TX/OK/KS
SeniorNet Regional Conference
Saturday, March 5, 2005
Agenda
8:30 AMRegistration – Coffee, Tea and Danish
9:15AMWelcome and IntroductionsJan Adkins
Mid Atl/SouthWest
Regional Consultant
Host Site Representative – Lewisville, TXMelinda Stevens
Center Supervisor
9:30 AMSeniorNet @20 and in the FutureLinda Young Colar
Director
Programs and Services
10:30 AMBreak
10:45 AMBreak Out Sessions 1
NoonLunch
12:45 PMNew HispanicLearningCenterDerrell Little SeniorNet of Ft.Worth
1:00 P MUsing the SeniorNet Web Page and
Leadership ExchangeJan Adkins
1:45 PMBreak
2:00 PMBreak Out Sessions 2
3:15 PMBrief Review of Breakout SessionsJan Adkins
Concluding Remarks
Session 1 – 10:45 a.m. – NoonSession 2 – 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Coordinators Meeting With Linda Young ColarObtaining Funds & Grants
Curriculum/Class/Teaching TechniquesRunning a Successful Computer Club
Technical IssuesCare & Management of Volunteers
Marketing & PublicityIdeas and Resources for Semniars, Classes and Workshops
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS AND TIMES:
Obtaining Funds and Grants for your LearningCenter – Moderator – Bill Boland (Austin, TX)
Bill Boland, Austin, will open the discussion with a presentation of a Symposium for small business that the AustinCenter offered during January. The discussion will then be open for LearningCenter participants to discuss how their LearningCenter has obtained grants or local community funding.
Running a Successful Computer Club – Moderator – Charlene Francis (Oklahoma City)
How do you start and maintain a successful computer club? What is involved? How do you keep member interested? Are there costs involved? What makes them keep coming back and being a part of the meetings?
Ideas and Resources for Seminars/ Classes/ Workshops – Moderator – Jan Adkins
What Workshop and Seminar Material is available on Leadership Exchange? What are the LC’s doing to offer new subjects to their students? What new classes or workshops can SeniorNet provide to the LC’s?
Coordinators Meeting with Linda Young Colar
Coordinators will have a chance to discuss their programs, successes and concerts with SeniorNet’s Director of Programs & Services responsible for the Learning Centers.
Curriculum/Class/Teaching Techniques – Panel Moderator – Bill Mills (Plano)
Course offerings, prerequisites, sequences, length (sessions-hours), number of students per class, staffing evaluations, and manuals utilized, home practice, what additions would you like to see in the course list? What revisions in curriculum are needed? What topics are your students requesting? Classroom techniques, A/V used, handouts, setup of learning station and room
Technical Issues – Moderator –Gary Helms (Lewisville)
Maintenance, software changes, GoBack/DeepFreeze, ZoneAlarm firewall, repair,
networking, Internet access
Care and Management of Volunteers – Frances Neighbors (RSVP)
Volunteers are the backbone of the SeniorNet organization. How do we find them, how do we keep them and how to recognize them?
Marketing & Publicity- Moderator – Jan Adkins
Marketing SeniorNet to your community, media contacts, newspapers, radio and local programs. LearningCenter Marketing Tool Kit.
NOTE:
Moderators will have minutes taken of each session. These will be shared with all attendees and posted to the SeniorNet Headquarters web site. This will allow other Computer Learning Centers access so that those not attending can benefit from the discussions they missed
Registration Form
Texas / Oklahoma / Kansas
Regional Conference
201 West Main Street
Lewisville, Texas75057
Saturday, March 5, 2005
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To secure your registration for the conference, please fax or email this form back by Friday, February 25, 2005.
Email:
Fax: 972-219-5055
For questions please call 972-219-5051
For directions to the location please go to Conference is being held at a different site than the LearningCenter. Look for “SeniorNet Conference” on the marquee outside the building on the corner.
Hotel accommodations at the Hampton Inn, 885 S. Stemmons Freeway, Lewisville, TX 75067. For reservations 1-800-HAMPTON $69 corporate rate (any problems with rate please call Dianne Arnold at 972-420-1318)