Episode Guests: Jan Hively and Moira Allan, co-founders of The Pass It On Network, a Global Program Exchange for Positive Aging, along with Hans Kristjan Gudmundsson-Country Liaison for Iceland, Dieter Zwicky-Country Liaison for Switzerland, and Cullen T. Hayashida-Country Liaison for the U.S.
Episode Description:
Jan Hively and Moira Allan and several of their country liaisons, Hans Kristjan Gudmundsson from Iceland, Dieter Zwicky from Switzerland, and Cullen T. Hayashida from Hawaii, will discuss the history and evolution of the Pass It On Network. The vision of the Pass It On Network is to promote positive, productive aging worldwide and encourage older adults to share their strengths with others to help themselves, each other, and their communities as much as feasible. The mission of the network is to spread information worldwide about Positive Aging programs led by older adults who share their strengths to help themselves, each other, and their communities.
About Jan Hively:
Dr. Jan Hively Ph.D, USA, International Consultant and Country Liaison for the U.S and Co-Founder. Jan Hively describes herself as an "Encore Entrepreneur." In Minnesota, after a city planning and administration career, Jan Hively earned her PhD in 2001 at age 69 with a dissertation on Productive Aging in Rural Communities. Since then, she has focused on transforming expectations for aging - realizing the potential for positive aging based on twenty-first-century trends and research. Jan has co-founded several thriving networks that support positive aging, including the Vital Aging Network and a global program exchange, the Pass It On Network. As a Purpose Prize Fellow, she is an internationally known presenter and consultant for programs that engage older adult leadership and support "meaningful work, paid or unpaid, through the last breath." Jan's academic degrees were earned at Harvard University and the University of Minnesota.
About Moira Allen:
Moira Allan, France, International Coordinator and Co-Founder. Moira Allan is the co-founder and international coordinator of the Pass It On Network, an Internet platform that connects positive aging advocates from around the world so they can share their strengths to help each other, their communities, and themselves. She serves on the councils of EURAG, Europe's oldest federation of senior organizations (155 in 32 countries), the International Longevity Center-France, and is the international liaison for Old'Up, the cutting-edge French association leading the way for the 80+.
She started in journalism and public relations and acquired skills that have served throughout her career as a life coach (University Paris 8), trainer, and manager. Moira is from South Africa and has lived in Paris for the last 40 years. She coordinates the Too Young To Retire network in Europe, started after the first Positive Aging Conference at Eckerd College, Florida, in 2007, where she met Jan Hively, Ph.D. Together, they set out on a collaborative exploration of the longevity revolution. They co-created with World Café Europe, the European Voices for Active Aging (EVAA) project in 2012 during the European Union's Year for Active Aging, and went on to launch the Pass It On Network in November 2013 in Paris.
Get in touch with the Pass It On Network:
Visit the Pass It On Network: https://www.passitonnetwork.org/
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