My Favorite Links
50 Plus Digital - www.50plusdigital.com
50+Digital is a multimedia publishing company dedicated to serving the needs of the Baby Boomer generation as it enters a time of lifestage transition. The company develops, launches, and operates advertising-supported media properties for interactive, broadcast and print media. 50+Digital also provides consulting services to other media organizations focused on the Boomer market.
Autodidactic Press - www.autodidactic.com
This site feels that self-education is the essence of genuine learning.
Boomer Life - www.blifetv.com
This web site is the companion to the PBS weekly television series “Boomer Life” due to premier across the country later in 2008. The “Boomer Life” television series is being produced for Boomers, their families and anyone who wants to learn about the generation who led, inspired and changed the world. I will be a contributor on the subject of lifelong learning for older adults to both the television series and the web site.
Boomer Magazine - www.boomerthemagazine.com
A magazine catering exclusively to the most exciting and diverse generation of our time - YOU, the boomers! This magazine is different because you are...well...different! You paved the way for thinking outside the box, had the courage to ask the question, "why?," and continue to be the driving force in our society today! Learning Later, Living Greater will be contributing articles on a regular basis.
Boomeropia.com - www.boomeropia.com
The very latest in the best travel spots, types of travel, tips, and other useful information for Boomers looking to travel far and wide.
Classical Pursuits - www.classicalpursuits.com
Classical Pursuits offers a variety of learning vacations for adults from all over North America to share their ideas about great works of literature, art, and music in a relaxed and informal setting.
Close-Up Foundation - www.closeup.org
Offers older Americans an opportunity to visit Washington, D.C. for an insider’s view of the government at work.
Computer School for Seniors - www.cs4seniors.com
Their mission is to empower seniors by providing encouragement, learning opportunities and new worlds to explore with a computer via the Internet. “Learning Later, Living Greater,” has joined their faculty with a lifelong learning campus.
EGenerations - www.egenerations.com
At EGenerations you “Connect. Learn. Explore.” This site is built around the natural language we use everyday. I am a monthly columnist on this site as well as the moderator of the LearnTalk forum.
Elderhostel, Inc. - www.elderhostel.org
A not-for-profit organization, Elderhostel is the nation’s first and the world’s largest educational travel organization for older adults. Since 1975 they have been offering exceptional learning opportunities at remarkable values.
Elderhostel Institute Network (EIN) - www.elderhostel.org/ein/intro.asp
North America’s largest and most respected educational network for older adults. EIN is a resource and communications network for Lifelong Learning Institutes (LLIs) across North America. Listed on this web site are the locations and all the contact information for the more than 370 LLIs that belong to the Network.
ElderTreks - www.eldertreks.com
The world's first adventure travel company designed exclusively for people 50 and over.
Eons - www.eons.com
Eons, is all about celebrating life on the flipside of 50™. It’s a place to start thinking about the unprecedented opportunity to travel and explore, to re-invent our careers, to nurture relationships, to give back to the community... to live life to the fullest.
Fearless Fifties - www.fearlessfifties.com
It’s not about age. It’s about attitude! A community of women who are putting Life into midLife and finding support, encouragement and inspiration with other women just like you. Nancy Merz Nordstrom will be interviewed on this radio show on November 9, 2008
Grand Edventures - www.grandedventures.com
Providing outstanding educational travel programs filled with stimulating classes, sightseeing and entertainment. And the best part? Everything is included!
Great Books Foundation - www.greatbooks.org
Dedicated to helping people learn how to think and share ideas, Great Books educates them to become participants in, leaders of, and advocates for shared inquiry.
Growing Bolder - www.growingbolder.com
The Growing Bolder worldwide headquarters in Orlando, Florida is where they spend the day brainstorming ways to help tell your story. They are storytellers - a team of good friends and Emmy Award-winning TV and radio people who got frustrated by the refusal of mainstream media to even acknowledge that the 50+ demographic is the real power in today's economy and society. They tell the stories of those who are leading by example.
Joan Fitting Scott - www.joanfittingscott.com
Joan is an award-winning, multi-published freelance writer who has written the very helpful book, “Skinning the Cat: A Baby Boomer’s Guide to the New Retiree Lifestyles.” Joan’s book looks at how we’ll spend our time in retirement, whether it’s continuing full-time work, starting a business, working part time, volunteering or traveling.
OASIS - www.oasis.net
A national nonprofit educational organization for older adults.
One Day University - www.onedayuniversity.com
One Day University has gathered the country's brightest professors from the world's finest universities to create the most stimulating day of college available anywhere on earth. Their class lineup lets you to partake in the latest thinking in world affairs, science, politics, history, art, literature, and more.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes National Resource Center - www.usm.main.edu/olli/national/index.jsp
The National Resource Center for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes plays a lead role in disseminating information on effective educational programming for older learners.
Retirement Revised - www.retirementrevised.com
RetirementRevised.com is the companion website of Retire Smart, a column written by Mark Miller that appears in more than 30 newspapers each week. For millions of Baby Boomers, retirement is an opportunity for reinvention, rather than taking it easy. Mark is helping write the playbook for the new career and personal pursuits of a generation.
SelfGrowth.com - www.selfgrowth.com
SelfGrowth is the most complete guide to information about Self Improvement, Personal Growth, and Self Help on the Internet. It is designed to be an organize directory, with articles and references to thousands of other Web Sites on the World Wide Web. “Learning Later, Living Greater,” will maintain a web page on this site.
Senior Summer School, Inc. - www.seniorsummerschool.com
This program is designed for independent, active and healthy seniors. Programs range from 2 to 6 weeks during the summer.
Senior Theatre - www.seniortheatre.com
Companies range from amateur to professional and are sponsored by educational institutions, retirement communities, senior centers and community theater groups.
The Shepherd's Centers of America (SCA) - www.shepherdcenters.org
A network of community learning and volunteer organizations that serve the needs of older adults.
Smithsonian Journeys - www.smithsonianjourneys.org
Not exclusively designed for just older adults, but rather for adults of all ages, we are including them here because of the high quality of their programs.
Southwest Blend - www.southwestblend.com
A Southwest magazine covering Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Mexico, featuring travel, music, food, events, history, fashion, news and more. Nancy Merz Nordstrom will be interviewed on their “Champagne Sundays” radio show on September 14, 2008.
Study Circles - www.studycircles.org
A simple yet powerful method for learning using the skills, knowledge and experience of its members.
Success Television - www.successtelevision.com
Success Television is “a media company focused on bringing you, the viewer, stories and videos, to help you navigate toward your best life.” I am a regular blogger on this site and one of the “experts” they use to answer questions and help people who have or are about to retire.
The Great Lecture Library - www.greatlecturelibrary.com
Is comprised of lectures and sermons that have taken place at the Chautauqua Institution, renown as a center for Education, the Arts, Religion and Recreation. They offer a comprehensive on-line library of over 1,200 lectures and sermons in 45 major categories of interest.
The Senior Citizens Guide - www.seniorcitizensguide.com
Designed to help older adults and those with aging parents or spouses find housing, health, financial, travel, entertainment, consumer services, and other senior-related resources within specific regions or cities in the United States.
