Senior Center Director
Arlington County Department of Parks & Recreation
2017 VRPS Senior Resource Group Chair-Elect
The Senior
Resource Group 2017 conference is upon us.
Thursday, September 21 at the Reston Community Center, a group of
recreation professionals whose daily work focuses on serving the older adult
population will convene to learn from each other and from experts in the field
of aging. We have selected inspiring presenters on a variety of topics that
focus on the population we serve. The
result will be that these delegates will go back to their programs and
communities with additional skills to advocate for and champion recreational
opportunities and options for a demographic that is a significant portion of
our national population.
This year’s
theme is about career empowerment. We are honored that VRPS President LaTanya Turner, CPRP will join us. Her platform has been about increasing the
connections we make through VRPS members and finding better ways for “telling
our stories.” That’s what we hope to
accomplish at the conference as well.
Our goal, as the members of the Senior Resource Group, is to provide you
with the best tools, strategies and techniques that will help you tell your
story to your customers, co-workers, decision makers and other stakeholders. The
table below will give you a quick look at the day’s schedule:
Introductions & Announcements
Welcome by LaTanya Turner, VRPS President
|
Session 1
Words Matter: Harnessing the
Power and Energy of Language
Margaret “Marti” Bailey
|
Session 2
Empowering Through Understanding:
Do You Know What Upsets You
Miki Goerdt, LCSW
|
Keynote Address:
Raise the Bar: How to
Recruit, Retain and Engage Professionals as Volunteers
Dr. Lynn Reid
|
Conference Luncheon & Continued Discussion
Please take time to visit our exhibit
|
Session 3
Building Bridges of Cultural
Understanding
Catherine Motivans
|
Session 4
Mastering Aging: Help Your
Community’s Seniors Achieve Financial, Physical, and Mental
Wellness
Brandy Bauer and Hayoung Kye
|
Wrap up
|
Karen
Brutsche
Janice
Myrick
Cheryl
Wheeler
Hope
Lomax-Jones
June Snead
