Other Positions

This depends entirely on the type of convention you are running, and if you have call for more staff to handle specialized positions. Examples are if you have a seperate program of children's events and need a staff member to oversee them, if you are hosting a contest like the anthology that needs a dedicated person to handle both the editing and the layouts required to turn your entries into a book, or if your convention is including events like the "olympics" that your staff won't have the time to personally take charge of. The best advice for these that can be given is: find someone who has done something similar and question them on every angle of the job you can think of, take good notes, and to roll with the punches as they come. Adaptability is a very valuable attribute in convention-planning and running. Be aware of what your individual convention needs to function properly, and tailor everything from staff positions to planned events accordingly.

Head of Security:

If your convention has guests, an art show, or a dealer's room, you're definitely going to want somebody keeping an eye on the attendees. Even if you don't have any of the afforementioned, you may still want a couple people on hand to handle anyone acting innapropriately, and if necessary, to remove people from the convention. (Although if it comes to physically ejecting them, you may want to contact your hotel's security.) The head of security is in charge of the rest of security, including setting the duty rosters, and of keeping the hotel chair informed of any problems. Walkie-talkies can be helpful for security keeping in touch, although in this day and age, cell phones might be just as fast. (They don't look as cool or imposing, though.)