N. Legair
I volunteered to work at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council
on November 15 and November 17. The event was held at the Four Seasons Hotel on
2800 Pennsylvania Avenue. Chris Wayne and Associates (CWA) is the event and
communications firm who worked with The Wall Street Journal to organize the
event. Because I had volunteered with CWA in the past, they emailed me a link register
to volunteer for the CEO Council.
On November 15, I worked from 12:30 PM to 8:00 PM. That day
was just a setup day, and the dress code was business casual. My work that day
consisted of assembling gift bags for event participants, preparing name tents
for participants, and alphabetizing name badges for participants. The CWA staff
took their role as event organizers very seriously and had strict, specific instructions
for how the gift bags were to be prepared. “They don’t play!” one of the CWA
interns exclaimed as another intern explained to the volunteers that, within
each gift bag, magazines were supposed to face forward, the bookmark within the
complimentary book was supposed stick out just enough so that the WSJ logo was
visible, the liquor gift box was supposed to be placed so that the words on the
box went downward, etc.
The CEO Council officially took place on November 16 and
November 17. The dress code for those days was business formal. On November 17,
I worked from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM. I worked as a mic runner and helped with
breakdown at the end of the event. While working as a mic runner, I got to
watch a portion of the program.
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