We are excited to announce our June Webinar dates! Check them out below, we hope to “see” you there. 🙂

How to Start a Cyber-Seniors Community Program Webinar

Wed, June 8, 2016 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/815720613

You can also dial in using your phone.
Canada : +1 (647) 497-9372

Access Code: 815-720-613

Youth Mentor Training Webinar

Tue, June 14, 2016 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/524070053

You can also dial in using your phone.
Canada : +1 (647) 497-9391

Access Code: 524-070-053

How to Start a Cyber-Seniors Community Program Webinar

Thu, June 23, 2016 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/907780805

You can also dial in using your phone.
Canada : +1 (647) 497-9379

Access Code: 907-780-805

Youth Mentor Training Webinar

Tue, June 28, 2016 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/597652677

You can also dial in using your phone.
Canada : +1 (647) 497-9379

Access Code: 597-652-677

Here’s a look at our top 5 social media posts for the week of May 16th to May 24th, 2016.

1) All this grandma wants to do, is be able to connect with her grandchildren 
      who have moved all around the world. She is introduced to the internet in 
      this heartwarming introduction to the internet.
      https://vimeo.com/114828751/540c1c5056

2) Help us eliminate ageism! Tell us what your ‪#‎generation‬ is really like.
      ‪#‎cyberseniors‬ ‪#‎cyberteens‬ http://ow.ly/TiXQ3004rjK

3) Retirees who play video games might start beating your top scores.
      Watch this grandma dominate in ‪#‎mindcraft‬ n minecraft inspired 
      cocktailshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWUnynBS-RA

4) This granny will kick your butt in a ‪#‎RapBattle‬. Watch her throw down
      about her ‪#‎OG‬ teeth.
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaO6kaYlHQY

5) A ‪#‎CyberSeniors‬ Graduation selfie w/ the BGCGW & LeVar A. Jones. 
      BIG thx to Mentor Up & AARP Foundation 4 making it happen!

Celebrate Older Adults Month this May with a FREE screening of Cyber-Seniors!

Celebrate all the special older adults in your life by enjoying a complimentary screening of the heart-warming documentary film, Cyber-Seniors. Follow the extraordinary journey of several seniors as they discover the magic of the world-wide-web, through the guidance of teen mentors. Maria Shriver, NBC News, called it “Charming, Poignant, Hilarious” and Village Voice said, “If there’s a film that will finally make you want to accept that friend request from your grandparents, this one is it.”

The film will be available to watch online from May 1st through May 7th and we hope you will spread the word to friends and family. In fact, it is a great idea for a family movie night or a special viewing party at home or a community center!

Everyone that registers and views the film will be entered intro a drawing to win a brand new tablet! You will also receive a certificate showing an hour of community service just by watching the film and learning about the power of mentoring. For additional hours, you can help an older adult with questions they may have about their computer, social media, or cell phone after you watch the film. Just let us know what you have done, and we’ll send you the certificate showing your community service volunteer hours with Cyber-Seniors.

To receive your FREE video link and password, register online or email us with your contact information:

1. REGISTER ONLINE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LivestreamRegistration

or

2. EMAIL THE FOLLOWING TO info@cyber-seniors.ca AND PUT ‘FREE SCREENING’ IN THE SUBJECT LINE:

First and Last Name:

Email Address:

Birthdate (MM/DD/YYYY):

City/State/Zip Code:

Cellphone Number:

School/University as applicable:

Are you planning a multi-person viewing party? Y/N

All college and high school students will be registered into the Mentor Up program supported by the AARP Foundation. Registration provides an opportunity to log community service hours online and become eligible for prizes and recognition opportunities. By providing your information, you may receive periodic messages from Cyber-Seniors or Mentor Up. All information collected will be used to deliver or improve the Cyber-Seniors program and is covered by the Cyber-Seniors Privacy Policy online at www.cyberseniors.ca

Older Americans Month is this May, how will you celebrate? Cyber-Seniors: Connecting Generations is inviting schools and youth across the U.S. to celebrate the older adults in their life by watching the Cyber-Seniors documentary film and spreading the word!

Great ways to celebrate include:

· Watch the Cyber-Seniors trailer and host a tech training lab in your school or community while collecting community service hours

· Screen the 52mins educational film documentary and collect community service hours

· Start a Cyber-Seniors program at your school with our helpful resources

In partnership with the AARP Foundation and Mentor Up, we are gifting those schools able to secure 50 attendees or more and host a screening during the month of May, with a FREE Screening DVD Package and public performance license (value of $325)!

If interested in learning more about the free screening opportunity or about how to get involved, please contact us at: info@cyberseniorsdocumentary.com or call 1-844-217-3057.

Many thanks!

· The CS Team

For Immediate Release:

March 22, 2016

Cyber-Seniors teams up with TELUS WISE to connect generations using technology

TORONTO– Cyber-Seniors: Connecting Generations is collaborating with TELUS WISE to bridge today’s digital divide by providing 30 schools, libraries and community organizations across Canada with educational screening packages of the documentary film Cyber-Seniors. Cyber-Seniors is a humorous and heart-warming documentary which chronicles the extraordinary journey of a group of colorful senior citizens and their equally engaging teenage mentors as they discover the world of the Internet.

Through this partnership, Cyber-Seniors and TELUS WISE will encourage Canadian youth and seniors to work together as they become more immersed in the world of technology and mobile connectedness. Each screening package includes a two-year public performance license, educational resources, community tech training labs, and tech-related prizes for new club sign-ups. In addition, each screening will be accompanied by TELUS WISE seminars, focused on Internet and smartphone safety.

Together, Cyber-Seniors and TELUS WISE aims to encourage a dialogue around digital literacy between different generations while helping break down barriers senior citizens face in adapting to new technology through youth mentoring opportunities. By calling on the younger generation to take action in their communities through volunteerism and service, we can help people 50 years of age and over who are just learning to navigate today’s technological advances online.

“Cyber-Seniors is honoured to partner with TELUS, a leading telecommunications company committed to keeping families safe online, to enable more Canadians the opportunity to watch the film and inspire young Canadians to get involved with a Cyber-Seniors club within their community,” said Tess Finlay, communications and program director for Cyber-Seniors. “This documentary is one way to engage Canadians of all ages in an important discussion about how we can reduce the isolation our seniors face and connect them with family, friends and the rest of the world through the Internet.”

“At TELUS, we know how powerful the Internet is as a tool to connect Canadians in meaningful ways. The Cyber-Seniors documentary illuminates the role young Canadians can play in welcoming older generations to our digital society,” said Shelly Smith, director, TELUS WISE. “Our partnership with Cyber-Seniors is a wonderful example of TELUS’ commitment to connecting Canadian youth with seniors to help create a safe and thoughtful online world.”

Go to www.cyberseniorsdocumentary.com to find out how you can get involved.

About Cyber-Seniors
The Cyber-Seniors program was started by two sisters, Kascha and Macaulee Cassaday, as a high school community service project and has since inspired a world-wide social impact campaign.

The Cyber-Seniors documentary film was produced by The Best Part Inc and directed by Saffron Cassaday. Praise for the film has been universal. “If there’s a film that will make you want to finally accept that friend request from your grandparents, this one is it,” said Katherine Vu in The Village Voice. The Christian Science Monitor’s Peter Rainer said, “Forget Facebook friends. The friendships forged in this movie, which come alive before our eyes, are the real deal.”
“CYBER-SENIORS” isn’t just a window on an unlikely alliance of polar generations but also a celebration of discovery,” said Doris Toumarkine of Film Journal International.

For more information on the Cyber-Seniors: Connecting Generations campaign, visit: www.cyberseniorsdocumentary.com

@cyberseniors

Facebook.com/CyberSeniorsDocumentary

-30-

Media Contacts

Tess Finlay, Cyber-Seniors
tess@cyber-seniors.ca
(416) 710-5075

Here’s a look at our top 5 social media posts for the week of February 29th to March 4th, 2015.

1) Gif of the Day: A classic response to sharing TMI on Facebook!
      #cyberseniorsow.ly/VYD3g #toomuchinformation

2) Part of the sandwich gen? Check out@cyberseniors doc tonight on 
  @cbcdocs at 6.@ParentsCanada so proud to partner with 
   these filmmakers.

3) Has this ever happened to YOU?? A cute and memorable moment 
     teaching our grandma how to text. ow.ly/VYDbH

4) Millenials Teach Seniors Tech through@mentorup! 
     ow.ly/YBX10#connectinggenerations #cyberseniors

5) A school/youth org looking 2 bring#CyberSeniors to your city? 
    Email us to find out how you could win a FREE screening!...

Here’s a look at our top 5 social media posts for the week of February 22nd to 26th, 2016.

1) CANADA! Cyber-Seniors Documentary will be airing THIS MONDAY  
     on @CBC at 6pm ES. Details here: ow.ly/YIxv7#documentary#film

2) Excited to be offering U.S. schools a FREE DVD screening pkg thanks 
     to our sponsors@mentorup @AARPCares Msg us for details!

3) Gif of the Day: A classic response to sharing TMI on Facebook!
    #cyberseniorsow.ly/VYD3g #toomuchinformation

4) RT @mentorup: Have you voted for our scholarship finalist? U could
    win a cash prize!.... scholarship.mentorup.org

5) Excited to be partnering w/ @BestBuy &@ConnectdotDC to make 
    Cyber-Senior training mobile this Spring/Summer in the U.S! 
    #volunteering

Here’s a look at our top 5 social media posts for the week of February 15th to 19th, 2016.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington to Host Cyber-Seniors Tech Training Event in Conjunction with Connect.DC and Best Buy on Saturday, January 16

See how teen mentors are helping older adults connect through technology

What: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Cyber-Seniors in conjunction with Connect.DC and Best Buy will come together at the Washington Senior Wellness Center and help teen volunteers help older adults learn how to use technology and access the Internet. Connect.DC will be contributing its Mobile Tech Lab for the event, equipped with WiFi and 10 computer stations set-up within the mobile vehicle. Media are invited to attend and observe tech training sessions and hear from local youth and senior participants, followed by a tour of the Mobile Tech Lab.

High res stills and broadcast quality video available from Cyber-Seniors film and program.

When:

Saturday, January 16th, 2016

10:00 a.m. – 1 hour intro to computers/tablets training

Video interview with participant and mentor discussing what issues they faced when younger and what support system were available? Video footage will be edited by the teens in an ongoing video learning project and shared with all participants/community.

11:00 a.m. – Lunch Break

12:00 p.m. -Tablet training and video interviews to continue

1:00 p.m. – End of event

Where:

Washington Senior Wellness Center & D.C. Mobile Tech Lab
3500 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20032

Who:

• Heidi Kotzian, Executive Director, Cyber-Seniors
• LeVar Jones, Teen Program Director, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington D.C.
• Michell Morton, Program Development Manager, Connect.DC Digital inclusion Initiative

Visual: Photos/footage of children from Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington FBR Branch @ the Senior Wellness Center and Mobile Tech Lab teaching older adults how to use computers. Video interviews of senior participants discussing what issues they faced when they were younger. Also in attendance will be community members, Cyber-Seniors, Best Buy, Connect.DC and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington representatives.

About Cyber-Seniors

Cyber-Seniors is leading efforts to connect youth mentors and older adults to expand technology skills and improve social networks. Building on the award-winning documentary “Cyber-Seniors” and the high school community service project that inspired it, Cyber-Seniors encourages intergenerational connections. Learn more at www.cyberseniorsdocumentary.com

About Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW) is one of the largest major metro affiliates of Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA). Celebrating 128 years of continuous service to children, teens and families, BGCGW serves nearly 12,000 youth annually at 14 sites throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Through a variety of educational, sports and recreation, health, arts, and character development programs, BGCGW creates a positive environment where children are encouraged to develop their ambitions and turn them into GREAT FUTURES. BGCGW helps boys and girls of all backgrounds; especially those who need us most. We help to build confidence, develop character, and acquire skills that prepare them for school and life as productive, civic-minded, responsible citizens. For more information, please call 202-540-2300 or visit our website at www.bgcgw.org.

About Connect.DC

Created by the Government of the District of Columbia’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), Connect.DC works to bridge the digital divide by making technology easier to use, more accessible, more affordable, and more relevant to the everyday lives of District residents and community institutions. Together with our partners, we are working to ensure District residents can take full advantage of everything technology has to offer.

MEDIA ALERT

Contact:
Michael Rupert, Connect.DC
michael.rupert@dc.gov  202-657-3831

LeVar Jones, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington
LJones@bgcgw.org  (202) 553-6421

Heidi Kotzian, Cyber-Seniors
heidi@cyber-seniors.ca 202-258-1961

####

Be sure to tune in Wednesday, October 28th at 1 p.m. EST as we host the fourth edition of our Best Practice Sharing Webinar series featuring a Cyber-Seniors partner as they share case studies, tips and lessons learned from their experience setting up and successfully implementing a community or national initiative. This month, Emily Curcuturto from Cedarvale Lodge Retirement Residence and Sonia Roul from Sienna Senior Living, will walk attendees through their experience implementing a Cyber-Seniors program in their community and share some best practices and tips..

You can read more about Sienna Senior Living, Emily and Sonia in the summary below:

Emily Curcuruto is a Lifestyle Consultant at Cedarvale Lodge Retirement Residence. Emily has been with Sienna Senior Living for five years. With her dedication to excellence in best practice, Emily is a peer mentor for the retirement division. Emily has a passion for innovation, creativity and enriching the lives of the older adults with whom she provides meaningful opportunities.  Emily recently co-presented on the Cyber Seniors Pilot Program at the 2015 Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO) Conference as well as Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO) Webinar in September.

Sonia Roul is a Recreation and Leisure consultant with Sienna Senior Living.  With thirteen years experience in long term care, Sonia recently joined Sienna supporting recreation and leisure innovation in sixteen care communities.  In 2014 Sonia and her team were excited to initiate the the the Cyber Seniors Program at Villa Leonardo Gambin Long Term Care Community.  At the 2015 Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO) Conference and September Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO) webinar, Sonia co-presented on the Cyber-Seniors Pilot Program experiences. As a Registered Recreation Therapist (R/TRO), Sonia is a proud Therapeutic Recreation professional.

About Sienna Senior Living

Sienna Senior Living (TSX: SIA) is one of Canada’s largest owners of seniors housing and the largest licensed long-term care provider in Ontario. Sienna’s 8,000 employees are dedicated to helping you live fully, every day in each of its four lines of business: retirement living, home care, third-party management services, and long-term care. Sienna owns and operates 35 long-term care homes and 10 retirement residences, representing a combined 6,798 beds/suites across Ontario and British Columbia. For more information, please visit www.siennaliving.ca

We hope you’ll join us on October 28th for what we’re sure will be an enjoyable and educational exchange of knowledge! You can find the Webinar login details here:

Partners Sharing Best Practices Webinar – Sienna Senior Living

Wed, Oct 28, 2015 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/978696885

We hope to see you then!

• The Cyber-Seniors Team