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OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP AWARD The Outstanding Volunteer Leadership Award is presented to a public media volunteer that has demonstrated exceptional leadership, remarkable effectiveness and unselfish devotion to the cause of public media. |
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National Friends of Public Broadcasting is proud to honor KEN BLACKMON of KQED in San Francisco with the 2016 "Outstanding Volunteer Leadership Award." Ken was nominated by Julie Becker and is being honored for his volunteer leadership at KQED radio. Ken has been volunteering for KQED Radio since 2008. He is an avid KQED listener and supporter. He took on the role of "Volunteer Supervisor" supervising ALL of the radio pledge drives! He drives 25 miles and arrives at 6 a.m. every morning -- even weekends - - to train and supervise all of the phone volunteers during all three yearly radio drives. He even coordinates his personal vacation plans to work around the KQED
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radio pledge drive.
Ken was instrumental in helping KQED Radio transition from paper to computer donations. He also helped create a training video that the station sends to first-time volunteers before they come in to answer calls. Julie wrote: "It is because of Ken's leadership on the pledge set that we have such a robust volunteer force and we are able to fill our phone stations at 6:30 a.m." Ken is always willing to help with our many events whenever he is asked. Congratulations to Ken Blackmon of KQED as the recipient of the National Friends 2016 "Outstanding Volunteer Leadership Award." |