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The Journal on Active Aging brings articles of value to professionals dedicated to older-adult quality of life. Content sweeps across the active-aging landscape to focus on education and practice. Find articles of interest by searching the article archives in three ways: Enter a keyword in the articles search bar; click on search by topic; or type a keyword or phrase in the general search bar at the top of the page.
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Help wanted! 10 steps to getting a successful internship program underway by Marilynn Larkin, MA
At the most recent International Council on Active Aging® (ICAA) Strategy Session—a think tank of leaders that meets yearly to identify needs in the active-aging industry and actions to address them—the focus was on the workforce. According to Pat Ryan, ICAA’s vice president of education and a delegate to the meeting, “organizations are having trouble hiring people who are qualified to work with older adults, and who want to work with older adults.” Developing internship programs that position active-aging organizations as sites for student field work was recommended as part of the solution. Internship programs can provide an additional source of workers and, over the long term, help overturn negative stereotypes of aging among young people, Ryan agrees.
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How to keep your customers in a weak economy by Debra J. Schmidt
There is no such thing as business as usual during this economic downturn. When the economy is weak, you need to strengthen your customer service delivery. Now, more than ever, it’s essential to do everything possible to keep your customers from leaving. In order for companies to maintain stability, every employee needs to focus more time and energy on making customers happy. Customers’ budgets are shrinking. If you can help your customers through this tough time, you may be creating customers for life.
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Creating a positive work culture by Brenda Loube, MS
How do you create a positive work culture? Any effort to develop this kind of work culture must begin by defining what “corporate culture” means. This term refers to the shared values, beliefs, attitudes, business principles, standards and traditions that characterize the team members or employees and the internal work environment of an organization. Corporate culture defines the nature and quality of life at work. It is embedded in an organization’s goals, strategies, structures and business practices.
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When silence isn't golden by Jim Clemmer
How many times have you sat through a meeting and bit your tongue when a serious workplace issue was raised—only to engage in a much franker discussion about it with colleagues outside the room? It isn’t always the issue at hand that can make people clam up. More often, it is the human dynamics present at the table or an organization’s culture that can lay the groundwork for this lack of candor at work.
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Successful grant program strategies for active-aging organizations by Terry L. Bazzarre, PhD
Regardless of the kinds of services many nonprofits provide, most depend on funds they raise from a variety of sources, and few have any significant endowment that provides them with financial security from one year to the next. Many of these organizations seek to identify foundations that may become partners in supporting their programs and services. However, numerous foundations may receive hundreds of grant applications in response to a single call for proposals, and generally fund only a small percent of the many promising proposals they receive. In this article, I offer you insights into why some nonprofits are more successful than others in submitting competitive proposals, plus tips to assist your organization’s fundraising plans and help you rethink your current approach to grant writing.
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Teamwork promotes wellness by Pattie Beans-Clark
Mix together a wellness program and friendly competition, blended with teamwork and defined goals, and the result is the HT Challenge, a recipe cooked up by the wellness team at Wesley Enhanced Living at Heritage Towers retirement community. The HT Challenge is a fitness, nutrition and health program that invites participants to form teams or individually work to achieve weekly goals. “HT” stands for “Healthier Together” at “Heritage Towers.”
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