Adopting MS Teams for Remote Volunteer Program: Expertise Sought

03/04/2021

Adopting MS Teams for Remote Volunteer Program: Expertise Sought

After careful consideration, the remote volunteers will soon begin using MS Teams as their communication hub, instead of Facebook.

There will be a learning curve for most all of us. Thankfully, Jodi Wittlin will assist with the transition, as she uses MS Teams daily in her work with the State Department.

If you have a strong familiarity with MS Teams and would like to help your fellow volunteers, please contact Jenna. She'd like to share the best tutorial videos to learn how to use it, perhaps you can recommend some? Do you have a "cheat sheet" that is helpful in navigating around MS Teams? Any other thoughts and suggestions on how to make the most out of MS Teams? We are planning to continue to have our monthly meetings on Zoom, and to use Teams for posting announcements, training documents, and other information.

Jenna Jones, CVA
Volunteer Coordinator, Associates Program
202-633-8596

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Remote Volunteer Zoom Call
Wed. April 6
4:00 - 5:00 pm EST

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NEXT REMOTE VOLUNTEER TRAINING
Our Remote Volunteer Corps is 80 people strong. The next training for studio arts volunteers will be in March 2022. Live-streamed and in-person lectures are well staffed by volunteers at this time. We anticipate the next lecture training to be late summer or early fall, depending on the volume of programs and the low volunteer attrition rates.

SI ID BADGE RENEWALS: At this time all Associates' volunteer badge renewals will be submitted to OPS when volunteers complete the in-person training to return to the Ripley Center. This may not be until late summer or early fall. You do not need a renewed badge until then. You may use your expired badge to enter non SI museums, but recommend that you not use your expired badge to enter SI museums, because the security officers will confiscate it.

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03/04/2021