ALFA Award Nominations Deadline Draws Near

Just one more week until the January 15 deadline for the ALFA Heroes and Best of the Best Awards programs. These awards programs and the recognition they bring to deserving senior living companies and staff do so much more than give credit where credit is due. They help to advance the mission of operational excellence [...]

New Year, New Challenges,
Cutting-Edge Solutions

As senior living providers throughout the country begin their 2010 operations, it’s certain that they’ll be met with new opportunities and challenges. ALFA will continue to provide the strategic solutions to those challenges through a bevy of resources, including its publications and tool kits, advocacy efforts, recognition programs, social media efforts – and now, just [...]

To Make Change Happen, Tell a Good Story

The best strategy executives can adopt when seeking to accomplish companywide change is to share insightful stories with employees that will help them truly understand the initiative, says Duke Energy CEO James Rogers. And this doesn’t accomplish just intellectual understanding, Rogers adds. It achieves an emotional understanding that is critical to success.

Senior living executives, frontline [...]

National Recognition for the Best
in Senior Living

The 2010 ALFA Hero Awards and Best of the Best Awards programs are now accepting nominations. Here are the details you need to get your company and staff the recognition they deserve.
ALFA Hero Awards
Five awards are presented in all for extraordinary service and dedication to operational excellence in senior living. The categories are Executive Director, [...]

Grand Finale at the ALFA Conference

The State of the Industry session (ballroom, level 3) is among the many “grand finales” – but the highlights throughout this week have been many – check them out on this blog – video, photos on Flcker. Very cool to know the senior living business is on the cusp of innovative communications and information exchange, [...]

Think Ahead! Your Action Plan for the Future Hosted by Nick Bontis, Ph.D.

With wit and enthusiasm, Bontis captivated and enlightened the ALFA General Session audience with his ability to cleverly disguise critical business content with an entertaining delivery. His enlightening and action-packed presentation covered coping with information bombardment, rapid growth and demand, speeding up innovation through collaboration, and achieving industry leading competitiveness.
Nick Bontis cleverly captivated the audience [...]

Pre-Session Excitement & Humor

This morning, Nathan Nickens kicked off Day 3 of the 2009 ALFA conference in Philadelphia with an exciting demonstration of the new ALFA 2.0 website user experience. 
 

The new ALFA 2.0 is the single most important resource (education, information, networking, employment opportunities, public policy issues, consumers) for executives of companies operating senior living communities. No [...]

Know What’s Being Said About You

Both this morning’s keynote speaker Nick Bontis and representatives from G5 Marketing in their Web Strategies breakout session talked about the importance of knowing what’s being said about your company online. When Bontis asked audience members how many were signed up for Google Alerts, he got a smattering of hands. If you haven’t already, [...]

Wed, 7:20, General Session Room: ALFA 2.0

Find out how you can maximize ALFA 2.0. Grab your coffee and head into the general session room to find out about ALFA’s new Web initiatives. Cool stuff you have to see.

ALFA Heroes inspire – Not a dry eye in the house

This is why senior living companies succeed – dedicated, professional, and compassionate people. But what are the best strategies for recognizing such outstanding individuals day in and day out? How do you empower them to maximize their strengths? Sessions here in Philly address that, too. Share your best take-away strategies …