Volunteer opportunities

Interested in building your skill set? Looking for volunteer opportunities?

FANTASTIC!! Join one of our teams and get hands‑on experience, grow your network, and stay active in your job search while helping our weekly meetings run smoothly. Added bonus: it's a great "placeholder job" for your LinkedIn profile.

As a 100% volunteer group, we split volunteer activities to ensure a minimal time commitment. Also, having multiple members on each team ensures a seamless transition when other leads "land" their new job. Our team of volunteers, like you, are also in their job search yet they commit time to complete tasks that assure our weekly meetings run smoothly and bring valuable content to the group.

Volunteer Team Leaders meet on the 1st Monday of every MONTH from 11:00 am - noon (following the weekly meetings).

To learn more on how you can help, please contact any of the Team Leads [here]

Our volunteers are supported by Alumni members Cay Landowski, David Splitgerber and Rick Fong.

Pop open the sections below to learn more about the opportunities we have.

Programming Team

Our Programming Team is responsible for seeking, cultivating, and booking the guest speakers for our meetings.

Roles:

Speaker Outreach Coordinators - Identifies and recruits potential speakers for upcoming meetings. Any member is welcome to assist in scouting as long as they coordinate efforts with the team leads. Leads: Dennis Majewski & Karen Zoller
Survey Coordinator - Responsible for collecting & tabulating the Speaker Surveys responses and sending the results to the guest speaker. Lead: Brian Kieffer
Calendar Coordinator -

Meeting Facilitation Team

Our Meeting Facilitation Team is responsible for leading the weekly Monday meetings.

Team Lead:

Rick Fong

Roles:

Host - Responsible for leading the meeting. Lead: Rick Fong
Usher - Responsible for gatekeeping the Zoom waiting room and allowing access. Lead: Variable
Chat Monitor - Responsible for monitoring the meeting chat for audience questions. Lead: Heike Heemann
Communications Coordinator - Responsible for producing meeting notifications using Mailchimp. Lead: Pam Grandy.

Communications Team

Our Communications Team is responsible for leading the weekly Monday meetings.

Roles:

Welcome Committee - Responsible for greeting new attendees and answer their questions. Lead: Samara "Sammie" Lancia
LinkedIn Committee - Responsible for posting meeting info to our LinkedIn page. Lead: TBD
Website Committee - Responsible for maintaining PONG MKE website in Google Sites. Lead: Joseph Gawrys
Calendar Committee - Responsible for researching & posting non-PONG MKE events to our online calendar. Lead: Karen Zoller

Benefits of Volunteering for Our Job Networking Group

You stay visible.
- People remember the volunteers — which means more referrals, more introductions, and more opportunities.
You build fresh, real‑world experience.
- Every task you take on becomes a talking point for interviews and your résumé.
You grow your network faster.
- Volunteering puts you in regular contact with speakers, employers, and other job seekers who share leads.
You demonstrate leadership while job searching.
- Recruiters love seeing candidates who stay active and engaged during a transition.
You sharpen communication and collaboration skills.
- Running meetings, coordinating speakers, and helping the group gives you current, relevant examples to use in interviews.
You get first access to information.
- Volunteers often hear about job leads, speaker opportunities, and company connections before the rest of the group.
You stay accountable and energized.
- Being part of a team keeps your job search momentum going — no drifting, no isolation.
You help create the kind of group you want to be part of.
- Your ideas shape the programming, the speakers, and the overall experience.
You give back while you level up.
- Helping others in the same situation feels good and builds confidence during a tough season.

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