About Us
The Contemporary Elder Institute provides relationships, programs, retreats, and practices of higher wisdom that enable exiting or recently departed professionals a conscious and intentional pathway to late aging. A path of choice, not by default. A path of greater responsibility. A path of self-determination.
How We Got Started
The business began when I realized the difference between older and elder. My relationships and apprenticeships with elders followed. My ceremonies with elders opened the higher wisdom and spiritual gates. My purpose became clear - if elders were included, rather than excluded, in personal, business, and political conversations, the world would have greater peace, compassion, and outcomes for the common good.
The products and services we offer
Recommendations Received (90)
"Focusing on your value as an elder with like minded others is transformative."
"Marc brings a unique and very important perspective to his full engagement with the people who..."
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"Marc brings a unique and very important perspective to his full engagement with the people who are the ones that make the business viable. He's intelligent, has a long proven track record of success and insures that wisdom and competence are uniquely partnered in business."
Products & Services
OLDER TO ELDER
Elders possess higher wisdom. Higher wisdom is the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sen...
We offer a community program in the Northwest District. The program is "Older to Elder." The program is designed for professionals over 62, eithe...
We offer adult programs in the Northwest District as well throughout the U.S. and soon in other countries. Our programs are for those who have com...
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Recommendations Given (143)
"Betty Jo is value-driven, has great heart and wisdom, and does right by her staff and patients. "
"Because they do good work and are value-driven."
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Recovery, a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength is more fantasy than reality. Climate change, the polarization of our government, the incidence of greater chronic medical conditions, and certainly the Corona-19 virus has caused permanent change. So we are not focusing on...
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Recovery, a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength is more fantasy than reality. Climate change, the polarization of our government, the incidence of greater chronic medical conditions, and certainly the Corona-19 virus has caused permanent change. So we are not focusing on return to normal since there will be no previous normal. We are focusing on what we can do right now to make it work better for our clients to deal with irriversible change. We are dealing with the "what's so," not "what could be," or "what should be."
The greatest need that my clients have is being able to deal with uncertainty. Uncertainty about the economy, uncertainty about COVID, uncertainty about the geopolitical upheaval, uncertainty about their own mortality. So rather than only focusing on business, my work now includes opening...
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The greatest need that my clients have is being able to deal with uncertainty. Uncertainty about the economy, uncertainty about COVID, uncertainty about the geopolitical upheaval, uncertainty about their own mortality. So rather than only focusing on business, my work now includes opening clients' self-awareness of how they are responding in the face of this uncertainty and how they can operate more settled, more ably, more compassionately to themselves and others. So I am creating a better "space" for them to deal with uncertainty.
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The Paycheck Protection Program Loan is just that, a loan. Although the claim is if you use the loan for employee retention, the loan will be forgiven - who knows how rock-solid that statement is. As a one-person entity, outsourcing most of my business functions, a loan it will show up on my...
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The Paycheck Protection Program Loan is just that, a loan. Although the claim is if you use the loan for employee retention, the loan will be forgiven - who knows how rock-solid that statement is. As a one-person entity, outsourcing most of my business functions, a loan it will show up on my balance sheet as an outstanding debt. This means if I needed to secure capital, my EBITDA would not be as strong. Besides, the criteria for validating the truthfulness of the loan, the fickleness of the government, or worsening conditions, holding out seems for my situation the best strategy.
The deeper value for me using LinkedIn, besides networking, is anytime I have to present myself or my business, it pushes me to clarify my business proposition, my distinctive competence, my deliverables. It presses me to take a stand for who and what I say I am about. Then as responses occur, it...
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The deeper value for me using LinkedIn, besides networking, is anytime I have to present myself or my business, it pushes me to clarify my business proposition, my distinctive competence, my deliverables. It presses me to take a stand for who and what I say I am about. Then as responses occur, it shapes my language in expressing my business which sharpens my messaging.
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How I am generating new revenue is by separating a potential client's "needs" from their "wants." Needs have changed. Once the "need" is understood, then I see if I can innovate a solution that meets their "need." This new solution is my new revenue source.
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How I am generating new revenue is by separating a potential client's "needs" from their "wants." Needs have changed. Once the "need" is understood, then I see if I can innovate a solution that meets their "need." This new solution is my new revenue source.
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Innovation begins with the ability to see things differently than before. So to initiate innovation, what must change is me to allow alteration in my perceptions and interpretations.
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Innovation begins with the ability to see things differently than before. So to initiate innovation, what must change is me to allow alteration in my perceptions and interpretations.
Chaos, in the current Covid-19 context, is causing an unraveling with worked in the past. There are therefore new issues, concerns and dilemmas emerging caused by this unraveling for your market. Given the likelihood that these new issues, concerns and dilemmas will be around for a long time,...
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Chaos, in the current Covid-19 context, is causing an unraveling with worked in the past. There are therefore new issues, concerns and dilemmas emerging caused by this unraveling for your market. Given the likelihood that these new issues, concerns and dilemmas will be around for a long time, reshaping your resources and assets to address these are clearly the pathway to new revenue streams. So the answer is absolutely yes, the crisis opens the door widely to new revenue streams and reliable income.
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That's what lawyers are for.
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That's what lawyers are for.
I am not bringing employees back so we can repeat the past. It is a new world. What now is required is deep team cohesion and tremendous innovation to reinvent our enterprise to succeed in the post-Covid-19 future. So I am looking for collaborative partners willing to take risks to reinvent...
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I am not bringing employees back so we can repeat the past. It is a new world. What now is required is deep team cohesion and tremendous innovation to reinvent our enterprise to succeed in the post-Covid-19 future. So I am looking for collaborative partners willing to take risks to reinvent ourselves to be a new expression in the market. Therefore, I am only bringing back employees that meet these new objectives. With the right team, I as the owner am willing to take risks not just based on revenue and sales, but on a team that can work together to figure this out.
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