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Life on the “Web”: Using the Internet to Enhance Your Retirement Lifestyle Steve Gurney, Founder and Publisher Guide to Retirement Living SourceBook
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Presentation given Good Life Conference presented by the Elder Service Provider Council in Frederick, Maryland.
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Life on the “Web”: Using the Internet to Enhance Your Retirement Lifestyle
Steve Gurney, Founder and PublisherGuide to Retirement Living SourceBook
Life on the “Phone”: Using the Telephone to Enhance Your Retirement Lifestyle
Steve Gurney, Founder and PublisherGuide to Retirement Living SourceBook
Connecting to your
“Purpose”
1. Sent a personal email (89%)2. Viewed or printed a map online (69%)3. Checked weather online (60%)4. Paid/viewed bills online (51%)5. Viewed/posted photos online (50%)6. Read news (49%)7. Checked personal health care information
(47%)8. Planned leisure trip online (39%)9. Searched for recipes/meal plan (38%)10. Read business/finance news (38%)
The top ten activities that seniors perform online are:
The top websites that these seniors visit are:
• Google• Windows media player• Facebook• YouTube• Amazon• Yahoo! • Bing Web• Google Maps
Digital Immigrant
or a
Digital Native?
• Computer User Groups• Adult Children &
Grandchildren• Neighbors• Community Centers• Church and Civic Groups• High Schools• Local Senior Living
Centers
Don’t Walk the Road
Alone
Tips to Become
Safer Online
• Create strong passwords.• Don’t expose personal
information. • Don’t fall for e-mail scams. • Know who you’re doing
business with. • Use software to avoid malware. • Create safe e-mail aliases and
usernames. • Avoid quizzes & surveys.
Jump in the Pool!
• Every word matters. • Search is always case insensitive. • Generally, punctuation is ignored• Keep it simple. • Think how the page you are looking
for will be written. • Choose descriptive words.
• Exact Word or Phrase search (“”)
(“frederick keys“) • Search within a specific website (site:)
(frederick, md site:washingtonpost.com)• Terms you want to exclude ( -)
(jaguar -cars –football) • Fill in the blanks (*)
(Obama voted * on the * bill)• The OR operator (San
Francisco Giants 2004 OR 2005)
Social Media Can Be Like a Holiday Letter That You Can Update 24/7!
It’s Been an Interesting Year . . .
Get Social?
• Keep up to date with kids and grandkids
• Connect with colleagues and your career
• Share photos and memories
• Solve problems get advice• Record your life history• Connect with a celebrity or
authority directly
Connecting with overseas friends Checking on mom
Having fun with the grandkids!
Consumer Reviews:Reinventing the way we shop, cook, travel, etc.
Consumer Reviews
Endless Possibilities to Connect to your Purpose!
• Careers - www.encore.org• Genealogy• Online Learning• How to . . . (do anything)• Sports and Hobbies• Games• Much more!
Steve GurneyGuide to Retirement Living
SourceBook
1-800-394-9990 ext. [email protected]
www.retirement-living.comwww.everyoneisaging.com
