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NCOA Membership Benefits
• Cutting-edge Publications including
NCOA Week, Senior Focus, and Innovations
• BenefitsCheckUp®: NCOA’s innovative online
benefits screening program for seniors
• Training and Conferences: receive discounts
for events where you can enhance your skills and
network with other professionals
• Best Practices: learn what’s working at
community-based organizations across the country
• Research and Demonstrations: access the
most current and reputable findings on aging
and health
• Advocacy Power: immediate access to up-to-date
political advocacy, grant information, and the
opportunity to shape NCOA’s public policy agenda
• Jobs: online jobs service where members can list a
position or find a job for free
Join NCOA/NISC Today!
Three easy options:
• Enroll online at www.ncoa.org
• Call 1-800-373-4906 to speak with
a membership representative
• Complete and mail the enclosed
membership application
How Members Work Smarter with NISC
“NISC brings new program and service ideas to my work, and
seniors benefit from my knowledge about developments in
national legislation. I work ‘smarter’ thanks to NISC.”
Christine Beatty, Director
Madison Senior Center, Madison, WI
“No matter where you live, even on a remote island in
Alaska, you can participate with, learn from and grow in
experience and ideas with your senior center colleagues across the country through NISC.”
Pat Branson, Executive Director
Senior Citizens of Kodiak, Inc.
Kodiak, AK
Work Smarter
Join NISC
Help promote the growth,
development and
expansion of
senior centers
across the
country
“NISC keeps me connected in real-time
with my colleagues on The
Forum, to trends in aging
services, and has challenged
me to make our senior center
the best that it can be.”
Jay Morgan, Manager
Office on Aging
City of St. Petersburg, FL
“Joining NISC will expose you
to model, cutting-edge programs and inform you about
processes like national accreditation that will improve your
center’s performance.”
Sandi Johnson,
Executive Director
North Shore Senior Center
Northfield, IL
For More Information
on NISC member benefits, email us at
seniorcenter.voice@ncoa.org
300 D Street, SW • Suite 801 • Washington, DC 20024
1-800-373-4906 • www.ncoa.org
NCOA is a 501c(3) organization
©2005 The National Council on the Aging. All rights reserved.
A Consituent Unit of The National Council on the Aging
Since 1970, The National Institute of
Senior Centers (NISC) has served as the
focal point for senior center professionals including service providers, educators, researchers, advocates, volunteers,
and policy makers.
Why Join NISC?
As the largest constituent unit of The
National Council on the Aging (NCOA),
NISC is a member organization that
provides cutting-edge information
and program ideas that can save you
time and resources, and help generate
revenue.
NISC is the only national vehicle
dedicated specifically to senior center
issues:
• promoting the growth, development,
and expansion of senior centers
• developing professional senior center
leadership
• working to improve the quality of
activities and services in senior
centers
• providing a national
senior center accreditation program and
valuable technical
assistance
NISC Membership
Benefits
• Targeted monthly e-newsletter
called Senior Center Voice
sent via email
• Networking opportunities
through conferences and
Web-based interactive discus
Join a dynamic
network of
professionals
who are working
together to
reinvent the
senior center
field.
sions via The Forum
• Leadership opportunities
with the Delegate Council
• Participate in best practices
and national studies
• Free programming ideas and
materials including Senior
Center Week Kit
• Discounts on senior center
accreditation program and NCOA/
NISC publications
• Stay current and take action on
national legislation affecting
senior centers
• Deep discount on Motion
Picture Licensing Fee
NISC Accreditation
• Launched in 1998, accreditation is the
official recognition that a senior cen
ter is meeting its mission by nation
ally accepted, professional standards.
• Almost 200 senior centers
across the country are now
accredited through the NISC
Delegate Council’s
National Accreditation
Program. And several
have become reaccredited.
• Accreditation is a twostep process starting with
a self-assess ment and
then an on-site visit.
• The first step is to order
the National Accreditation
Manual. Visit Publications at www.ncoa.org.
Members receive up to a
20% discount.
Yes!
Membership Application
I want to join NISC and NCOA. Sign me up for membership
and all the valuable benefits of an annual membership at
the following level:
❍ Lifetime: $1500.00
❍ Individual: $145.00
❍ Retired: $47.50
❍ Organization: $195.00
❍ Student: $47.50
Name _______________________________________
Title ________________________________________
Organization __________________________________
Address ______________________________________
City/State/ZIP __________________________________
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Phone ______________________________________
Fax _______________________________________
Organizational members receive benefits for two persons from
the same organization. Please provide information on the second
member below:
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Return completed application with payment to:
NCOA, P.O. Box 411, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701
Thank you for supporting NCOA/NISC!
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