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: The President’s Volunteer Service Awards | NLS Volunteer Certificates | 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 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


Examples of volunteer trainings, instructions, and handbooks

Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Perkins Library

Colorado Talking Book Library