Internal Guidelines

Head Organizer, Co-Head Organizer, and Official Organizer candidates are asked to follow the instructions below.

Step 1: Get to know us before you apply

1. Go through all the sections of this website.

2. Attend some Happy Hours (where applicable).

3. Read this article in its entirety and watch these videos.

Step 2: Let us get to know you

Submit your answers to the questions below using this online form, along with a link to your blog or resume.

1. Are you a bilingual, mid-career professional? Please explain. Which of these groups best describes you?

2. What is the main reason why you want to be an organizer, i.e. what motivates you?

3. What are the top two organizations in your city most similar to ORIENTED? Why do want to join ORIENTED versus them?

4. How and when did you first hear about ORIENTED, and which events have you attended so far?

5. Would your peers describe you as a very popular and outgoing person with lots of friends? Please explain.

6. Which social networks do you belong to?

7. Venues must be secured and posted online by the 1st of the month. Are you committed to this deadline?

8. Do you agree with our team cancellation policies? Why or why not?

9. What kind of experience do you have with community service?

10. What kind of experience do you have with event promotions?

11. If you were asked to organize a happy hour "solo", how many people would come?

12. When you resign, will you find your replacement? Why or why not?

13. Organizers are expected to attend all 11 events of the year - January through November. On the occasion that an organizer can't make it, he or she is responsible for finding and training a replacement so as not to unfairly burden the other team members.

    Any organizer who doesn't follow through with this expectation may be asked to resign. Will this be a problem for you? Please explain.

14. More about You:
    Where do you work and what do you do? How does your career or business interests tie into Asian business and partnerships?

15. What is your ethnic background, and what languages do you speak?

16. Where are you originally from, how long have you been in your current place of residence, and how long do you intend to stay?

17. Do you know any of our organizers? If so, who?

18. What is your Member ID number?

19. If selected, when can you start?

Additional questions for Co-Head Organizer applicants:

1. How do you know each other, and have you ever organized events together? Please describe your experience working together.

2. If you were to organize a Trial Run event, how many people would come? (If selected, you'll be measured against this number.)

Additional questions for those who wish to start Happy Hours in a new location or in a location where we haven't been active in awhile.

Before we start events in a new city, we want to make sure there is a real demand for ORIENTED Happy Hours there. We don't want to waste your time or ours setting everything up - it takes a bit of work - only to have 10 people show up to the events, causing us to have to terminate activities three months later. While quality always trumps quantity, there needs to be a real demand for our services to be considered.

Do some preliminary research before answering these questions:

1. Why do you feel that ORIENTED Happy Hours would attract a strong following in your city?

2. If you are in an Asian city, what is the international business environment like there? How big is the international community, to your best estimate, and is it growing?

3. Are there other organizations that already offer offline, professional networking events in your city? If so, what are the top three?

4. How would you compare their objectives with ours?

5. What other business or trade organizations (top 3) are actively promoting business in Asia?

6. If their objectives are similar to ours, why would you want to introduce ORIENTED Happy Hours there?

7. If you were to organize a Trial Run event, how many people would come? (If selected, you'll be measured against this number.)

Step 3: Cruise through your Probation Period

• For Head Organizer applicants, including those in cities where we don't yet have Happy Hours:

  If selected, you will be asked to organize a "trial run" Happy Hour per these instructions. A temporary posting code will be provided for your use.

  Teams in new cities that successfully organize their trial runs must submit Items #1-5 below before they may officially begin. Normally, this takes 2-3 weeks for everyone to get their paperwork in, and another 5-7 days for the webmaster to set up the website. Thus, expect a 1-month delay between your trial run and your official first event. This is a good time to purchase your promotional materials and secure the next venue.
  

• For other Team Member applicants:

  Please speak with the Head Organizer in your city directly.

  If selected, you may be asked to help out at the next two (2) events as your Probation Period. Failure to attend either event may result in automatic disqualification, because we want to know that you are committed.

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Head Organizer and Official Organizer candidates who successfully pass their Probation Periods will be asked to submit the following:

1. Page 3 (signed) of our Volunteer Organizer Agreement

   Your Head Organizer should have a copy of our Organizer Agreement. If not, please contact the Program Director.
   

2. Your Organizer Bio

   See examples: A, B, C, D, and E

   Suggestions: Include your place of birth, ethnic background and languages spoken, where you grew up and went to school, your professional experience, countries/places visited, your hobbies, interest, and community service work, how you first learned about ORIENTED, why you want to get involved, and how it ties in with Asian businesses and partnerships. A twist of light humor is welcome.
   

3. Two or three half-body photos

   Color or B&W would work. Please do not send cropped photos or headshots that look like they came right out of 1950's high school yearbook. =)
   

4. New Head Organizers will have these additional duties.

Step 5: Sign-up for our Mailing list

Sign-up for our mailing list if you haven't already to receive our happy hour newsletters and job bulletins. Forward them to your friends and colleagues as a reminder to attend our events.

These newsletters are sent to members in your area every month, so if you aren't receiving them for some reason, please let us know. It's important that *you* know what our members know!

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