Community Building with Positive Aging Community, Koelsch Communities, Kuel Life, Today’s Caregiver, San Diego Futures Foundation
This episode focused on community building and community engagement strategies.
Jack Perez discussed her Kuel Life initiative, emphasizing the need for midlife and beyond support using a model that includes membership, content from experts and product offerings from sponsors.
Gary Barg highlighted the importance of personal stories in caregiver communities, noting the success of his Fearless Caregiver conferences.
Steve Gurney shared his experience with online discussions, reaching 50% older adults and 50% providers, and his adaptive sports involvement.
Benjamin Surmi detailed Koelsch Communities’ intentional design for community spaces and empowering stakeholders to lead programs.
Teresa Valenzuela discussed San Diego Futures Foundation and San Diego Tech Hub’s efforts in connecting businesses and nonprofits, enhancing digital literacy among seniors.
Recorded on March 23, 2023, this episode is part of the Marketing Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.
Ms. Jack Perez, Founder, Kuel Life
Gary Barg (RIP 2024), Founder, Today’s Caregiver, Caregiver.com (this site may be compromised, please visit with caution).
Steve Gurney, Founder, Positive Aging Community
Benjamin Surmi, Director Education and Culture, Koelsch Communities
Teresa Valenzuela, Community Builder, San Diego Futures Foundation, San Diego Tech Hub
Notes on Gary Barg
We lost Gary on August 9, 2024 RIP. You can find more commentary from him on our News for the Ages by Rethinking Aging Club podcasts up to our show on December 12, 2023. He is missed!!
Gary’s last entry with comments (we are concerned that the Caregiver.com site may be compromised – there is a very fishy chat service attached to it now, so we are not linking to it. If you visit the site, please proceed with caution) Caregiver.com/cg-community/editors-pen/human-sized-hole
Gary Barg Obituary in Sun Sentinel
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