Greetings,
Tim Wachtel, founder of the Center for Optimal Adult Development (COAD), has asked that I share the following information with our members. Here is the message he asked me to deliver:
Please take a few moments to visit the website for The Center for Optimal
Adult Development (www.optimaladult.org). They are a nonprofit in service to
all of us with interests in Adult Development. Their website contains
several free resources including a Book List, Online Articles,
Presentations, and more; all stored within the Knowledge Center section of
their website. Their purpose involves honoring all of the women & men who
have served the Adult Development profession over the past decades and to
share with practitioners of adult developmental services all of the
empirical knowledge our community has cultivated over the years.
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Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD
President, APA Division 20 - Adult Development & Aging
Director, Center for Mental Health and Aging
Professor, Department of Psychology
The University of Alabama
207 Osband Hall, Box 870315
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
pparmelee@ua.edu
205 348 1499 (voice)
205 348 7520 (fax)
________________________________________
From: Tim Wachtel [tim@optimaladult.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:05 AM
To: Parmelee, Patricia
Subject: RE: Introduction to COAD
Dear Pat,
Per your suggestion, I am providing you a brief paragraph for you to post to
your listservs regarding COAD:
Please take a few moments to visit the website for The Center for Optimal
Adult Development (www.optimaladult.org). They are a nonprofit in service to
all of us with interests in Adult Development. Their website contains
several free resources including a Book List, Online Articles,
Presentations, and more; all stored within the Knowledge Center section of
their website. Their purpose involves honoring all of the women & men who
have served the Adult Development profession over the past decades and to
share with practitioners of adult developmental services all of the
empirical knowledge our community has cultivated over the years.
Thanks Pat.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Parmelee, Patricia [mailto:pparmelee@ua.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 5:02 PM
To: Tim Wachtel
Subject: RE: Introduction to COAD
Tim, apologies for the delay. End of semester is always crazy, and Division
20 folks are still filtering back into the office.
I have shared information about COAD with some members of our Executive
Committee. Unfortunately, they agree with my initial assessment there
doesn't seem to be much of an avenue for shared ventures. As I read the
website, it is largely a series of subscription resources for paying
members/affiliates. There is certainly some good information to be had
th.ere, but I don't see much way that Division 20 as a group could
collaborate with you on these ventures.
What I can do is post a brief message from you to our listserv, inviting
members to visit your website. If you think that would be helpful, please
forward the paragraph to me and I will share it with our listmaster.
I'm sorry I can't be more positive about liaisons with Division 20, but do
wish you the best in this venture.
Regards,
Pat
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Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD
President, APA Division 20 - Adult Development & Aging Director, Center for
Mental Health and Aging Professor, Department of Psychology The University
of Alabama
207 Osband Hall, Box 870315
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
pparmelee@ua.edu<https://webmail.ua.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=365d5c8785594dc481e
9a503c50f932d&URL=mailto%3apparmelee%40ua.edu>
205 348 1499 (voice)
205 348 7520 (fax)
________________________________
From: Tim Wachtel [tim@optimaladult.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:44 PM
To: Parmelee, Patricia
Subject: RE: Introduction to COAD
Dear Pat,
It has now been one month since I sent you a proposal for opportunities to
partner/collaborate between our organizations; specifically COAD and APA.
Where do you stand on some of the ideas I suggested? Are you willing to move
forward or, at least, share a phone call?
Best,
Timothy J. Wachtel
Founder & CEO
The Center for Optimal Adult Development Denver, Colorado USA
Ph: 720 432 2623
Web: www.optimaladult.org<http://www.optimaladult.org/>
Tweet Me: @WachtelTim
Visit us on Facebook
See our LinkedIn profile
An international community for evidence-supported Adult Development
professionals and the single largest resource of optimal adult development
knowledge and sharing
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Wachtel [mailto:tim@optimaladult.org]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 1:01 PM
To: 'Parmelee, Patricia'
Subject: RE: Introduction to COAD
Certainly. I appreciate the opportunity to elaborate. As you have already
seen by visiting our website, we are primarily a resource center for those
with interests in adult development; whether professor, practitioner,
scholar, general public, etc. We seek to help advocate the field by sharing
resources about AD throughout the world, by providing AD authors greater
visibility, and by helping to bridge the gap between research and practice.
Therefore, we are not limited to one organization, journal, theory,
practice, country, etc. We are a not-for-profit.
I suppose I viewed the mission of Div20 as being more than just lifespan
development, rather a mixture of educators and others with interests in AD
theory & practice; with particular emphasis on the aging component of AD.
Perhaps I have been off-base on this presumption. Still, my thoughts for the
past few yrs concerning collaboration between our orgs (also communicated to
last year's Div20 leadership) has been to form an alliance to better educate
individuals concerning evidence-supported adult development. There are, of
course, a multitude of various media channels in which this can occur.
One specific suggestion for partnership between our orgs is to involve you
in our service offerings we provide the AD community. I have a distribution
list of over 4500 individuals in the AD field who have written journal
articles pertinent to interdisciplinary topics in Adult Development. We keep
everyone up-to-date on the latest [open access] news, articles, papers,
presentations, blogs, etc introduced to our website for their own knowledge
and personal/career growth. This year, we also introduced several products
which have become quite popular. You may find them here:
http://www.optimaladult.org/index.cfm/knowledge-center/other-subscription-se
rvices/
You may find some of these products of interest, as might your Div20
members. Although, if your group is only interested in "lifespan
development", then it might be overkill for them. If you believe they would
be interested in any of the offerings, (1) we could possibly arrange a
partnership where Div20 Members automatically qualify for a xx% discount on
the products. Your members could also (2) write articles for our e-Magazine
we plan to have online next year, with an annotation of their affiliation
with APA. We could also assist you by (3) featuring any books, articles, or
papers written by your members; we would only request you to commit to
advertising your org name and logo with us. We currently have over 40
APA-published books on our website, (4) having APA assist in sponsoring our
Book List on our website would be nice. I would also like to also chat with
someone in your Public Advocacy division regarding partnering, (5) perhaps
you can provide a good contact source.
These are some random thoughts. I would appreciate your input as well.
Thanks,
Tim
Timothy J. Wachtel
Founder & CEO
The Center for Optimal Adult Development Denver, Colorado USA
Ph: 720 432 2623
Web: www.optimaladult.org<http://www.optimaladult.org/>
Tweet Me: @WachtelTim
Visit us on Facebook
See our LinkedIn profile
An international community for evidence-supported Adult Development
professionals and the single largest resource of optimal adult development
knowledge and sharing
-----Original Message-----
From: Parmelee, Patricia [mailto:pparmelee@ua.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 11:18 AM
To: Tim Wachtel
Subject: RE: Introduction to COAD
Tim, thanks for your follow-up and apologies for the delay in responding. I
have visited your website, and guess that my first question is, how would
you see COAD partnering with Division 20? As you know, we are a fairly
loosely organized professional group comprising APA members with interest in
lifespan development. Your website seems quite interesting but I am not
sure how you would see our organization working with you. Can you elaborate
a little, please?
Thanks,
Pat Parmelee
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Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD
President, APA Division 20 - Adult Development & Aging Director, Center for
Mental Health and Aging Professor, Department of Psychology The University
of Alabama
207 Osband Hall, Box 870315
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
pparmelee@ua.edu<mailto:pparmelee@ua.edu>
205 348 1499 (voice)
205 348 7520 (fax)
________________________________
From: Tim Wachtel [tim@optimaladult.org]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 9:33 AM
To: Parmelee, Patricia
Subject: RE: Introduction to COAD
Dear Dr. Parmelee,
I am following up with you from a previous invitation I sent to you. I would
deeply enjoy the opportunity to chat with you about our organization, its
mission, and how we desire to provide greater prominence and recognition to
the field of Adult Development. If interested in talking with us, please
provide a time convenient with your schedule.
Best,
Timothy J. Wachtel
Founder & CEO
The Center for Optimal Adult Development Denver, Colorado USA
Ph: 720 432 2623
Web:
www.optimaladult.org<https://legacy.webmail.ua.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx<
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or.aspx>>
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Visit us on
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An international community for evidence-supported Adult Development
professionals and the single largest resource of optimal adult development
knowledge and sharing
From: Tim Wachtel [mailto:tim@optimaladult.org]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:52 AM
To: 'pparmelee@ua.edu'
Subject: Introduction to COAD
Dear Dr. Parmelee,
I would enjoy an opportunity to talk with you about the mission of our
organization and to discuss a potential collaboration between COAD and
APA-Div 20. Please provide some times that would be convenient with your
schedule.
Thank you,
Timothy J. Wachtel
Executive Director
The Center for Optimal Adult Development Denver, Colorado USA
Ph: 720 432 2623
Web:
www.optimaladult.org<https://legacy.webmail.ua.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx<
http://www.optimaladult.org%3chttps//legacy.webmail.ua.edu/owa/UrlBlockedErr
or.aspx>>
Tweet Us: @optimaladult
Visit us on
Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1331355548#!/pages/The-Cente
r-for-Optimal-Adult-Development/144965112188813>
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knowledge and sharing
