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Part-Time Event Coordinator
Part-time · Remote · Scheduled live-event availability · Interest List
Help deliver welcoming, well-organized virtual events, from presenter preparation to the final audience question.
Hours, compensation, and engagement terms will be discussed before any commitment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate schedules with presenters, interpreters, captioners, and moderators.
- Prepare and manage Zoom and Microsoft Teams sessions.
- Conduct technical checks and rehearsals.
- Manage admission, presentation sharing, chat, questions, and event timing.
- Coordinate accessible layouts and clear visibility of signing.
- Manage recording arrangements and participant notices.
- Support attendees with joining and basic technical issues.
- Organize recordings and resources for post-event publication.
- Communicate with an international team across time zones.
Desired experience
- Hands-on experience hosting events in Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
- Strong organization, communication, and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience working with Deaf and signing communities.
- Understanding of accessible online event practices.
- Reliability during scheduled live events.
Interpreters
Interest List
Support accessible conversations across languages and communities.
Interpreters working in other sign languages are welcome to express interest for future needs.
Assignments, preparation, team arrangements, recording permissions, compensation, and scope will be agreed before each engagement.
Actively seeking
- ASL interpreters.
- International Sign interpreters.
Presenters
Open
Share practical skills, research, or thoughtful perspectives on AI.
We welcome proposals in different sign languages.
Format, scheduling, and any compensation are agreed before an event is confirmed.
Topics may include
- AI foundations and LLMs.
- Everyday AI tools.
- Agents and automation.
- AI applications in sign language.
- Accessibility, ethics, consent, and data.
- Community experiences and emerging research.
Panelists
Interest List
Bring your perspective to conversations about AI and its impact on Deaf and signing communities.
No academic title or institutional affiliation is required.
Joining the interest list does not guarantee selection for an event.
We welcome
- Community members.
- Educators.
- Interpreters.
- Researchers.
- Developers.
- Practitioners and people with relevant lived experience.
Advisory Board
Interest List
Help guide SLAI Academy's direction, community accountability, and international growth.
Advisory board members give advice. The role does not carry operational authority and is not an appointment as a corporate director.
Responsibilities, meeting frequency, term length, and compensation or volunteer status will be clarified before an appointment.
Potential areas of contribution
- Community priorities and learning needs.
- Deaf leadership and meaningful participation.
- International perspectives and language inclusion.
- Accessibility.
- Responsible AI.
- Education and program quality.
- Partnerships and sustainable growth.