Upcoming Presentations

Members of Imagine!’s SmartHomes team continue to be in demand, making presentations across the country about this ambitious project and how technology can be used to improve the lives of those with developmental disabilities and related conditions. Here are a few upcoming examples:

On August 4, 2010, in Cripple Creek, CO, Imagine!’s Director of Public Relations Fred Hobbs will present: Getting Social: Why Service Organizations Need To Embrace Social Media at the Arkansas Valley Community Center Leadership Training Conference.

On October 15, 2010, in Vail, CO, Imagine!’s Director of Business Development Greg Wellems and Imagine!’s Director of Public Relations Fred Hobbs will present: SmartHomes and SmartSupports: The Future of Residential Care at the Housing Colorado Now! Conference.

On November 11, 2010, in Baltimore, MD, Imagine!’s Director of Business Development Greg Wellems will present at a session entitled: Using Technology to Create Disease Management and Community-Based Service Programs at The Open Minds 2010 Institute for Behavioral Health Informatics 6th Annual Conference on the Future of Technology in Behavioral Health.

And on December 9 and 10, in Denver, CO, SmartHomes Project Manager Sterling Wind and Imagine! Director of Public Relations Fred Hobbs will present: Using Social Media To Connect, Communicate And Network Regardless Of Ability/Disability at the TASH 35th Annual Conference entitled Embracing Difference.....It's Time!.

To see a list of past presentations by SmartHome leaders, click here.

Meet SmartHome Residents This Friday Evening!

The Millennium Harvest House in Boulder is continuing its support of the community by hosting non-profit groups during each of the 2010 FAC Rockin’ The Gardens concerts. The Millennium is located at 1345 28th Street, Boulder, CO 80302 (just south of the intersection at Arapahoe and 28th Streets, behind the Safeway).

Imagine! will be a featured non-profit at the FAC on July 23, from 5:30 – 9:30 PM. The event is free and features a performance by the Steve Thomas Band.

SmartHome residents from C.O.R.E./Labor Source art classes will be on hand, and attendees of the FAC will have opportunities to meet the residents, learn about Imagine!, and are welcome to draw and paint with the residents.

Last year, many kids who attended the concert sat side by side with Imagine! artists, creating mini masterpieces together. I’m looking forward to seeing the creative artwork I’m sure will emerge from this year’s event.

Please consider joining us!

Gerald and Donna's Honeymoon

This past May, Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome residents and lovebirds Donna and Gerald went on their long anticipated honeymoon. Check out the pictures from their trip below. If you want deets on the trip, read Donna’s May online diary entry.

Upcoming Presentation

This coming December, SmartHomes Project Manager Sterling Wind and PR guru Fred Hobbs will be presenting at the 2010 TASH Conference, the largest and most progressive international conference advancing equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with disabilities. The title of the presentation is: "Using Social Media To Connect, Communicate And Network Regardless Of Ability/Disability."

Leah at Public Speaking Class

On June 25, Charles Family SmartHome resident Leah participated in a public poetry reading at Buzz Coffee in Longmont as part of a public speaking class she is taking through Imagine!’s CORE/Labor Source department.

Why Our Partners Are So Important

We have talked about the importance of the collaborations we are developing as part of our SmartHomes project, partnerships that allow us to develop new technology products to increase the efficiency of service delivery. Check out this great story in the Boulder County Business Report about our relationship with CaraSolva to see just one example.

Thanks For The Support

We are so proud of our work on the SmartHomes project, be we know we couldn’t do it by ourselves. The support we get from our community is tremendous. For instance, we wanted to take a moment to thank the Longmont Community Foundation, which recently provided a couple of grants to help out with the Charles Family SmartHome in Longmont.

The Steven Holmes Fund of the Longmont Community Foundation provided a $500 grant in support of the Charles Family SmartHome in Longmont.

In addition, the Longmont Community Foundation provided another $540 grant for the Charles Family SmartHome.

To see a list of all of this project’s generous supporters, click here.