1. Click on Chat icon to open chat window.

2. Type in your name, college/university and/or

retirement organization.

3. Press “Enter” to send to AROHE Account

Audio difficulties? Listen by phone

(669) 900-6833, ID # 910-389-054

Today’s webinar will be recorded.

Sue Barnes

About Sue

Bill Verdini

About Bill

Meeting Format

• Recommend using Speaker View.

• Participants will be muted except for Bill and Sue.

• Eight AROHE members have volunteered to share their strategies; they will be unmuted one at a time.

• Comments, questions and links to more information can be submitted in the chat function.

• We will pause often so Bill can relay questions and comments.

Pivoting to Meet the Challenge

Digital Connection Data

Reaching out…

Virtual Platforms

And many more….

Build Your Email List

Email Building Methods

• Call members (look up phone #s on Zabasearch.com)

• Google search “[name] email address”

• Send postcards; offer incentive

• Collect email addresses at events; offer incentive

• Ask for emails in your newsletter; offer incentive

• Call to action on your website or social media pages

• Check members’ social media pages

• Sponsor a member “email challenge;” offer incentive

• Conduct a survey; offer incentive

Conduct a COVID Survey

AROHE Member Strategies

University of California, Irvine

Center for Emeriti & Retirees

• Created COVID-19 resource web page, https://retirees.uci.edu/covid19/

• Mailing a postcard with similar information to those without email addresses

• Coordinating with Fidelity, Medicare sessions, etc. to offer Zoom sessions or webinars

• Sending email every other week with helpful information and resources

Jeri Frederick, jerii@uci.eduhttps://retirees.uci.edu/

https://retirees.uci.edu/covid19/

California State University, San Marcos

Retirees Association

• Making personal phone calls to members

• Offering one-year free membership renewal for members experiencing financial difficulties

• Sharing members’ shelter-in-place experiences in newsletter

• Planning small-group virtual happy hours

Arlene Cratsa, rarlene@csusm.eduhttps://www.csusm.edu/fsra/index.html

Kwantlan Polytechnic University

Retirees Association

• Presented the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) via a week-long email-based process; view event at https://www.kpu.ca/retirees/events

• Held meeting to decide whether KPURA should formally become an advocate for additional funding for KPU; voting conducted via Doodlehttps://doodle.com/free-voting-software

Roger Elmes, mcroger@shaw.cahttps://www.kpu.ca/retirees

UCLA

Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center

• Created ERRC Cares: TeleBruin initiative• “Phone tree” that pairs UCLA retirees

• Developed “Connecting During COVID” web page https://www.errc.ucla.edu/connecting-during-covid

• Partnered with BruinTech IT for remote retiree help

• Coordinated with Healthy Campus Initiative for Podcast series “6 Feet Apart,” https://healthy.ucla.edu/livewellpodcast-6-feet-apart/

• Started Twitter account for information sharing

Ayesha Dixon, adixon@ucla.eduhttps://www.errc.ucla.edu/

Emory University

Emeritus College

• Included articles and tutorial for Zoom in bi-weekly e-newsletter: http://www.emory.edu/emeritus/communication/index.html

• Increased programming - weekly lunch colloquia and extra afternoon sessions; has increased out-of-state participation; including speakers from out of area

• Hosted annual Awards and New Members Reception via Zoom; Vice Provost and Dean both spoke

• Held retirement seminar via Zoom; 122 registrants

Gray Crouse, gcrouse@emory.eduhttp://www.emory.edu/emeritus/

Winona University

Retiree Center

• Creating Zoom version of “Senior University,” called “Senior U Lite.”

• Previously, courses were 4 – 6 weeks

• Now 45-minute lectures with 15 minutes Q & A

• Upcoming sessions: Zoom tutorial, the census, mindfulness amidst chaos

Jessica Kauphusman, jkauphusman@winona.eduhttps://www.winona.edu/retiree/

• Berkeley Conversations: COVID 19https://news.berkeley.edu/berkeley-conversations-covid-19/

• Created Keeping Connected COVID-19 web page, https://retirement.berkeley.edu/keeping-connected-during-covid-19

• COVID-19 Information & Resources• Learning & Enrichment• Health & Wellness• COVID-19 Related Activities and Events• Technology Resources• Volunteering from Home

Cary Sweeney, cary.sweeney@berkeley.eduKris Thornton, kristhornton@Berkeley.edu

https://retirement.berkeley.edu/home

University of California, Berkeley

Retirement Center

University of Southern California

Emeriti Center

• Utilizing students to host weekly Zoom sessions• Finding resources online, using smart phones for photos,

identity theft/fraud, etc.

• Zoomers to Boomers Panel and GenZ Trends

• Created Trojan Connections: phone tree like UCLA, but included students, faculty, staff, others; large participation by international students

• Developed COVID resource web page: https://emeriti.usc.edu/resources/novel-coronavirus/

Janette Brown, jcbrown@usc.eduhttps://emeriti.usc.edu/

Group Exercise Classes

Cooking Demo

Don’t Forget Fun!

Ice Cream Social

Pizza Party

Costume Party

Crazy Hat Meeting

Pet Show & Tell

Fun with Virtual Backgrounds

Virtual Game Night

• Trivia

• Card games

• Word games

• Charades

• Pictionary

• And much more…

Silly Drawing Competition

Digital Movie Night

Netflix Party synchronizes video playback and adds group chat to your favorite Netflix shows.

Making Lemonade…

Virtual Volunteering

• Mask-making sew-a-thon

• ENCORE.org long list of free resources• A Call to Care: Pen-pal exchange between generations

• ARRP Create the Good program: support youth from home

• Mon Ami: pairs seniors with college students far from home

• Support for your college/university• Ask campus leaders how retirees can help; act as a

connecting link to match retirees to volunteer jobs

Continue to Share Ideas

• AROHE Connections Discussion Forum

• AROHE Matters e-newsletter

The Calm in the Storm