[grc] Fwd: Community Broadcaster: A Fond Farewell to Some Friends -Radio World

[Susan Sheldon]

I know radio is a verbal medium but I was astonished, four years ago, to
find out how little information about my community radio fundraising
position was recorded, organized, and accessible compared to the business
world I was a part of for 20 years.

In the business world, every job had a binder--nowadays, a Google document
file--with every procedure documented in detail, including account contact
information, passwords, timelines for more-involved projects, flow charts,
etc.

I don't know whether it makes me feel any better to hear that this might be
a common problem in community radio or not.

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 1:18 PM Betty J. McArdle via grc <
grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:

> Sounds like another good policy for stations to have. It could be bundled
> with Personnel policies. Write down passwords (in a secure place), what
> does
> a person in each position do? Stuff like that.
>
> Betty McArdle
>
> Co-Chair GRC 2018
> Executive Director, CMAP
> betty at c-map.org
> 503-245-5756
> pronouns: she/her/hers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grc [mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org] On Behalf Of Frieda
> Werden
> via grc
> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2018 3:59 PM
> To: grc at peak.org
> Subject: [grc] Fwd: Community Broadcaster: A Fond Farewell to Some Friends
> -Radio World
>
> Excerpt: It can be onerous to think about a strategy for times that staff
> leave or retire. However, preparation for such inevitabilities is not only
> smart thinking, but compassionate. What station wants to suffer through
> problems that could be avoided with minimal effort?When I resigned my post
> at a community radio station for my current job, I was rather perplexed how
> my manager asked so few questions about my work; did not even seek out the
> most fundamental things, like passwords to mission critical accounts; or
> conduct an exit interview. As calls poured in weeks after my farewell, it
> was evident the organization had not made arrangements to retain any of the
> knowledge they needed, and leadership was not even aware of what I knew. It
> was a good example of what not to do for any community radio station
> wanting
> to conduct a smooth transition.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Des Preston <despreston at me.com>
> Date: Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 12:34 PM
> Subject: Community Broadcaster: A Fond Farewell to Some Friends - Radio
> World
> To: wings at wings.org
>
>
>
> https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/community-broadcaster-a-fond-fa
> rewell-to-some-friends
> <https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/community-broadcaster-a-fond-farewell-to-some-friends>
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> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
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-- 
Warm regards,
Susan Sheldon
Listener-Sponsor Liaison
WORT 89.9 FM
118 S Bedford St
Madison, WI 53703
pledge at wortfm.org
(608) 321-9579

*Community radio is 90% community and 10% radio. ~ Zane Ibrahim*