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Social Networking and Older Adults
Libraries, Older Adults & Web 2.0
Presented by
Allan M. Kleiman
October 20-24, 2008
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
What has Spawned is Something “New” and “Exciting” in Social Networking
This is not “My Space Gone Gray” Or, as the NYT Called it: “Facebook With
Wrinkles”
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
How Can You Get Seniors in Your Library Involved in Social Networking
Most of all—how can you share that information about what is happening with your colleagues and most importantly-- with the baby boomers and older adults that use your library (public and academic)
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Social Networking and Older Adults
Numbers are Confusing Pew Internet & American Life---- 22% of Seniors 65 and Older use the Internet Fastest Growing Segment of Internet Users
are those 85+
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Social Networking and Older Adults
Currently 35 Million Older Adults and by 2020 the Older Adults Population Will Double
Big Business in Developing & “Hooking” the Baby Boomers Now!
Sites that are Connected to Another Organization are Doing Well—Independent Sites are Not Doing So Well
Why? Let’s See?
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Social Networking and Older Adults
How did it all begin?
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Social Networking and Older Adults
www.seniornet.com Founded by Mary Furlong Development of Senior Training Sites around
the US—to be international Featured Last Week in the NYT “Social” Learning Site
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
www.thirdage.com Founded by Mary Furlong (“First” Social
Networking (Learning) Site (1997) Seniornet was Not-for-Profit—Thirdage is for
Profit or a Commerical Site Moves from “Learning” to Learning and
Socializing
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
What can you do on Thirdage.com? Same as Seniornet? But more?
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Eons People, Fun, Love, Money, Body, Lifepath, Obits,
Games, Travel Founded by Jeff Taylor (former CEO of
Monster.Com) launched in July 2006 Sequoia Capital and General Catalyst, who have
invested $32 million in Eons over two rounds, are said to have demanded the restructure.
Laid off 72 Employees
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Let the Competition Begin: More Friendly Versions of MySpace and
Facebook “Eons, Rezoom, Multiply, Maya’s Mom,
Boomj, and Boomertown. They look like Facebook — with wrinkles” NYT 9/12/07
“Old People are Sticky”
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
New Search Engine—It’s not crabby, it’s www.cranky.com
Outgrowth of Eons Taylor said in a written statement that the
company teamed up with online consumer research firm Compete to find the 5000 most popular Web sites among a group of 500,000 Web users aged 45 and older and rated each site in order to create Cranky.com
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
What’s New— www.eldr.com, launching June 2007, mission
is to help baby boomers and their aging parents deal with the challenges and opportunities of agin by providing the most useful thought-provoking and trusted information available anywhere,
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Redhatsociety.com 40,000 Chapters in US/Worldwide Red Hats, Purple Dress Fun, Silly, Uplifting, Inspirational "All my life, I've done for you. Now it's my
turn to do for me."
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Boomers! TV: Redefining Life After 50 Web 2.0 Technology Produced Online Shows that can also be
found through American Public Network (PBS on Demand)
Boomers! Transition Network
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
http://members.aol.com/gendervariant/prime/ Brings Sites Together for Gay & Gray
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Blogs Senior Bloggers were interviewed by AP and
said that the benefits for them of blogging were:
Senior blogs help older adults keep their minds sharp
Senior blogs keep the authors up on current events
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Senior blogs are a great way to meet people from throughout the world
It’s easy to share life experiences, wisdom and information through senior blogs
In some cases, senior blogs give the authors a bit of fame and recognition for their efforts
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Social Networking and Older Adults
3 Percent of online seniors in the U.S. have created a blog, and 17% have read someone else’s blog
22 percent of Americans aged 65 and older use the Internet. That’s 1 in 5!
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The Ageless Project http://jenett.org/ageless/
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
The Ageless Project The Ageless Project is a website that lists blogs or websites of people in order
of their birth year. There are a huge number of boomer blogs on the site and there are even 2 sites of people over 90. To qualify, the sites are screened to make sure that they are personal sites that have no commercial content. Below are the stats of the sites.
Born in the 1910s: 2 0.12%Born in the 1920s: 16 0.94%Born in the 1930s: 40 2.36%Born in the 1940s: 99 5.83%Born in the 1950s: 190 11.19%Born in the 1960s: 310 18.26%Born in the 1970s: 642 37.81%Born in the 1980s: 379 22.32%Born in the 1990s: 15 0.88%
Total Listings: 1698
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Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
So, now that we have all this information??? What should we do?— Cranky in Computer Class Training “Link” these Resources in your Library’s Web
Site “Teach” Your Students and Colleagues
About These “Social” sites
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Social Networking and Older Adults
“JOIN” the sites—test them Become a Participant Add Web 2.0 Technology to Your Web
Classes Provide Feedback, Both Positive and
Negative to the Sites Help Make Them Succeed!
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Social Networking and Older Adults
In Conclusion, It’s not MySpace Yet! But Who Knows what’s next
Social Networking, Search Engines and Blogging for Baby Boomers & Older Adults
Online Communities for Baby Boomers and Older Adults are Growing and are here to stay!, well maybe?
But…But before I leave I should tell you what are we doing at the Old Bridge Public Library-----here is what you can do!
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Questions?
Answers
Allan M. Kleiman, Missouri State Library, October 2008
Social Networking and Older Adults
Allan M. Kleiman
[email protected] Libraryolderadults.blogspot.com
732-738-5181