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The New Tool for Older Driver Safety: Brain Training Games. AAA Foundation CEO ExplainsThe New Tool for Older Driver Safety: Brain Training Games. AAA Foundation CEO ExplainsAuthor: Alvaro FernandezCopyright (c) 2009 SharpBrainsThe AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety just started recommending a new "brain training" driver safety program called DriveSharp, developed by Posit Science. DriveSharp is a computerized cognitive assessment and training tool based on Karlene Ball's research on older adults' cognitive fitness and driving.Commenting on this news, Peter Kissinger, CEO of the AAA Foundation, recently said that "Part of making our nation's roads safer is helping mature drivers who wish to stay active - a quickly growing population - maintain or improve their driving safety. |
Write Effective Fundraising Letters By Being Conversational (Includes Examples & SamplesWrite Effective Fundraising Letters By Being Conversational (Includes Examples & SamplesAuthor: Alan SharpeI am doing what you do, sitting at my computer, trying to get my thoughts out of my head and into a written form that will help you make a decision. In this particular case, I am trying to write a few intelligent remarks about sounding conversational on paper. You know, how to write a fundraising letter that sounds like it came from the mind of a person and not an institution. I suppose the first thing I can tell you is that you should write the way you talk, unless, of course, you talk in halting sentences punctuated with "ya knows" and "like, you know what I mean?" And if you usually write fundraising letters that are signed by someone else, your executive director, for example, then you need to write the way that person speaks. |