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Program
Design
Program
design is the heart of the senior leadership program.
Most senior leadership programs choose to build
on existing leadership skills among the participants
rather than to focus on skills building.
Although some skills building or refreshing may
be needed among the participants, they usually find
their motivation for such activities within a particular
community need or project.
Since their primary motivations for involvement
in such a program are wanting to make a difference in
the community, to contribute and to find an appropriate
role for themselves in retirement, most leadership for
seniors programs focus on community needs and dynamics.
Because
community needs and dynamics change, the program will
need to change from year to year as well.
Surveying the topics as well as the agendas of
Leadership Asheville Seniors over several years will
show this evolution.
Panelists
and speakers for Leadership Asheville Seniors volunteer
their time to the program as a public service.
They believe educating older adults and potential
community leaders is crucial to the vibrancy and future
of the community. Whether
to pay speakers or not is a crucial decision for the
planning council with obvious implications for the cost
of the program.
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