Speakers Bureau

About

The Speakers Bureau creates and teaches Adult Education classes to residents in Ramsey County. They often partner with other organizations, including public libraries, community education programs, and parks & recreation programs. Private groups, like businesses, churches, or garden clubs also request classes. 

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The current Speakers Bureau project coordinator is Brianna Gohde. (2018-present)

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Volunteer Roles

Classes are taught as a team of Master Gardeners volunteers. 

• Presenters are responsible for teaching the class itself. Classes can have up to 2 co-presenters. They operate the Powerpoint presentation using a projector and laptop (in-person classes) or screen-share feature (online classes) to present the class materials. The presenter tracks and reports contacts in the state database when hours are logged.

• Aides are responsible for assisting the presenter by monitoring participant questions, counting the total number of participants for each class, and collecting surveys (in-person classes) or launching in-class polls (online classes). Aides also share the related class handouts (in person classes) or resource page (online classes).

• Shadows are responsible for learning from the presenters and aides. Shadows should sign-up as an Aide or Presenter for another class soon after their observation.

 

Tools

These tools can be used by Master Gardeners volunteers teaching classes. 

• Presenter Notes Form is a great tool for remind yourself of all of the things to do before/during/after a class. One form/event
  Class Evaluation Form (for in-person classes) is used to collect feedback from participants. The information  from all participants should be combined and entered into the Speakers Bureau Survey Form. One form/person

• Participant Survey Form (for in-person classes) collects information about who is attending a class. This is the demographic information used when entering hours. One form/event
  Newsletter Sign-up Form (for in-person classes) is a sign-up list for the RCMG newsletter. After the class, the lead presenter should transcribe the information into the RCMG Newsletter Request Google Form. One form/event