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

Social Media to Help with Illness, Caregiving and Disabilities

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

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