Conference Agenda

August 1

Pre-Event Activities (Optional: Please Pre-Register)

• Breakfast with OLLI at UAH and Campus tour: 8:30 - 10:30 am
• Huntsville Botanical Gardens: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Huntsville Museum of Art: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

11:30 am: Registration and Check-In

1:00 pm: Opening Plenary and Keynote Address by G. Richard Ambrosius

2:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• Road Trip! Enhance Your Travel Program with Short Excursions
• Rock-Steady Boxing for Parkinson's Disease & Nordic-Walk Your Way to Health & Fitness
• Volunteer Development - Beyond the Basics
• Are We Having Fun Yet? Scheduling Activities and Events Beyond the Classroom
• In Search of the Secret Sauce for Great LLI Teaching

3:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• Developing a Group Travel Program Which Enhances Your OLLI Course Offerings and Boosts Your Budget
• We Can Disagree and Still Get Along
• Development: Fundraising, Strategic Planning, and Marketing
• The Power of Ageless Communication…Taking AGE out of Marketing
• Building an Instructor Support System, Piece by Piece

5:30 pm: Welcome Reception at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center

August 2

8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

9:00 am: Plenary Featuring Advancements from HudsonAlpha Researchers

10:30 am: Concurrent Sessions

• Learn About Travel for Lifelong Learners
• Managing Volunteers: Recruiting, Orienting, Recognizing
• Stronger Together: Establishing Partnerships and Branch Campuses within an OLLI Institute
• Where Do You Stand? Lifelong Learning Institute and Member Benchmarking Data

11:40 am: Luncheon Featuring Presentation by Candi C. Williams

1:05 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• The Key to a Successful Travel Program
• Enriching Our Programs Through Diversity: Begin with the Individual in Mind
• Overhauling an OLLI: Using the Right Tools to Get the Organization Properly Aligned
• Partnerships for Program Growth
• Curriculum – The Core of Lifelong Learning

2:20 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• Moving Across the Parking Lot
• Enjoy the Limitless Possibilities of Online Learning
• Expanding Volunteer Opportunities to Enhance the Membership
• Innovative Community Partnerships That Benefit All of Us
• Creating Courses with a Multimedia Approach

3:35 pm: Closing Plenary Featuring Homer Hickam

Dine around Huntsville after the conclusion of the conference (sign-up required)

August 3

Post-Event Activities (Optional: Please Pre-Register)

• Space Camp® for Lifelong Learners: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• U.S. Space & Rocket Center Musueum: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Historic Huntsville Guided Walking Tour: 9:00 - 11:00 am