The world-voices organization (wovo) is a non-profit, member-driven international association of voice actors that seeks to educate members about the essentials of voice over performance skills, maintaining high industry standards, and operating a private studio. World-voices organization provides mentoring to voice talent across a spectrum of techniques and recording skills, engaging membership in a meaningful community, and ensuring proficient and uniform standards for the practicing voice acting professional

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World-voices organization had approximately 800 members at the end of 2017. Members pay dues of $49 per year (us). In 2017, wovo received $47,508 in membership dues. New members pay a one-time application fee of $25 (us). In 2017, wovo received $6,900 in application fees. Membership services include: access to members-only educational resources on world-voices organizations website, peer to peer mentoring, eligibility to attend wovocon (the groups annual conference), listing on voiceover. Biz, a talent roster for wovos professional members only. World-voices organization hosts an annual voice actors conference in las vegas, nv (june 2017) wovocon that includes peer to peer workshops on technical aspects of performance and audio production, as well as business advice (marketing, bookkeeping, insurance, etc. ). 138 members attended. Attendee fees at wovocon iv totaled $38,331. Sponsors paid $23,000 to advertise at the event. Wovocon iv expenses, which included renting conference facilities and feeding attendees, totaled $40,841. 34. World-voices organization offers an approved studio badge to members wishing to assure their clients that they have the necessary skills to produce finished audio at professional levels. 37 members applied for an approved studio badge in 2017. This program generated $1,850. 00 in fees in 2017. World-voices organization furthers its mission by having an active presence at two types of conferences every year events for voice actors and events for voice seekers. In 2017, wovo spent $5,802. 95 on outreach to us voice actors. In 2017, wovo spent $357. 73 on outreach to non-us voice actors. In 2017, wovo spent $349. 00 on outreach to voice seekers.