The document summarizes events happening in March at Touchmark at Harwood Groves, a retirement community in Fargo, ND. It highlights several musical performances, including a presentation on bagpipes and Celtic music. Residents will take trips to local attractions like a Celtic festival and symphony performance. St. Patrick's Day will be celebrated with a pub crawl around Fargo. Educational sessions called "Lunch 'n Learns" will cover financial planning, home preparation for sale, and downsizing. Indoor gardening and birthday celebrations are also scheduled. The calendar provides activities to engage the mind, body, and spirit for residents.
Touchmark at Harwood Groves - September 2014 NewsletterTouchmark
The month of September is Healthy Aging® Month, and during the last week—Sept. 21 through 27—we are again hosting many activities to celebrate Active Aging Week.
Promoted by the International Council on Active Aging, the week focuses on the many positive things that people can do to change the way they age. This year’s theme is Let the Adventure Begin.
Help fill the barrel Knit — or crochet — to keep others warmTouchmark
APPLETON, Wis. – Untold numbers of children and adults do not have the scarves, hats, and mittens to protect themselves against Wisconsin’s numbing-cold winters. To help those
in need bundle up and keep warm, residents of Touchmark on West Prospect in Appleton are calling on community members to join them in a year-long “Knitting for a Cause” effort.
Touchmark on Saddle Drive - September 2014 NewsletterTouchmark
The month of September is Healthy Aging® Month, and the last week—Sept. 21 through 27—we are again hosting many activities to celebrate Active Aging Week. This year’s theme is Aspire! Be Active Your Way to honor the joy in choosing your own path to a full life.
Promoted by the International Council on Active Aging, the week focuses on the many positive things that people can do to change the way they age.
We hope you can join us for any or all of the following events. Stay active with us every day of the week!
Touchmark at Coffee Creek - September 2014 NewsletterTouchmark
The month of September is Healthy Aging® Month, and the last week—Sept. 21 through 27—we are again hosting many activities to celebrate Active Aging Week. This year’s theme is Aspire! Be Active Your Way to honor the joy in choosing your own path to a full life.
Promoted by the International Council on Active Aging, the week focuses on the many positive things that people can do to change the way they age.
A full list of events is featured in the community calendar, but one important event is AARP Driver Safety Class. Join us Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 9 am to 3 pm. The instructor will help refresh your driving skills, share updated traffic rules, and give tips on how to adjust for changes in hearing/vision. We hope you can join us.
Touchmark at Mt. Bachelor Village - September 2014 NewsletterTouchmark
The month of September is Healthy Aging® Month, and during the last week—Sept. 21 through 27—we are again hosting many activities to celebrate Active Aging Week. This year’s theme is Aspire! Be Active Your Way to honor the joy in choosing your own path to a full life.
Promoted by the International Council on Active Aging, the week focuses on the many positive things that people can do to change the way they age.
A full list of events is featured in the community calendar, but one important event to start off the week is Senior Fitness and Balance Testing. Join us Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 10 am to 1 pm. It’s officially fall—and an ideal time to learn how you can minimize your risk of falling. We hope you can join us.
Touchmark on West Century - September 2014 NewsletterTouchmark
The month of September includes Healthy Aging® Month and Active Aging Week, and we are again hosting many activities. Aspire! Be active—and honor the joy in choosing your own path to a full life.
Active Aging Week focuses on the many positive things that people can do to change the way they age.
A full list of events is featured in the community calendar, but the fun starts with two fitness days in our club and concludes with a technology class. We hope you can join us!
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How to Run Landing Page Tests On and Off Paid Social PlatformsVWO
Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring Mariate, Alexandra and Nima where we will unveil a comprehensive blueprint for crafting a successful paid media strategy focused on landing page testing.With escalating costs in paid advertising, understanding how to maximize each visitor’s experience is crucial for retention and conversion.
This session will dive into the methodologies for executing and analyzing landing page tests within paid social channels, offering a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical insights.
The Pearmill team will guide you through the nuances of setting up and managing landing page experiments on paid social platforms. You will learn about the critical rules to follow, the structure of effective tests, optimal conversion duration and budget allocation.
The session will also cover data analysis techniques and criteria for graduating landing pages.
In the second part of the webinar, Pearmill will explore the use of A/B testing platforms. Discover common pitfalls to avoid in A/B testing and gain insights into analyzing A/B tests results effectively.
A.I. (artificial intelligence) platforms are popping up all the time, and many of them can and should be used to help grow your brand, increase your sales and decrease your marketing costs.In this presentation:We will review some of the best AI platforms that are available for you to use.We will interact with some of the platforms in real-time, so attendees can see how they work.We will also look at some current brands that are using AI to help them create marketing messages, saving them time and money in the process. Lastly, we will discuss the pros and cons of using AI in marketing & branding and have a lively conversation that includes comments from the audience.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will learn about LLM platforms, like ChatGPT, and how they work, with preset examples and real time interactions with the platform. Attendees will learn about other AI platforms that are creating graphic design elements at the push of a button...pre-set examples and real-time interactions.Attendees will discuss the pros & cons of AI in marketing + branding and share their perspectives with one another. Attendees will learn about the cost savings and the time savings associated with using AI, should they choose to.
AI-Powered Personalization: Principles, Use Cases, and Its Impact on CROVWO
In today’s era of AI, personalization is more than just a trend—it’s a fundamental strategy that unlocks numerous opportunities.
When done effectively, personalization builds trust, loyalty, and satisfaction among your users—key factors for business success. However, relying solely on AI capabilities isn’t enough. You need to anchor your approach in solid principles, understand your users’ context, and master the art of persuasion.
Join us as Sarjak Patel and Naitry Saggu from 3rd Eye Consulting unveil a transformative framework. This approach seamlessly integrates your unique context, consumer insights, and conversion goals, paving the way for unparalleled success in personalization.
Monthly Social Media News Update May 2024Andy Lambert
TL;DR. These are the three themes that stood out to us over the course of last month.
1️⃣ Social media is becoming increasingly significant for brand discovery. Marketers are now understanding the impact of social and budgets are shifting accordingly.
2️⃣ Instagram’s new algorithm and latest guidance will help us maintain organic growth. Instagram continues to evolve, but Reels remains the most crucial tool for growth.
3️⃣ Collaboration will help us unlock growth. Who we work with will define how fast we grow. Meta continues to evolve their Creator Marketplace and now TikTok are beginning to push ‘collabs’ more too.
The What, Why & How of 3D and AR in Digital CommercePushON Ltd
Vladimir Mulhem has over 20 years of experience in commercialising cutting edge creative technology across construction, marketing and retail.
Previously the founder and Tech and Innovation Director of Creative Content Works working with the likes of Next, John Lewis and JD Sport, he now helps retailers, brands and agencies solve challenges of applying the emerging technologies 3D, AR, VR and Gen AI to real-world problems.
In this webinar, Vladimir will be covering the following topics:
Applications of 3D and AR in Digital Commerce,
Benefits of 3D and AR,
Tools to create, manage and publish 3D and AR in Digital Commerce.
The session includes a brief history of the evolution of search before diving into the roles technology, content, and links play in developing a powerful SEO strategy in a world of Generative AI and social search. Discover how to optimize for TikTok searches, Google's Gemini, and Search Generative Experience while developing a powerful arsenal of tools and templates to help maximize the effectiveness of your SEO initiatives.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
Be able to find out where your users search
Know what is required for each discipline of SEO
Feel confident creating an SEO Plan
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Financial curveballs sent many American families reeling in 2023. Household budgets were squeezed by rising interest rates, surging prices on everyday goods, and a stagnating housing market. Consumers were feeling strapped. That sentiment, however, appears to be waning. The question is, to what extent?
To take the pulse of consumers’ feelings about their financial well-being ahead of a highly anticipated election, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey. The survey highlights consumers’ hopes and anxieties as we move into 2024. Let's unpack the key findings to gain insights about where we stand.
SEO as the Backbone of Digital MarketingFelipe Bazon
In this talk Felipe Bazon will share how him and his team at Hedgehog Digital share our journey of making C-Levels alike, specially CMOS realize that SEO is the backbone of digital marketing by showing how SEO can contribute to brand awareness, reputation and authority and above all how to use SEO to create more robust global marketing strategies.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
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You'll never draw a blank again on what kind of video to make for your business. Go beyond the basic categories and truly reimagine a brand new advanced way to brainstorm video content creation. During this masterclass you'll be challenged to think creatively and outside of the box and view your videos through lenses you may have never thought of previously. It's guaranteed that you'll leave with more than 10 video ideas, but I like to under-promise and over-deliver. Don't miss this session.
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The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
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Touchmark at Harwood Groves - March 2014 Newsletter
1. March 2014
THE{FULL}LIFE
TOUCHMARK AT HARWOOD GROVES
Love can happen when you least expect it—
and it can last a lifetime
John & Norma Finnie - “Mother
knows best”
The saying “mother knows best” applies to how
John and Norman Finnies met. John’s stepfather
was the chauffer for the NDSU president, who
was Norma’s uncle. One day, John’s mother told
Norma, “You need to meet my Johnny when he
gets home from the service.” Norma describes
the moment she met John. “Here was this tall
drink of water in full-length Army uniform, and
I thought, ‘Well ... maybe this will work.’” Indeed
it did. John and Norma celebrated their 62nd
anniversary last August.
Irving & Alaine Naas - “I guess we always
knew we belonged together.”
Irving and Alaine Naas can’t remember not
knowing each other. In fact, they’ve known each
since they were babies. Both grew up in McVille
and went to Our Savior Church. One day they
started walking down the road together, and they
have been inseparable since. “I guess we always
knew we
belonged
together,”
says
Alaine. The
couple will
celebrate
71 years of
marriage
this month.
Jim & Joyce Holter - “Love at first sight”
In February 1953, Jim’s fraternity and Joyce’s
sorority got together to plan the Bison Brevities
Spring Show. From across the room, Jim spotted
Joyce and immediately thought, “My God, she’s
beautiful!” He walked over to her, and the rest
is history. Jim walked Joyce home later that
evening, stopping at the Hasty Tasty for a bite to
eat long the way. The Holters will celebrate their
60th anniversary in June.
Discover. Play. Learn.
All are invited to fun presentations and events! The {FULL} Life Series starts
March 19 at 4 pm with presentations by The Touchmark Choir and Erv Inniger
(pictured), the former championship coach and current senior associate athletic
director at North Dakota State University. See back page for details about the
MIND{FULL} event.
2. CLUB
AQUATIC NEWS
FITNESS
What New Year’s resolutions?
Have you already given up on your resolutions?
If so, it’s time to recommit to them and
remember why you set them in the first place.
Try these ideas; recommit; and succeed!
1. Make small goals TRAINERattainable and help
PERSONAL that are
you reach the larger goal.
2. Map out a plan for each resolution.
cardiovascular systems. Classes start March 4
and will be held in the exercise studio Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 12:15 pm. Certified KettleBell
Concepts® Instructor John Hume will lead the
class. There’s no charge for club members. Space
is limited. Sign up at the club front desk.
Club hosted SilverSneaker® certification
training for Fargo community
3. Ask for help. A personal trainer can help you
with your fitness goals.
4. Be kind to yourself and don’t give up.
5. Have fun, and celebrate your successes!
AWARD
Do you need to relax from March
Madness and taxes?
Ongoing massage therapy can help you relieve
pain, improve your sleep, and more. Call
701-212-0246 to make an appointment with
Touchmark Massage Therapist Brenda Nelson.
Rates: $50 for an hour or $30 for 30 minutes.
Join the new Kettlebell class
Kettlebell training incorporates total-body
exercisesLIFE STORY the use of all major
and requires
muscle groups and core stabilization. This
intermediate-level class is 30 minutes and
will help increase strength, endurance, and
muscle toning by focusing on the muscular and
Regional instructors gathered to earn their
certifications for teaching SilverSneaker’s Yoga,
Circuit Training, and Classic exercise classes.
Touchmark team members John Hume, Heather
Muscha, Laura Sundquist, and Gayle Cummings
were among the participants. New SilverSneaker
classes will be added to the schedule soon!
Connecting the Generations
PERSONAL CARE
Marge Coalman, EdD
Vice President of
Wellness & Programs
What’s the best thing about
being a grandparent? Or
what is your best memory
of/with a grandparent/
grandchild?
Not all of us are
grandparents or greatgrandparents—but all of us are grandchildren. At some time in our
lives, we were able to experience the opportunity to know—or know
PERSON-CENTERED CARE
of—our family history. ...Touchmark’s intergenerational program
provides opportunities to connect with children of all ages through
activities and celebrations, both at Touchmark and in other settings
within the community. ...
Read more online at Touchmark.com/wellness-forum.
You said it!
“I love it here! We have
wonderful staff and
residents. I enjoy access
to all the amenities,
including great food
and transportation.
What’s not to like about
Touchmark?”
-Gerry Sunde,
resident