ASA - American Society on Aging

Benefits

As a member of ASA, you receive:

*NEW* ASA Learning Communities
The American Society on Aging is proud to announce development of a new benefit to help members across the nation share knowledge and best practices across disciplines. The Learning Communities site will include live web seminars, pre-recorded web events, online discussions, aging-related articles and weblinks, and networking opportunities. Members will be able to access live web seminars sponsored by the constituent groups of ASA and others. Discussions will be facilitated on the website for follow-up questions, as well as to generate ideas for future web seminars. Pre-conference and post-conference events and discussions will be regular features of the site. The site is scheduled to launch in October of 2009. Click here for a site preview and tour!

Complimentary Web Seminars
ASA offers both live and pre-recorded online presentations on a wide array of topics—free to ASA members.

Complimentary Membership in Constituent Groups
Special focus groups bring together ASA members with particular areas of interest through targeted articles in our online newsletter, conference sessions, Web pages and more. Offered as part of your membership, you can choose as many as you wish.

Generations
Each issue of our quarterly journal is devoted to a particular topic in aging and features nationally recognized authors and guest editors.

Aging Today
Our bimonthly newspaper covers advances in practice, policy and research nationwide.

Aging Today Online
Our quarterly e-newsletter provides ASA announcements as well as news briefs, articles, policy and research developments, resources and member news specific to, and prepared by, each of our eight constituent groups.

Article Search
This extensive database of articles from ASA publications is your one-stop resource to find the information you need. Search by keyword to find the articles of interest to you.

www.asaging.org
You’ll find essential information, research, career tools, expert advice and more. Connect with colleagues by joining a discussion online, or find local and national contacts through a searchable membership directory.

Member Discounts
Save up to 40% on conferences and training including the Aging in America Conference, the largest professional meeting in the field of aging and the regional Conferences on Aging. Additionally, free web seminars covering a multitude of topics are offered on a regular basis to ASA members.

Continuing Education
CEUs are available for most of our conferences and training. And we offer CEUS for selected web seminars; for details, visit our web seminars page.

Leadership Mentoring Programs
ASA's New Ventures in Leadership (NVL) is explicitly designed to promote the leadership potential of professionals of color and their involvement in the national aging arena. NVL participants, known as Partners, develop and enhance their skills in areas aligned with their career objectives, such as leadership development, community building and advocacy, grantwriting and fundraising, and applied research techniques, empowering them to assume leadership roles in their communities and organizations.

ASA's Career AdvantAge
This interactive job site is your source for careers in aging. Job seekers can post resumes and search from hundreds of open positions, and employers can post job listings for a nominal fee. ASA members receive a substantial discount.