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	ASA’s professional education and training services and programs use 10 main topics to structure our knowledge offerings; these ten topics form the basis for the subject-matter organization of our annual conference and webinars, and of our web site. You can most quickly locate articles and other resources relating to these specific topics by selecting one from the main Education or side navigation menus. This is the starting page for topics related to Business, which covers such areas as Boomer Lifestyles and Consumers, Business Development, Finances in Later Life, Age Discrimination and Other Legal Issues, Marketing and Communications, Older Adults as Consumers, Products and Services, Retirement Planning and Transitions, Technology as a Business Tool, and Workforce Issues.
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Online Learning: ASA members have free access to all web seminars. View Previously Recorded web seminars related to Business & Aging (ASA members only) All upcoming web seminars Business Forum on Aging: The Business Forum on Aging (BFA) is dedicated to hosting dialogues, web seminars and programs focused on business and the broader aging landscape.

Review of Institute of Medicine Report on the Geriatric Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce (In Whose Hands)

Thursday, January 24, 2013

10:00 AM Pacific / 11:00 AM Mountain / 12:00 PM Central / 1:00 PM Eastern

Presented by the Mental Health and Aging Network (MHAN)

Using Technology as a Tool to Engage Older Adults: Transforming the Experience of Aging

Thursday, December 6, 2012

10:00 AM Pacific / 11:00 AM Mountain / 12:00 PM Central / 1:00 PM Eastern

Presented by the Network on Environments, Services and Technologies for Maximizing Independence (NEST)

BFA Program at Aging in America

Trends in Work, Money and Health Care That Are Shaping the New Retirement

Wednesday, March 13 | 8:00 am–12:30 pm

Presented by ASA’s Business Forum on Aging

"Unaccountable" Author Says Transparency Could Fix Healthcare System

Often it takes someone working inside an industry to bring to light its flaws and pose solutions. Surgeon and New Yorker correspondent Atul Gawande has become famous for such system change via his The Checklist Manifesto, which details how simple hospital safety fixes can radically improve patient outcomes.

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Payment, Cancellation and Refund Policy for 2013 Aging in America

Please keep the following payment and cancellation policies in mind when completing the registration process for 2013 Aging in America.

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2013 Aging in America Conference

Event Date:

03.12.2013 (All day) - 03.16.2013 (All day)

Time Zone:

(GMT-10:00) Hawaii

Event Link

Event URL:

http://asaging.org/aia

Link to Registration:

http://asaging.org/registration-information

Short Description:

The annual ASA Aging in America Conference will be in Chicago, March 12-16

Full Description:

Break away from the ordinary. Escape from your routine to connect with others, gain new perspectives and invigorate your mind.

Learn from professionals in multiple disciplines who are challenged with similar issues and who are meeting those challenges in innovative ways.

Web Seminar: How to Tap the Potential of Adults 50+

Event Date:

11.15.2012 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Time Zone:

(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time

Event Link

Event URL:

http://asaging.org/november-15-2012

Link to Registration:

http://members.asaging.org/members_online/registration/register.asp?mt=W...

Short Description:

Sponsored by Community Experience Partnership

Full Description:

See the impact, hear the stories, and understand the strategies for success from the Community Experience Partnership—a network of nine community foundations, from urban and rural locales, that are engaging older adults to tackle serious local issues. This webinar showcases strategies used, highlights lessons learned and provides practical examples to take this work to your community.

Transforming Retirement: New Timing, Roles, Funding, Challenges/Opportunities and a New Purpose

Thursday, March 14 | 9:30–10:30 am

National Forum on Financial Competence and Long-Term Security

Thursday, March 14 | 1:00–5:30 pm

Sponsored by MetLife Mature Market Institute

Fee: $35; Open to 150 registrants.

Older Workers Can Reap New Rewards by Climbing the Corporate…Lattice?

By Jeff Schwartz

For much of the 20th century, human life in America went something like this: Go to school, maybe college. Find a job. Stick with it. Climb the corporate ladder. Turn 65. Retire, get a gold watch, move south to play bingo and eat dinner at 4:30. A whole life narrative built off a philosophy of “once and done”—one degree, one career, one direction.

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