I have to say that of all the communities I have been involved with, the Voice Over community from around the world are among the finest. They are extremely willing to work, they are nice people and they seem to take a real interest in the people they work with as well as their communities.
Just recently one of our readers finished a book for a client of ours who is also a personal friend of mine. The reader really liked the book so I sent a couple of photos of myself and the author so he could put some faces to the names. The photos were taken on a boat here in Australia two weeks ago. It was a steaming hot summers day with not a cloud in the sky. While I was at the gym this morning I got an email back with a photo showing the reader’s lovely house in the snow in Canada – it was MINUS 13 degrees. That’s what I love about this business. Real people coming together in a real way to create digital products that will be bought by people from all over the world. This tactile engagement with people in business is surprisingly rare but a great feeling.
But here’s a something else I love… A couple of hours ago I received another email from professional voice actor Bob Jordan, who together with some 120 voice actors from across the country volunteered to read and record the massive 2,074-page Senate health care reform bill into indexable audio files for the nonpartisan Web site HearTheBill.org. The goal is to make the proposed legislation more accessible to everyone, from interested citizens strapped for time to the visually impaired.
What a great initiative on a very important issue. It is a great reminder that we all have talents and that if we think hard enough, there is always a way to be of service to others.