SmartHomes Update

Imagine!’s Communications Coordinator Sterling Wind recently prepared a brief update on Imagine!’s SmartHomes project for the Board of Directors of the Imagine! Foundation, focusing on the work we do to continue to promote the project and share what we know with others in the field of serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We thought it would be worth sharing Sterling’s report with you as well.

Here are a few project highlights since my last report:

• Interest surrounding the Imagine! SmartHomes project continues to be strong, as members of the Imagine! SmartSupports team continues to be invited to speak at conferences, meetings and to consult with providers from around the United States. Since my last update, our team has provided tours to twenty five professionals associated with our national trade association ANCOR who were in town to attend the 14th Annual Coleman Institute on Cognitive Disabilities Conference on October 9 and the ANCOR Technology Summit and Showcase on October 10. Imagine! benefits from the curiosity, input, and questions from visiting skilled professionals from outside our organization. In addition to our out-of-town guests, the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome was also toured in mid-October by representatives from Imagine!’s Board of Directors, Alliance (Colorado State Association for Community Centered Boards and Provider Organizations), and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance (HCPF).  
• You can learn about presentations associated with the Imagine!’s SmartHomes SmartSupports projects by visiting - http://imaginessmarthomesblog.blogspot.com/ and entering either presentable and/or presentations into the search bar, found in the upper left-hand corner of the SmartHomes Blog.