Exploring New Ways Of Caring For A Generation In Transition

The following presentations are designed specifically for each organization, considering their needs and schedules.  They can be offered as ninety-minute presentations, two-hour workshops,  weekend retreats or series over time.  All presentations speak to the issues of transition and the creative voice in everyone, and how vibrant, interested, excited members of the baby boom generation and beyond, who live in a certain community, can positively affect their own lives, and those around them through community service and volunteerism.

Community Non-Profits

The presentation focuses on encouraging audience members to become familiar with and  involved in the organization and its mission, first to benefit themselves, then the organization, and then the larger community around them.

National or Statewide Non-Profit Organizations

The presentation looks at the efforts and collaborations available through national organizations and ways in which belonging to such groups can expand the opportunities to positively affect a greater number of communities through volunteerism, experience sharing and action.

Medical Charitable Associations 

The presentation examines ways in which audience members can bring time, energy and expertise to these organizations. There is also a focus on the need for expanding the volunteer and fundraising base to better realize important, innovative programming.

Hospitals and Medical Associations  

The presentation focuses on ways in which the audience members can bring their considerable energy to hospitals and associations, first, by taking advantage of the services offered, and then by volunteering and sharing their considerable expertise in community outreach programs.

Educational Associations and College, University and Secondary School Alumni Cultivation and Development

The presentation highlights ways in which the audience members can get better acquainted with the college, university or secondary school they attended, and/or the educational association they  belong to.  It also focuses on ways to meet the alumni needs of a given institution, and the importance of development and funding the future needs of that institution.

Corporations

The presentation speaks to the challenges awaiting many as they work towards retirement in a corporate setting.  The issues of working full-time versus part-time or just not at all are addressed. There is also an effort made to explore ways of accomplishing unrealized lifelong dreams along with thinking of creative ways to bring one’s work experience to the community in which one lives.

Men’s Service Organizations

The presentation focuses on the needs of men in their quest to have a better understanding of the creative voice within them. There is also discussion of issues surrounding the value accomplished in the workplace, and how to compensate for this loss when embarking on the road to working less or retirement.

Performance Venues

The presentation is given at community performing arts centers, often in collaboration with a  corporate partner.  There is focus on ways to bring these centers, members of the audience, and corporations together in educational efforts to address community volunteerism and development.

Professional Associations

The presentation addresses ways the audience members can bring their expertise, e.g., in law, medicine, accounting, architecture, plumbing, etc. to the community in which they live, either on a volunteer or a reduced fee basis, benefiting their neighbors.

Vacation Programming

The presentation can be conducted on the sea during cruise vacations or on land during tour vacations.  There is a focus on encouraging audience members to think creatively, during the time away from their work life. The discussion then moves to how bringing the happiness and freedom felt, while on vacation, back to others close to home, can build better communities.

“Tom’s message is powerful, personal and persuasive! It is worth the personal investment of your time to experience new insights into your own definition of creativity and purpose.”

 Craig Saline/Executive Director, Coming of Age Coalition

“Tom Willits has succeeded at embracing this transitional phase from what I call an investment approach.  Not afraid of nostalgia or loss, he delves into conveying the experience of aging with a message to all ages to shape it as their life’s work drawing from the reservoirs of personal power, experience, memory, realism, and transport that come with such an investment.”

Robert Gallant/Executive Director, Highland Valley Elder Services, Inc.

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