Happy National Volunteer Week!

Dear Volunteer Members,
National Volunteer Week is about inspiring, recognizing, and encouraging people to seek ways to engage in their community. It's about meeting our challenges not as isolated individuals, but as members of a community, with all of us working together. We want to take this time to recognize our outstanding volunteers for all you do. Your time, expertise, and commitment to this organization are very much appreciated and vital to the work that AHDI does. Your support enables us to continue to make great strides within our sector—in advocacy, credentialing, and professional development, to name a few. We look forward to working with you on future endeavors. Click here to watch a video message from Linda Brady, CAE, Interim CEO.

Volunteer Opportunities Available!

Call for eMentors: As the holidays approach, tap into your giving side and volunteer your guidance to the next generation of MTs! AHDI Student and Postgraduate members are looking for experienced MTs to guide them as they enter the transcription industry. Sharing stories of your success, giving constructive and honest feedback, and sharing a realistic view of what is to come are all important parts of mentoring, and your guidance and knowledge can help make a student's story one of success! Find out more and volunteer today!

Quiz writers are needed to help generate online continuing education quizzes for credit-worthy articles in our publications. If you have strong writing/editing skills and an interest in serving the association on AHDI's Research and Development Team, please contact Kristin Wall (kwall@ahdionline.org) for more information (CEC earning opportunities available for CMTs).

Social Media Specialists Wanted: Components, if you do not already have a social media specialist (SMS), now is the time to broaden your horizons and enhance your knowledge and use of social media/networking opportunities. The SMS provides support and training on the component level to both leaders and members. The SMS will be responsible for community engagement and will be the point of contact for questions relating to the component's social media channels, as well as all other sites/services utilized by the component for community outreach and engagement. SMS training is provided by members of AHDI's Outreach Workgroup for News & Networking (OWNN), meeting on a monthly basis. For more information, contact Kristin Wall (kwall@ahdionline.org).

Membership Advisory Workgroup: The MAW has openings for volunteer members. If you have a passion for component support, building dynamic member communities, and growing membership, the MAW is for you! The workgroup meets monthly for an hour by webinar. Members typically have about 1 to 3 hours of projects each month. This is a 1-year term. For more information, contact Linda Brady (lbrady@ahdionline.org).

Volunteers Needed to Join AHDI's Outreach Workgroup for News & Networking

AHDI's Outreach Workgroup for News & Networking (OWNN) is looking for enthusiastic, goal-focused people to join this workgroup. The primary objective of AHDI's Outreach Workgroup for News and Networking (OWNN) consists of external messaging, oversight of the news and media, and viral communication to ensure delivery of a clear and unified message about who we are and what our contribution to healthcare delivery is and should be. To help with this effort, OWNN also coordinates webinars to help train component liaisons in the above-listed areas that relate to social networking.

Note: We are also looking for a Linked In expert to present on this topic to our component social media specialists. If you are well-versed user of Linked In and are willing to present, or are interested in joining OWNN, please contact Kristin Wall (kwall@ahdionline.org).