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Health & Aging Policy Fellows
As a proud alum of the program, I encourage any professionals in the field of aging to consider applying. I worked on the hill in a senator’s office and with the Office of Policy Integration at AARP. Not to mention, I was able to go to Ottawa, Canada and meet with health and aging professionals there.…
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Linking Affordable Housing and Academia
One of my most recent accomplishments that I most proud of is connecting two universities to two affordable housing communities in Baltimore, MD and Richmond, VA. Both entities benefit from the engagement. I highlighted the benefits of this unique partnership style during a poster session at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in November…
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Starting a Presentation
Read this article recently and it made me start thinking about how I begin presentations. I enjoy watching TED talks and I have noticed that many of them start with stories. I like the following recommendations from the article: “I will never forget the first time that…” and “Something you’d never guess about me is…”…
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Preparing for 2018
I regrammed this post from @alex_elle earlier today. It really got me thinking about this year overall, and the tone I want to intentionally set for 2018. Earlier this month I unfriended and even blocked a few people from being able to access me. Not something that I do often but realized I needed to…
Karon L. Phillips 