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Back by member request, the Sales & Marketing in Senior Housing Certificate Program is May 1, June 5 and July 10. Attend three separate days for proven practices in marketing and selling your community. 

The recent webinar, Building a Successful MDS Program for Your Care Center, is now available on demand from LeadingAge Minnesota. 

We’ve moved this popular conference for adult day service providers from October to the summer!

The Sales & Marketing in Senior Housing Certificate Program is May 1, June 5 and July 10 – three separate days to learn proven practices in marketing and selling your community. After 2018, this course is offered every other year. 

New nursing leaders take note: the Nursing Leadership Symposium is the most thorough and comprehensive training for new directors of nursing and nursing leaders in long-term care. It’s offered only once a year. 

Don’t miss the popular Workforce Solutions Conference on April 19 and the co-located Essential Skills for New Supervisors workshop. By member request, these two events are offered to provide resources, new research findings, and shared learning for recruiting, retaining and developing a talented workforce. 

We’ve moved this popular conference for adult day service providers from October to the summer! The conference is scheduled for Tuesday, July 17 at the University of Minnesota Continuing Education and Conference Center in St. Paul. Mark your calendar now and watch for more details coming soon.

The Sales & Marketing in Senior Housing Certificate Program is May 1, June 5 and July 10 – three separate days to learn proven practices in marketing and selling your community. 

The popular five-part webinar series, Improving Behavioral Health Care in Older Adult Services held this past December and January, is now available on demand from the LeadingAge Minnesota store. 

Now in its 27^th year, the Nursing Leadership Symposium is the most thorough and comprehensive training for new directors of nursing and nursing leaders in long-term care. Five sessions over five months prepares new leaders for a successful future. The first course begins April 10 – register today. 

This is the last week to get low early bird pricing for the April 19 Workforce Solutions Conference. After Friday, registration fees increase by $40 per person. 

Last year’s return of the Sales & Marketing in Senior Living Certificate Program was sold out, and members raved about the new program. The program is back this year! Learn how to master the unique relationship-centered sales process in senior living, best practices for marketing your community and generating qualified leads, and how to best leverage social media to support your efforts. 

This is the last chance to register for next week’s webinar, The Best Cyber Security Defense is a Good Offense. Every organization, regardless of size or structure, is at risk of a cyber security hack and the fallout can be time consuming, expensive and crippling to your reputation. 

What’s your #1 struggle in day-do-day operations? If you said, “workforce shortage”, then don’t miss the April 19 Workforce Solutions Conference. The fourth annual event is where aging services members gather to discuss the most promising new ideas and solutions to their workforce shortage issues. 

Send your newer supervisors to a one-day workshop in conjunction with the Workforce Solutions Conference to learn essential skills and knowledge of supervision, delegation, documentation, giving meaningful feedback, and proven techniques for training others. 

Learn how to communicate effectively across your organization and increase morale and motivation. Dr. Jermain Davis, best-selling author, documentary filmmaker and award-winning professor of communication studies and organizational leadership, opens the 2018 Workforce Solutions Conference with his keynote presentation, Influencing Up, Down and Across Your Organization, on April 19. 

If you or someone on your team has recently become a supervisor, a workshop on April 19 is just the training needed to get off to a great start. Get the essential Dos, Don’ts, How-tos and answers to some of the most common questions from perennial favorite Dr. Barry Lane. 

The Office of Legislative Auditor (OLA) yesterday released its 2018 Evaluation Report of the Office of Health Facility Complaints (OHFC). The report recommends several actions the Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Legislature could take to better protect vulnerable adults, several of which align with the Long-Term Care Imperative policy priorities.   

A free webinar on March 14 will help Adult Day Services and Assisted Living providers whose clients receive funding through Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver programs ensure their setting facilitates community inclusion as required by the HCBS Settings Rule. 

Don’t forget to register for the March 12 webinar, Building a Successful MDS Program for Your Care Center, featuring Nadine Olness, RN RAC-CT, Minnesota State RAI Coordinator. The registration deadline is March 8.