MAACCE June 15, 2026
Session 1: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Navigating Barriers to Adult Learner Success
Presenter: Yolanda Waldon
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This interactive workshop provides an opportunity to explore the barriers, obstacles, and challenges adult learners face on their educational and career pathways. Participants will engage in guided discussion and hands-on activities to deepen their understanding of adult learner experiences and identify practical strategies to better support persistence, access, and success.
Session 2: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
What Still Matters: How to Design Purposeful Living and Meaningful Work in a World That Won’t Slow Down
Presenter: Jim Martenson
Presenter: Yolanda Waldon
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In a world defined by constant acceleration and relentless change, What Still Matters invites educators and adult learning professionals to step back, refocus, and move forward with intention. This pre-conference explores a powerful truth revealed again and again throughout history: while circumstances can and will change, our capacity to choose meaning, courage, and purpose doesn’t. Together, we will create shifts and mindsets that uncover our deeper purpose, reconnect with why our work matters, and learn techniques that empower us to move confidently through this world.