WE'RE GROWING!
In the past 6 years, RENEW has served over 11,600 people. Participants rate RENEW programs as highly relevant and
effective catalysts for
positive change.
The Company We Keep
Here's a selection--
National professional organizations:
- American College of Physicians
- American Medical Women's Association
- California Medical Association
- Independent Sector
- National Association of Occupational Health Professionals
Community based organizations:
- Center for Excellence in Nonprofits
- Northern California Cancer Center
- Northern California Council of Activity Directors
- Town & Country Resources
- Women's Forum West
Hospitals and health care organizations:
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
- California Medical Association Foundation
- California Pacific Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic - Florida
- Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital - Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation
- The Permanente Medical Group
- Providence Health & Services
Universities and medical schools:
- Stanford University
- UC San Francisco
- Dominican University
- Hastings School of Law
- Samuel Merritt College - School of Nursing
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About RENEW
RENEW has found an answer to the yearning that many feel for effectiveness, a sense of calm and a positive
direction. Regardless of age, most of us want to have meaning in our lives. We therefore search for purpose
and, along the way, we would like some joy, too. RENEW's goal is to integrate an understanding of "renewing"
and the ability to renew, into all learning experiences. Indeed, part of life-long learning is learning how to
renew - how to maintain creativity, energy, and optimism and how to live personal values.
RENEW's founding president, Linda Hawes Clever, MD, MACP, internist and occupational health
specialist, has a national reputation for activism and for professional and community service. Galvanized by
the growing exhaustion she saw among fellow health professionals and inspired by the work of John W. Gardner,
founder of Common Cause and former Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, Dr. Clever and colleagues
formally launched RENEW in 2000. A project of the Institute for Health & Healing at California Pacific Medical
Center, our not-for-profit organization is supported by program fees, grants and
individual
gifts.
RENEW participants search, define, discover, analyze, even write about their personal values. We discuss
successful ways to live these values while managing complex responsibilities and priorities. As we affirm
values, we can tap into deep sources of energy, motivation, and talent. RENEWing is for people willing to
wonder and quest, people willing to think and explore. The result? Lives, relationships, communities,
companies and organizations with increased tensile strength and resilience. Our lively key-note
presentations, workshops and consultations, collegial Conversation
Groups©, and the Convener Development Program appeal across the career spectrum. We work with health
professionals, attorneys, teachers, volunteers, leaders and followers whether in the not-for-profit, public,
or private sectors. We work with the full spectrum of age and experience, from students to people who are
changing jobs or careers to people who are leaving jobs or careers.
In addition, we offer a special program, RENEWal for Leaders, that addresses
renewing, the essential yet often neglected element necessary to sustain individual and organizational
effectiveness.
We also explore dimensions of change such as opportunity, risk, and decision making, along with the option to
choose our own attitudes. Tough transitions, losses, resilience, rituals, and data-based suggestions for
health maintenance also provide subject matter. Learning how to say, "No" and how to gather or re-gather
allies, mentors, and other healthy relationships are high on the agenda as well. Self-awareness and
self-advocacy, of course, are key.
With our active Board of Directors and Panel of Advisors, RENEW continues to build a
strong funding base, design new curricula, and refine evaluation systems. RENEW seeks to thrive, to inspire
others, and to stimulate positive change. We intend to advance the field of renewal and to disseminate our
findings.
RENEW is in the forefront of a new movement to sustain the sustainers - the individuals upon whom society
depends. We invite you to join us on the adventure.
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