Volunteer

Walking Tour Volunteer

Lead public tours of downtown Santa Fe by becoming a walking tour docent.

Please email the tour manager at [email protected] to express your interest in becoming a Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Santa Fe docent. They send you information about upcoming training opportunities.

Lecture Series

Speaker Wrangler

Meet and work with future speakers via email or telephone.  This opportunity includes:

• Contacting prospective speakers to invite them to give a lecture.
• Asking speakers for short, written summaries of their upcoming talk and their resume.
• Asking speakers for contact information for organizations and individuals who should receive an announcement about their lecture.
• Scheduling and facilitating the Zoom recording of the lecture.
• Acting as host to the speakers when live lectures resume in the New Mexico History Museum auditorium.
• Training and support for each of these tasks.
• Work from home on your own schedule and on your own computer.

Volunteer time will average 10 to 12 hours per month.

Social Media Wrangler

Assist Friends of History with its social media accounts.  This opportunity includes:

• • Posting short, bi-weekly updates about First Wednesday lectures and other events on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
  • Training and support on how to post text and photos on the sites, and maximize the effectiveness of the posts.
  • The opportunity to write and create new posts based on information provided by Friends of History.
  • Work from home on your own schedule and on your own computer.

Volunteer time will average 4 to 6 hours per month.

Calendar Wrangler

Help Friends of History maintain publicity contacts.  This opportunity includes:

• Sending short, monthly announcements about Friends of History lectures and events to newspaper and other media calendars.
• Posting announcements of upcoming lectures and links to past lecture recordings on the Friends of History website.
• The opportunity to write and create announcements based on information provided by Friends of History.
• Training and support for each of these tasks.

• Work from home on your own schedule and on your own computer.

Volunteer time will average 4 to 6 hours per month.