1. Getting smarter with the NRCNA
Website relaunch
December 5th, 2018

2. overview NRCNA 101: Our Mandate, Journey and Structure
Let’s Look at the NRCNA Website
New Resources and Tools
What’s Next for 2019

3. Our mandate and
our journey

4. Your nrcna team
Elise Hernandez
Sammi Heffron
Sharron Corle
Uche Akobundu
The National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging (NRCNA) is hosted by Meals on Wheels America as part of a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living.

5. NRCNA Goal and purpose Primary goal of the NRCNA is:
Equip the network with timely, relevant, high quality education and training opportunities for nutrition and aging professionals across the Network.
Our Purpose is to:
Strengthen the capacity of the aging services network to provide nutrition services for both current and future older adult populations;
Integrate the aging network into the home- and community-based service system, and
Provide training and technical assistance to the aging network regarding nutrition services.

6. NRCNA Objectives
Create and effectively disseminate applicable resources for use by the experienced and inexperienced Aging Network nutrition professional;
Conduct targeted outreach and marketing to State Units on Aging, Area Agencies on Aging, and Nutrition Program providers – based on their training and technical assistance needs, and
Assist in the solving of technical assistance problems and enable peer learning for States’ Units on Aging, Area Agencies on Aging and Nutrition Program providers.

7. Key drivers for senior nutrition programs
Areas of focus for the NRCNA regarding our programming:
Nutrition and Aging
Trends
Food service and operations
Innovation
Practice- and evidence-informed strategies
Smart business
Business acumen
Sustainability
Social entrepreneurship

8. Our NRCNA Journey
Since 2011, the NRCNA has supported the national aging and nutrition network through access to research, promising practices, and training.

9. New look, same great content
The vision for this updated website to provide users with a clean and simplified experience.
The vision for the site was to move towards providing users with a clean and simplified experience, devoid of superfluous visuals and text. As users digest information in small bites on a growing number of devices, the newly redesigned NRCNA website would tailor content to users who are increasingly on the move. Online resource centers and other content-intensive websites need to strike a balance between providing robust content without overwhelming users. The updated NRCNA site addressed this challenge by increasing whitespace, simplifying the navigation, featuring more graphics and more prominently highlighting the site search functionality.

10. Goals for the 2018 redesign: 3 E’s
Educate
Content aligned with user need
Focus on training
Engage
Increase opportunities for interaction
Content rating / Feedback
Empower
Improve search functionality
Curated resources for key user groups

11. Getting started
New curated resources for key user groups

12. Showcase key areas of interest

13. Highlight Contemporary topics

14. New user guide

15. Let’s go take a look at the nRCNA Site

16. New tools and resources

17. Sdoh Card Fact or FICTION GAME

18. Issue briefs

19. Widgets: Training and Events

20. widgets: Resources and Tools

21. Public policy: Federal Nutrition Programs

22. Public policy: OAA and USdA Programs

23. engage Increased opportunities for interaction
Getting help while you search is easier than ever.
Click on this hovering button to submit a question!
Content rating / Feedback
Now you can let us know what you think of the resources on the site.
Please rate how helpful each resource is to you.

24. engage
We like to hear from you!

25. Let’s go take a look at the nRCNA Site

26. New in 2019: tools, resources, and content
Issue Briefs
E-Learning Modules
News You Can Use Blog
Webinars
Emergency Preparedness
Business Acumen – Supplemental Benefits
Aging Care Basics

27. Save the Date: August 26, 2019
Dallas, TX

28. Follow us on twitter
@NRCNA_enAging

29. Thank you!