My Favorite Links
"The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action." - Herbert Spencer
50 Plus Digital - 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.
Australia Online - A web site dedicated to learning online.
Australia Online - Another web site dedicated to online learning.
Autodidactic Press - This site feels that self-education is the essence of genuine learning.
Baby Boomer Knowledge Center (BBKC) - The information destination for the Baby Boomer generation - resourceful - wistful - impactful - engaging.
Boomer Authority - Providing Baby Boomers with timely advice when they need it most.
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 - 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 - Offers older Americans an opportunity to visit Washington, D.C. for an insider’s view of the government at work.
Computer School for Seniors - 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.
Computer Savvy Seniors - Follow the online learning blogs of computer savvy seniors on this web site.
EGenerations - At EGenerations you “Connect. Learn. Explore.” This site is built around the natural language we use everyday.
Elderhostel, Inc. - 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) - 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 400 LLIs that belong to the Network.
ElderTreks - The world's first adventure travel company designed exclusively for people 50 and over.
Eons - 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 - 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.
Great Books Foundation - 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 - 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.
Harrow U3A - This site contains a substantial list of several hundred links to web sites in the UK and abroad in no fewer than 28 countries.
International Association of Universities of the Third Age - An international organization of Universities of the Third Age that support programs around the world, do research on later-life learning, and hold conferences.
Joan Fitting Scott - 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 - A national nonprofit educational organization for older adults with lifelong learning programs all across the country.
One Day University - 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 - The National Resource Center for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes plays a lead role in disseminating information on effective educational programming for older learners. You will also find a listing of Osher programs all across the country here.
Retirement Revised - 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.
Senior Summer School, Inc. - This program is designed for independent, active and healthy seniors. Programs range from 2 to 6 weeks during the summer.
Senior Theatre - Companies range from amateur to professional and are sponsored by educational institutions, retirement communities, senior centers and community theater groups.
Smithsonian Journeys - 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 - 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 was interviewed on their “Champagne Sundays” radio show on September 14, 2008.
Success Television - Success Television is “a media company focused on bringing you, the viewer, stories and videos, to help you navigate toward your best life.”
The Great Lecture Library - 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 - 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.
The Shepherd's Centers of America (SCA) - A network of community learning and volunteer organizations that serve the needs of older adults all across the country.
Third Age Trust - National network for U3A groups around the United Kingdom.
World U3A - An international web site that shows the global impact of lifelong learning.
