2010 Wisconsin Aging Network ConferenceMake plans now to attend the 2010 Wisconsin Aging Network Conference to be held September 30 - October 1, 2010, at the Wilderness Resort/Glacier Canyon Lodge in Wisconsin Dells. Sponsored by the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR), the conference will provide training and resources for the professional staff and board members of Aging Units, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, Human Service agencies, advocacy organizations, managed care organizations, the State Office on Aging, the Office for Resource Center Development, and others who serve older people. Check back regularly for updates on conference speakers, workshops, and other event highlights. Questions? You may call Sarah Cowen at 608-224-6300 or email Peggy Rynearson, conference coordinator. Conference Flyer and Brochure Conference Flyer and Brochure: Top Every community grows stronger as more and more of its members contribute their gifts, capacities, and skills. Aging is the process by which we grow in giftedness. John McKnight will describe how gifts get given in ways that strengthen our communities—and ourselves. A Professor of Education and Social Policy and co-director of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University, McKnight researches social service delivery systems, health policy, community organizations, neighborhood policy, and institutional racism. Using the Gifts that Age Has Given Us: Digesting the Message While big ideas often resonate with us in their theoretical forms, we may sometimes find it difficult to transition them to the real-life situations we encounter in our day-to-day lives. As a follow-up to John McKnight’s keynote address, Tom Mosgaller will facilitate a post-address discussion and exercises to help conference participants synthesize the keynote message and find meaningful ways to apply it to their work and lives. Presenter Tom Mosgaller is Director of Change Management at NIATx National Program Office. He has over 25 years of experience in organizational and community development as a manager, teacher, and consultant to the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Engaging Citizens as Problem Solvers The Elder Boom offers an opportunity to engage more citizens in productive civic problem solving. Typically, citizens are invited to participate in a formal process to address a local issue after it has been identified. A different approach is to bring citizens in on the front end to help name and take action on community priorities, including those that directly impact seniors. In this session, participants will learn strategies to engage citizens in identifying community values and naming senior-related issues they want to take action on. Using shared values as a starting point allows communities to engage in problem-solving to achieve concrete objectives, even in contentious public settings. Presenter Dennis Donovan is the national organizer for the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College and is an instructor at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Registration fees: Full Conference: $100 Registration Deadline: Your registration is requested 10 days prior to the conference. After this date, call the UW Oshkosh Office of Continuing and Extension to determine availability at (920) 424-1129 or (800) 633-1442. Conference cancellation policy: If the UW Oshkosh Office of Continuing and Extension receives notice of cancellation by the registration deadline, you will receive a full refund of fees minus a $20 processing charge. No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the deadline date. A substitute may attend in your place. If possible, please inform us of such substitutions in advance. Register online at: www.peopleware.net/222115 or call (800) 633-1442 or (920) 424-1129 Hotel Registration and Information: Tell the reservation agent to book your room under the #205807, Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources block at the Glacier Canyon Lodge and Wilderness Hotel. Room rates are $70 for single, and $99 for double, triple, and quad. The last day to reserve your rooms under the GWAAR block is August 30, 2010. Click here for more information on reserving your hotel room at the Glacier Canyon Lodge / Wilderness Hotel. Hotel Cancellation: Room reservations may be cancelled without penalty prior to August 30. After August 30, there is a 72-hour cancellation policy per room. Reservations cancelled prior to the 72-hour mark will be charged a $20 fee. Cancellations within 72 hours pay for the entire room rate. Hotel Information: Glacier Canyon Lodge Conference Center Layout Map Directions: Glacier Canyon Lodge is located adjacent to the Wilderness Resort off of Hwy 12, near Exit 92 off I-90/94. Take Exit 92 and follow Hwy 12 west for about a half mile. At the second set of stoplights turn right onto Hillman Rd. (If you pass Hillman Rd. and get to the Wilderness Resort, you've gone too far) Within 1/8th of a mile take a left at the Glacier Canyon Lodge Main Entrance. Follow the directionals to the Wyndham/Glacier Front Desk for check-ins. For those heading to the Conference Center, follow the directionals towards the right, and drive along the edge of the Glacier Canyon Lodge property until you reach the Conference Center. Parking is readily available. Contact the front desks for shuttle bus service throughout the Wilderness Territory. Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Click here to go to a separate page with a list of all the workshops being offered at the conference.
Conference Committee Chair: Dorothy Moen, Aging and Disability Resource Center of Conference Organizer: Peggy Rynearson Committee Members:
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: John L. McKnight
Thursday, 09. September 2010
Job Opening - Deputy Director Click here for a Deputy Director job description with the WI Institute for Healthy Aging. The deadline has been extended to September 7. Prevention Summit - 2010 Thanks to those who attended the Prevention Summit August 5-6 at the Stoney Creek Inn in Wausau. Click here for more information. Falls Prevention Month and Day - 2010 Click here to find out more about 2010 Fall Prevention Month (September) and Day (23). 2010 Wisconsin Aging Network Conference Make plans now to attend the 2010 Wisconsin Aging Network Conference to be held September 30 - October 1, 2010, at the Wilderness Resort/Glacier Canyon Lodge in Wisconsin Dells. The conference brochure is now available, which includes registration information. |
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