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About Evolve
“Evolve 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.”
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Use your lifetime of experiences to make a better world
Evolve: Re-igniting Self & Community is a leadership development program for 50+ adults who are interested in providing leadership for the common good. Evolve will help you discover your unique path to leadership and develop the skills you need to be successful. (Evolve was formerly called the ALVA Leadership Development program.)
This life-changing course will help you overcome challenges of leadership in later life and find new ways to use your leadership skills.
- (Re) 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.
Colleges and the Vital Aging Network will award Evolve certificates at the conclusion of the course.
Register early to receive course materials that will help you prepare for the first class.
Register directly with the school you wish to attend.
CLASSES STARTING SPRING 2012
Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College
Cloquet, MN
Starting January 2012
Facilitators: Deb and Burt Laine
Call 218-879-0846
NOTICE: Special 1/2 cost scholarships are available for the Fond du Lac location. Contact Burt Laine at 218-624-4949 to apply.
CLASSES IN SESSION NOW:
North Hennepin Community College
Facilitator: Carol Kronholm
Call 763-424-0880 or register online
Saint Paul College
Facilitator: Mary Kowalski
Call 651-846-1438
Arapahoe Community College
Facilitator: Lynette Reiling
ta. With a grant from the New York Life Foundation, we also will hold classes in Denver and Seattle, starting this fall.
Call the Vital Aging Network at 651.917.4652 for additional information.
This section includes the following pages:
- Register for Evolve - List of schools offering Evolve with online registration links.
- Evolve Updates -
- 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 Evolve: Three Stories - Nancy, Bill, and Peg did not identify themselves as leaders before taking VAN's course in leadership development, but because they were in transition, they were open to the potential that Evolve offered.
