== Volunteers ==

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

**NEXT MEETING: Spring 2024 Meeting**: May 16, 2024 at 3pm (EST)\\
Topic: Utilizing Volunteers for Outreach\\
Presenters: Christine Tuttle from the Arizona Talking Book Library and Kathy Acevedo from the Florida Bureau of Braille & Talking Books Library Services\\
Time: May 16, 2024 3:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)\\
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81746581756?pwd=ZlhmTWlGcWdlTDBNQnRvUTdCNlF3UT09\\
Meeting ID: 817 4658 1756\\
Passcode: 840073\\

**Past Meetings:**

**Winter 2024 Meeting**: February 15, 2024 at 3pm (EST)\\
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**: Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 3pm (EST)\\
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}}