expand senior center programming part 2

Today we bring you…

EXPANDING YOUR SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMMING ~ Part 2

The Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies

on Agingwelcomes you to the

TOOLS FOR THE TRADEWebinar Series.

Aging PositivelyRennie Cohen

Presented by Mary Catherine Dabrowski

“No one sees the worldas it really is; we only see the world as we are.”

~ Dr. Stephen Covey, author of “7 Habits of Highly EffectivePeople”

Who. . .

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Generation Gaps

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Generation Gaps

Think INTERESTNot AGE

William Gibson is one of the best-known North American science fiction writers and is reported to have first said this in an interview on Fresh Air, NPR (31 August 1993).

ONE SIZE

FITS ALL!

DOESNOT

FITS ALL!

That’s why they make chocolate and vanilla!

CHOICE

After-work hours Weekend activities Short-term series

Develop

Create Choices

VARIETY

Variety is the spice of life!

Create Variety

Multiple ideas Community connections Off-site activities

Develop

Think. . .

Do “one-size-fits-most”

red, silver-glitter-snowflaked, argyle tights

really fit most?

the men!

…most short women

…most “Eddie Bauer” women

…most heavy women …most thin women

…most tall women

…most “Lord & Taylor” women

and how about

Why develop “ONE-size-fits-MOST”

programs?

Don’t think “either” . . . “or”

Think “Both”

“New” Trends• Health, Vitality & Wellness –

“forever young”

• Work, Money & Avocation –postponing or changing retirement

• Creativity & Learning – college-type classes

• Passion, Play, Travel & Adventure – don’t work all the time

• Fashion & Beauty - important

• Family & Friends – important

• Caregiving & Grandparenting – the “sandwich generation”

• Romance/Love & Sexuality – NOT too old…

• Giving Back, Volunteering & Philanthropy – not just “me generation”

• Religion & Spirituality – open to the Universe…

“New” Trends

Ask what is most important to your center’s purpose & programming.

Recognize

INTERESTS

Recognize what are important interests in your community.

Identify

VALUES

What's workingand how can we do more of it?”

Center Without Walls

Look Around Your Neighborhood for…

Your Local Yarn Shop

Knitting – different experiences to different people

Knitting – different experiences to different people

Knitting Joseph's technicolor

dreamcoat for the local theater.

Knit-a-thon to break a Guinness World Record & raise money

Intergenerational Mentoring

Knitting – not your Grandma’s Knitting anymore!Yarn Bombing or Guerrilla Knitting

A new form of “street art” spreading across the country—taking colorful knitted & crocheted pieces and stitching them onto trees & things—from mailboxes to buses.

Knitting – not your Grandma’s Knitting anymore!Yarn Bombing or Guerrilla Knitting

A new form of “street art” spreading across the country—taking colorful knitted & crocheted pieces and stitching them onto trees & things—from mailboxes to buses.

Your Pet Shop or Sporting Goods Store

Walking/Hiking—no limit on age or season

Walking/Hiking—no limit on age or season

AARP Bulletin poll—positive relationship between pet ownership & exercise among pet owners

AARP Bulletin poll—positive relationship between pet ownership & exercise among pet owners

Your Community Day

Your Community Day

Your Community Day

Your Community Day

• Boomers are used to paying for

classes & activities• Charging fees for some programs does not mean you stop offering free programs

• Offering a basic form of a program for free does not mean you can’t charge for an upleveled variation

Stop Giving It All Away for Free!

It matterswhat you call people!

“senior citizen(s): Steer clear of this term.”

Glossary of Terms ~ From a 2007 issue of Age Beatthe Newsletter of the Journalists Exchange on Aging

Another quote from Douglas AdamsAnything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

Anything that’s invented between when you’re 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

Anything invented after you’re 35 is against the natural order of things.

Thank you to P4A for this Tools for the Trade Webinar!

Aging PositivelyRennie Cohenrenniec@mac.com

610-724-0903

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EXPANDING YOUR SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMMING ~ Part 1

This presentation, along with the following webinars in this series, will be archived on the P4A website.

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