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Session Schedule for Midwest Lifelong Learning Conference

Presentation Materials
Documents are linked by session name

General Session

Introductions - Conference Coordinator

Welcome – Director of Aging Jon Holton

Keynote - Nancy Merz Nordstrom, Elderhostel Institute Network

Session I

Breakout A - The ABC’s of Creating and Presenting a 9 week Study Group

Presenter: Robert Allen, Institute for Continuing Learning – Roosevelt University

Breakout B - Marketing on a Nonexistent Budget, it’s challenging, but Easier than You Think

Presenter: Jennifer Anderson and Francine Marasko, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies

Breakout C - What, You Offer 350 classes Per Year?!

Presenter: Tammy Lewis, Rock Valley College Center for Learning in Retirement

Session II

Breakout A - Become a Life Change-Agent

Presenter: Julie Pangrac, Richland Community College

Breakout B - Increasing Membership and Revenue Through Educational Travel Programs

Presenters: Jo Brownlie, Director, OLLI at Saginaw Valley State University and Michelle L. Riggio, Program Director, Bradley University Continuing Education and Professional Development

Session III

Breakout A - Lifelong Learning and the Creation of Citizen Scholars

Presenter: Christine Catanzarite, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Illinois

Breakout B - Decoding the "Lifestyle DNA" of a Population of Older Americans

Presenter: Peter Spiers, Road Scholar

Breakout C - How Your University Can Benefit from a Continuing Education Program

Presenter: Ray Vander Weele, Calvin College CALL—Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning

Session IV

Breakout A - Through a Looking Glass, Exploring Social Networks and Communication Technology

Presenter: Thomas Ferraro and Edward Grout, LifeWorks Erie

Breakout B - Live What You’ve Learned with Road Scholar

Presenter: Frania Monarski, Road Scholar

Sharing Tables

Table B - Working with Volunteers -Jon Neidy, Bradley University

Table C - Curriculum – Chris Catanzarite, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Table D - Baby Boomers and Golden Agers Do they need the same thing from a lifelong learning program.- Judy Wagenblast, Lincoln Land Community College

Closing Session and Raffle: Conference Coordinator