The Ask OLLI blog is a resource for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute administrators to facilitate discussion on a variety of topics related to the creation and management of OLLI institutes nationwide.
Entries to the blog are called "posts" and can only be submitted by blog editors. Please contact Anne Cardale at the OLLI National Resource Center if you have an article suggestion for the AskOLLI editors.
Each post has a "comment" section where blog subscribers can submit their own remarks and responses to the post. A subscriber must be logged in to comment on a post. A login link is available at the bottom of the right-hand column, as well as at the end of each posting page.
Although the Ask OLLI blog is publicly viewable, commenting is closed to non-subscribers. For more information on Ask OLLI, or if you wish to create a subscriber account please contact Anne Cardale.
Vivian Abler, from OLLI at CalPoly asks:
How does your OLLI assess the needs of its membership, i.e. location of courses, kinds of courses offered, what kinds of events to propose, travel issues and cost related to course offerings? If you have done assessment, How has the collected data helped shape program. What format was effective?
Kathleen Holden, OLLI at University of Illinois, asks:
We have a sub-committee exploring a travel program here at UIUC. What kinds of programs are out there? Outside vendor? or your own program? If you contract outside, how did you identify and evaluate the vendor?
Judi Bobenage, OLLI at University of Pittsburgh, asks:
We are organizing a speakers bureau from among the membership and want to know what other OLLIs, who have organized one, do.
Billie Lombardo, OLLI at University of North Florida, asks:
What are good descriptions and duties for the classroom assistant? What names have your OLLI come up with for such a position?
Maya Sutton, OLLI at University of New Mexico, asks:
We are seeking additional grants to supplement Osher funding.
Any suggestions of likely sources that would not compete with our own?