== Volunteers ==

**LBPD Volunteer Management Group!**\\
Moderator: Traci Timmons (Washington Talking Book & Braille Library) <traci.timmons@sos.wa.gov>\\

**Past Meetings:**

**Late Winter 2025 Meeting**: Mar 13, 2025\\
Topic: Volunteer Acknowledgment and Celebrating Volunteer Week (Round Robin Sharing)\\
Zoom video/audio recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/CWY5RSzw9Dje49VAI6YtJpNogBszOVZAIu-65Vi7ysvlZ0ZV-w_VKcQhD7A13w0.bao7zt0VWzp77IJp?startTime=1741892536000\\
Passcode: YX1&.ne+\\
Resources discussed: [[https://presidentialserviceawards.gov/?utm_term=presidential%20volunteer%20service%20awards&utm_campaign=Points+of+Light&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=4507876422&hsa_cam=125556394&hsa_grp=144788107590&hsa_ad=624500617655&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1762864799418&hsa_kw=presidential%20volunteer%20service%20awards&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhMq-BhCFARIsAGvo0KfLt88gK2DzF8x0K_S6OLIrgWQmH5sXpr68GuOX0lQoHuGtqNSRQR8aAkqSEALw_wcB|The President’s Volunteer Service Awards]] | [[https://www.loc.gov/nls/network/resources/forms/volunteer-certificates/|NLS Volunteer Certificates]] | {{ :updated_volunteer_honor_roll_2024.pdf |Volunteer Honor Roll example}} (FL1A)


**Late Fall 2024 Meeting**: Dec 12, 2024\\
Topic: Machine-Repair Volunteers\\
Presenter: David Andrews, Chief Technology Office for the Minnesota State Services for the Blind\\
Zoom video/audio recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/iFvkEuJV14ozpbz4-mhIabj8ughKnZCoI4U8DuxuPeq3pYm6psIiNHxhst_0q3Ou.Re2-UnS181i6sgMz\\
Passcode: 98A9.3$7\\

**Summer 2024 Meeting**: August 22, 2024\\
Topic: The Volunteer Experience\\
Presenters: Mike Horn (Multistate Center East) and Lennie Andrews (Arizona Talking Book Library)\\
Zoom video/audio recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Co-mr6LljK7ZRbvd8Ch8vm3BsFx6vLY8QhwN0k-MmPTtwdl86R9v73POTw8VXo_K.XjIi9O2xKwiXFZuB\\
Passcode: vv#NJ$#0\\

**Spring 2024 Meeting**: May 16, 2024\\
Topic: Utilizing Volunteers for Outreach\\
Presenters: Christine Tuttle (Arizona Talking Book Library) and Kathy Searle Acevedo (Florida Bureau of Braille & Talking Books Library Services)\\
Zoom video/audio recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/QblylSA6yCRECNV3bxq9PspoAFSFEpwPW9yDhzh3slhYl54ZWO7SZx1RnPbYkX8k.tzPfFCXGl3Ub05nM\\ 
Passcode: *r^zWJ+8\\
Materials:\\
{{ :christine_tuttle_volunteerism_and_outreach_az1a.pptx |}}\\
{{ :christine_tuttle_volunteerism_and_outreach_az1a.docx |}}\\
{{ :az1a_tbl_outreach_manual.docx |}}; please note that this was produced in 2019; most forms on the manual are now as [[https://azsos.libwizard.com/f/atbl_outreach |libwizard forms]]; there will be minor updates for the next version\\
{{ :kathy_searle_acevedo_volunteers_outreach.pdf |}}

**Winter 2024 Meeting**: February 15, 2024\\
Topic: Volunteer Appreciation\\
Presenters: Joel Henderson (Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library) and Brandon Lammers (Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library)\\
Zoom video/audio recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15iNhjE6l1oHUyHtID7BEF8GACftKkhK-/view?usp=sharing\\
Zoom chat: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WKzXRhOeo51lElOdKZvEIcYQB5y_GbL5/view?usp=sharing\\

**Fall 2023 Meeting**: November 9, 2023\\
Topic: Introductory Meeting\\
Read the meeting transcript: {{ :lbpd_volunteer_management_kick-off_meeting_11-09-2023_transcript.docx |}}\\

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=== Examples of volunteer trainings, instructions, and handbooks ===
Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  * {{:ia1a_audition_explained.doc|}}
  * {{:ia1a_audition_instructions.doc|}}
  * {{:ia1a_dear_volunteer.doc|}}
  * {{:ia1a_audition_selections.doc|}}
  * {{:ia1a_is_narrating_for_you.doc|}}
  * {{:ia1a_studio_roles_overview.doc|}}
  * {{:ia1a_volunteer_application.doc|}}
  * {{:ia1a_volunteer_interest.doc|}}
  * {{:ia1a_volunteer_opportunities.doc|}}

Perkins Library
  * {{:ma1a_audition_cover_letter.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_audition_evaluation_complilation_form.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_audition_hardscrabble.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_audition_the_rainbow_passage.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_audtion_american_bloomsbury.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_letter_to_prospective_auditonees.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_monitoring.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_narration1.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_narrator_monitor_check_list.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_nls_narration.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_preparation_for_audition_tips.doc|}}
  * {{:ma1a_recording_program_team_member.doc|}}

Colorado Talking Book Library
   * {{:volunteer_handbook_with_toc_2015.pdf|Volunteer Handbook}}