CREATING AGING-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES

Online Conference

The Creating Aging-Friendly Communities online conference, held Feb/Mar 2008, was a huge success with over 700 participants. The online conference was designed to support individuals and organizations in their planning to make communities more aging-friendly.

Over 30 presentations are available for viewing at www.agingfriendly.org

The conference was made possible through generous funding from Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation and The California Endowment.

Community of Practice

Creating Aging-Friendly Communities "Community of Practice", features collaborative activities, discussions, guest speakers, and sharing of resources, experiences and tools to address the challenges and opportunities of making our communities more aging-friendly.

Those who register for the Community of Practice will participate in an intensively-supported process designed to help them create real change in their communities.

The CoP runs through November 2008.

For more information please go to www.agingfriendly.org

GLOBAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Appreciative Inquiry Global Summit on Social Responsibility

Community Strengths is providing support to iCohere, a leading provider of online collaborative software to hold Appreciative Inquiry Global Summits that result in concrete Global Social Responsibility initiatives and projects. The first ever online AI Global Summit on Social Responsibilty was held in May, 2008 with over 700 participants.