Volunteer Needs
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No one gets paid for all the great programs at Bard LLI. Half of our members volunteer, contributing time and talents to keep LLI running.
It is fun, you get to meet new people, and, as lifetime learners, you can learn new skills. This is an opportunity to use the skills you worked so hard to gain in your career: coordinating, managing, technical, writing, people, etc. You might even learn some new skills along the way!
Please review the specific needs listed below. When you submit your name to volunteer, one of our committee chairs will contact you with more information.
For general question, email [email protected].
Projects
Tech: LLI Newsletter Support
Are you both a word person and a techie? Join our Communications Team. Wake up your old tech skills
(MailChimp, WordPress), or develop new ones, in service of our LLI Newsletter.
TIME COMMITMENT
- You may attend meetings of the Communications Team to watch each newsletter come to life.
Zoom Session Managers for WinterFest & Spring 2023
Learn how to conduct an online class. You do not need experience in ZOOM, as we
will train you, but a willingness and desire to learn new technology is required.
TIME COMMITMENT: Varies: two hours or more per week during the semester
plus pre-semester preparation time.
Tech: Volunteer Coordinator Support
The Basics
The LLI Volunteer Coordinator uses many tech tools to recruit and manage volunteers, such as:
- ProClass for identifying volunteer candidates among the membership;
- Email blasts (with MailChimp) to publicize different LLI volunteer needs;
Membership Development Committee
Promote LLI as a member-managed organization. This lively team keeps many balls in the air
successfully: New Member Services, Volunteer Coordination, Leadership Development, Social
Gatherings.
TIME COMMITMENT
- The core committee meets for about an hour each month via Zoom.
LLI Calendar Administrator
Want to learn more about how LLI works? There is a need for an LLI calendar administrator to contact committee chairs and keep future calendars updated. You can see an example of the current calendar on the bottom of the LLI home page.
Tech: Payment Data Entry
Process payment information for new and renewing members. Update LLI’s membership roster for the coming year based on payments.
You will be trained in ProClass, LLI’s registration software.
This is a time-limited,
Mentors for New LLI Members
Continue LLI’s unique welcoming tradition by taking one or two new members informally under your wing.
TIME COMMITMENT:
● About two summer hours; informal contact thereafter.
THE BASICS:
● Contact your new mentees by phone or email in late July.
Tech: Email Blast Coordinator
The Basics
LLI sends out periodic email messages to our mailing list using MailChimp. This requires coordination with the responsible committee (for example, the Curriculum Committee oversees catalog releases, Membership Development oversees messages to new members). We try to be proactive in these messages so no one is scrambling at midnight the day before an email blast goes out!
Tech: Newsletter Articles
The Basics
The monthly LLI newsletter includes a short article about using the technology at LLI and/or Bard. Topics are usually inspired by questions from LLI members. Our members are looking for simple articles that help with using our technology tools.
Photographers and Videographers
Bard LLI needs volunteers to tell our stories and to build its new photo/video library. Candidates must possess an interest in photography, a willingness to learn, and an enthusiasm about Bard LLI.
You don’t need to be a professional photographer to help.
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