Heres To The Next 50 Years!

| Read Our Blog Read Our Blog Blog Here’s to the Next 50 Years! Megan Hammond May 6, 2015 Senior Services, Training, Workforce 0 Last week, National Able Network’s Senior Services staff celebrated the Senior Community Service Employment Program’s fiftieth Anniversary at a convention held in Washington D.C.! The convention honored the good work that the nationwide, state, and sub-grantees of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) have accomplished over the last 5 a long time! It additionally focused closely on the future of SCSEP and the way grantees can continue to develop and enhance their services to older workers in America. Fifty years in the past, the first SCSEP participants have been working with the Green Thumb Project, which was sponsored by the National Farmers Union in 1965. Currently, SCSEP members are working at host agencies doing a myriad of duties, usually involving new know-how. Many of the workshops supplied at the conference were senior-centric and centered on the ever changin g workforce. These workshop topics included The Changing Workforce and the Impact for an Older Worker, The Older Entrepreneur with a Growing Idea, Fresh Strategies for Older Adults to Overcome Employment Barriers, Each One, Teach One: SCSEP Participants Using iPads to Reduce the Digital Divide among Older Adults, and plenty of more. National Able Network hosted its personal workshop concerning seniors and technology â€" “Social Media: Reshaping Communication in our Society.” National Able Network’s Vice President of Workforce Development, Patricia Wilkins, Director of Training, Bryan Dalton, Senior Training Specialist, Fred Hairston, and Communications Specialist, Megan Hammond hosted the workshop which offered strategies for senior outreach and recruitment via social media, in addition to using social media to forestall senior social isolation. Patricia and Bryan had been also featured as panelists for the Success Through Computer Training workshop, which discussed how pc coa ching could be profitable, relevant, and transformative for SCSEP participants. Along with the daily workshops, the convention also held day by day plenary periods with sensible consultants from the Workforce Development sector, corresponding to Dr. Mary Gatta, Ernest Gonzales, Kathy Greenlee, Martha Roherty, Scott B. Sanders, and more! On Thursday, the convention attendees have been invited to attend a reception held at the Russell Senate Office Building, where they met and networked with fellow SCSEP grantees in addition to participated in the launch ofâ€" a brand new website which provides a more in depth view of the SCSEP as well as sources for seniors and senior-pleasant employers. On behalf of National Able Network’s Senior Services team, I would like to say what a good time we had in Washington D.C. with our fellow SCSEP grantees! Here’s to 50 extra great years of this glorious program! Check out pictures from the convention beneath: The Senior Community Service Employmen t Program (SCSEP) is funded by the United States Department of Labor and delivered by SCSEP grantees. If you have an interest in learning extra in regards to the SCSEP, please go to our website or contact us at . Your email handle is not going to be revealed. Required fields are marked * Comment Name * Email * Website Subscribe me to your mailing record Receive our newsletters, breaking information alerts, and extra! Veterans Forward Orientation Careers by National Able Network: An Online Orientation for Nebraska Residents! Careers by National Able Network: An Online Orientation for Illinois Residents! View More…