Should Programs for Seniors Be Mostly Teaching or Social?

As a group leader (and a trainer for other group leaders) for the Virtual Senior Center, Dorot and GetSetUp, there’s often a question about how to plan online sessions for older adults. Is is better to focus on teaching a skill (like how to do something specific on your cell phone) or is it enough… Continue reading Should Programs for Seniors Be Mostly Teaching or Social?

How Your Later Years Can Be Your Best Years

On Nov. 10 and Nov. 17 I had the pleasure of presenting How Your Later Years Can Be Your Best Years for the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (virtually, of course). I am especially grateful for my guest speakers, Betsy Abramson, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging, and renowned anti-ageism activist and author… Continue reading How Your Later Years Can Be Your Best Years

Join Me at GetSetup as a Guide

GetSetup, the company where I now work as a Customer Success Manager, is planning to greatly expand its class roster which require many more teachers, which we call ‘Guides.’ We provide online education for older adults; all classes are taught by older adults. Many of our instructors are current or past teachers, but that is… Continue reading Join Me at GetSetup as a Guide

What I’m Doing to Celebrate 65

This Friday, November 1st, I will be officially reach the milestone at which society calls me a ‘senior.’ Here’s how I’m spending the next 10 days (my live presentations will be at the Marlene Meyerson JCC on the Upper West Side of Manhattan): Mon, Oct. 28 – teaching a class for SeniorTechNYC on Using Your… Continue reading What I’m Doing to Celebrate 65

One-to-One Technology Coaching Program

My new employer, DOROT, is beginning a new program to match older persons seeking technology assistance at home one-on-one with volunteers. Below are a few specifics: Initial pilot will focus on basic smartphone functionality: voice calls, texting and email Volunteers must be able to visit two older persons for up to 4 one hour sessions… Continue reading One-to-One Technology Coaching Program

Aging Mastery Program – What It Offers to Seniors

For those of us who have a different vision of retirement than living with illness and waiting for the end of life, the National Council on Aging has created the Aging Mastery Program (AMP), a series of 10 core classes which “provide participants with an overview of the challenges encountered while navigating life in old… Continue reading Aging Mastery Program – What It Offers to Seniors

How to Design Technology Training for Seniors

As a follow up to my post, Tips in Helping Seniors with Technology, here are some additional ideas on how to effectively train older persons, whether it’s one on one or within a class: The more you understand about the senior, the easier it will be to plan your training.  First consider their age; seniors… Continue reading How to Design Technology Training for Seniors

Get Free Tech Help This Summer

Think you’re ‘too old’ to jump on the Internet / online bandwagon?  Think again.  At Senior Planet, an initiative of Older Adults Technology Services, you can get computer training in Manhattan, upstate New York, Maryland or at multiple satellite locations around NYC. Membership in Senior Planet is free to anyone 60 or over and provides… Continue reading Get Free Tech Help This Summer