About ALVA
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Wise Leadership: Putting Your Energy Where It Counts
“ALVA helped me move me out of my comfort zone. It got me doing work that I care deeply about but had only thought about until now.”
The world needs your wisdom . . .
now more than ever.
Download the 2009-2010 ALVA brochure or poster.
What are you waiting for?
ALVA is a leadership development program for experienced adults who are interested in providing leadership for the common good. ALVA will help you discover your unique path to leadership and develop the skills you need to be successful.
VAN is pleased to announce that the 2009–2010 course will be offered in three locations around the state—Century College in White Bear Lake, Inver Hills Community College in Inver Grove Heights, and Minnesota State University, Mankato—starting October 9, 2009. Classes meet one Friday a month from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM and will be connected via interactive TV.
This life-changing course will help you overcome challenges of leadership in later life and find new ways to use your leadership skills.
- Discover your lifework
- Understand the opportunities and barriers of leadership in later life
- Plan and implement a civic leadership project
- Build an ongoing network for sharing ideas, knowledge, and resources
Course cost is $750. Limited scholarships are available [scholarship application] (apply early!). Colleges will award ALVA Leadership Development Program Certificates at the conclusion of the course.
Register as early as possible to receive course materials that will help you prepare for the first class. Contact individual schools for specific registration deadlines.
Century College
White Bear Lake
To register call: 651-779-3341
Inver Hills Community College
Inver Grove Heights
To register call:
651-450-8578
Minnesota State University, Mankato
To register call:
507-389-2572
Call the Vital Aging Network at 651.917.4635 for additional information.
Want to know more about ALVA? Visit the ALVA Connection group on Google, a discussion group for ALVA alumni and others interested in ALVA.
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ALVA is offered with support of the following organizational partners:
AARP
Aging Services of Minnesota Foundation
Alzheimer’s Association, Minnesota – North Dakota Chapter
Augustana Care Corporation
Brain Injury Association of Minnesota
Care Providers of Minnesota
CLUES - Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio
Courage Center
DARTS /Living Longer and Stronger in Dakota County
Ecumen
Hennepin County Library
Inver Hills Community College Foundation
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Mankato Area Life Long Learners
Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
Minnesota Board on Aging
Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging
Minnesota State University, Mankato Center on Aging
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
St. Louis Park Senior Program
tpt - Twin Cities Public Television
Volunteers of America Minnesota
This section includes the following pages:
- Wise Leadership: Putting Your Energy Where It Counts - As older adults, we can afford to spend less energy on promoting ourselves and our careers and more energy on solving our community problems.
- Changing Your Life through ALVA: Three Stories - Nancy, Bill, and Peg did not identify themselves as leaders before taking ALVA's course in leadership development, but because they were in transition, they were open to the potential that ALVA offered.
- Did you know? - Offers some interesting facts about ALVA.
- It's not to late to sign up for ALVA! - It's not too late to sign up for ALVA. Space is filling up quickly, so register today.
