isn’t the end of the world that you’ve already applied without stating so. We’ll be in touch if your application for either financial aid or volunteering is successful.
Best,
The OKFestival Team
Hello!
I have already applied for both volunteering and financial aid but I wanted to ask you: ¿Approximately when will you be announcing who got selected? I’m from Bogota and really looking forward to attending the festival but unfortunately airplane tickets from Colombia to Germany are really expensive unless you buy it with a little time. I’m a little worried about this!
Hello OKFest-
Just wondering when we can expect to hear back re: volunteer applications.
Looking forward to it!
Dear Alana,
Updates about volunteers applications will be announced very soon – stay tuned!
Best,
Beatrice & OKFestival Team
Hey Beatrice,
Any news yet for those who applied as a volunteer?
Still excited :).
Kind regards,
PJ
Hi,
I just saw your posters in Berlin and I was wondering if your are still in need of volunteers. I’d like to help you during the whole event but unfortunately I could be available everyday only after 1pm.
I hope there is still something I can do 😉
Cheers,
Yuli
Hi Yuli, thanks for pinging! 🙂 There might still be room for volunteers, but in order to find out please fill the application form here: http://2014.okfestival.org/volunteer-at-okfestival/
Hope you’ll make it to the festival, one way or another! 🙂
-Christian