GENERATIONS ON LINE
Simplifying the Internet for Seniors
Mission
Aimed at the large population of older Americans who cannot afford or choose not to enroll in computer training or Internet training, Generations on Line provides specially programmed self-training software to senior centers, libraries, retirement homes and other locations where older people congregate as well as for individuals and their families at home. These are free to elders. There is no cost to the centers that serve them. We are entirely grant supported. Generations on Line software uses age-friendly plain language in large fonts to give step-by-step instructions on every screen to guide seniors through understanding and using all the basic internet tools for computers and mobile devices, teaching email, texting, searching, video chats, safety, and non-text applications, such as getting apps, taking photos, and watching YouTube. Tablet Training Tutorial is available to families for use with older friends and relatives through iTunes App Store and Google Play and Amazon. All free. A turnkey, staff friendly instituional program is also available at no cost to places where seniors live and congregate through a GoL Sip & Swipe Cafe® During the 2020-2021 Pandemic, GoL created an additional series of tools to help digitally compromised elders find and enroll in vaccinations centers, use telemedicine, and find oart-time jobs online. Serving more than 190,000 seniors across the United States and Canada, the app (Easy Tablet Help for Seniors) is also popular in most English speaking countries.
Ruling year
2000
Founder & CEO
Ms. Tobey Gordon Dichter M.ed.
Main address
1017 Clinton St
Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
EIN
31-1672565
NTEE code
Human Services - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. (P99)
Adult, Continuing Education (B60)
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Generations on Line
Generations on Line, the nonprofit Internet access and literacy program for older Americans, is now in more than 2000 senior care institutions in all 50 states. We surpassed 250,000 individuals in 2022. The program,launched nationally in September 2000 with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Norman Mineta, won the MindAlerts Award from the American Society on Aging and MetLife Foundation in 2002 for outstanding innovation in older adult learning. in 2006, the Founder was named a Purpose Prize Fellow. In 2015, she was named one fo the 50 Most Influential leaders in Aging in America and one of six over 60 leaders in Pennsylvania. The founder was selected by the Benton Foundation in 2022 as the National DIgital Equity Champion, in recognition of the work and reach. Generations on Line is free to seniors; and free to the centers who serve them. We are entirely grant supported.
Generations on Line "Sip&Swipe Cafe"®
A warm and wonderful way to entice even the ost reluctant technophobic older adults on to the Internet...tablet training and a cup of coffee, now appearing in senior centers nationwide and heading to other venues. In 2023, GoL deepened its reach into the most underserved populations, such as the housing insecure and low income LGBTQ elderly.
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GENERATIONS ON LINE
Board of directorsas of 07/25/2023
Ms. Tobey Dichter
Generations on Line Unpaid CEO
Term: 1999 - 2024
Michael Marcus
Principal, Consultants for Community Resources Program Director, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, founder of Aging Asset Management program
H.E. Broadbent
Retired CIO Free Library of Philadelphia
Sean Wechter
Chief Information Officer, QLik Cyber Security; Previously VP Comcast
Bruce Melgary
Executive Director, The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation and The Allerton Foundation Senior Fellow for Drexel University Cultural Partnerships
Brian Duke
Former PA Sec Aging; Systems DIrector Senior Services, Main Line Health
E.A. Casey, MPAff Casey
Advisor, Social Connectedness - AARP Foundation Pronouns: they/them/their
Janett Aponte
Mayor's Commission on Aging Outreach Specialist. The Commission leads the development of policy and strategies to support health, safety, and security for Philadelphians ages 55 and older.
John Beilenson
President, Strategic Communications & Planning, consultants to not-for-profit organizations, particularly in the field of aging, Editorial director of Infoaging.org for American Federation for Aging Research, author/editor of 16 books related to aging.
Humphrey Chen
Senior Vice President Corporate Development, Independence Banc; former Vice President Verizon; previous VP Microsoft
Rennie Cohen
Consultant, AgingPositively llc. Former Executive Director of Center in the Park (29 years), former Vice-President of the National Council on Aging’s (NCOA) National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC), founding President of the Pennsylvania Association of Senior Centers, and former President of the
John Gonzales
Project Director, Senior Community Service Employment Program, and Immediate Past Interim Director, Mayor's Commission on Aging, within the Health and Human Services Cabinet.
Kathryn Jedrziewski
Deputy Director, Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania Deputy Director for Administration, Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Jeremy Kramer
Converged Products and Platforms, Comcast Corporation
Julie Nelson
Manager, Philadelphia Senior Center Avenue of the Arts, third oldest and third largest senior center in the U.S.
Quyhn Mai-Nguyen
Freelance designer; Adjunct Professor at Temple University’s Tyler Campus; Co-founder and Creative Director of Jay Social Web Design firm
Wanda Rodriguez-Mercado
Project Coordinator National Association for Hispanic Elderly
Grahame Richards
Retired Associate Executive Director Planning and Development Philadelphia Corporation for Aging
Karen Washington
Assistant Director of Community Engagement - Philadelphia Corporation for Aging
Catherine Wilt
Senior Program Officer at PALCI (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.) representing major college, university and research libraries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, and New York.
Anne Wrixon
Executive Director Independent Adoption Center Former President and CEO, SeniorNet
Tobey Dichter
Founder & Unpaid CEO
Diane Menio
Outgoing Executive Director CARIE (Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of Elders (CARIE) An adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s University Gerontology program and at the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
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