Nancy Merz Nordstrom

Nancy Merz Nordstrom, M. Ed., is the author of Learning Later, Living Greater: The Secret for Making the Most of Your After-50 Years, cowritten with her son, novelist Jon F. Merz.

Merz Nordstrom also directs the Elderhostel Institute Network for Elderhostel, North America's largest educational travel organization for older adults. She offers counseling to new start-up programs, provides resources and facilitates communication among more than 380 Lifelong Learning programs across the US and Canada, and develops links between these programs and similar programs in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. She has also worked closely with developers establishing lifelong learning programs in Japan.

Nancy blogs and writes columns for several online sites that focus on adults over the age of 50. These sites include www.seniornet.org - www.babyboomerknowledgecenter.com - www.boomerauthority.ning.com - She maintains pages on Facebook and Twitter and has also set up a web site at www.learninglater.com that provides information for the general public.

She is also the developer on an online course called "Make the Most of Your After 50 Years," which can be found on the Daily Om web site at http://www.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/courses/courseoverview.cgi?cid=207&aff=

Merz Nordstrom has been interviewed by the media about the learning in retirement movement. Articles have appeared in many newspapers and periodicals, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Boston Globe and the Washington Post. She also appeared on the CNN Financial News Network show "Your Money."

Prior to working with Elderhostel, Nancy spent many years in office administration in both the private and non-profit sectors. After the unexpected death of her first husband, she returned to school at age 51 to earn an M.Ed. in Adult Education.

As a mid-life student she became aware of the opportunities and challenges facing older adults, and has dedicated herself to the belief that lifelong learning is both empowering and life-affirming, regardless of age. “I know first-hand,” she says, “that a stimulating learning environment can make a profound difference in the lives of mature adults.” Imparting the message about the value of lifelong learning for older adults has become Nancy’s passion and her life’s goal.

Books

• Learning Later, Living Greater, Sentient Publications, 2006, ISBN 1-59181-047-7

External links

• - Elderhostel Institute Network
• Learning Later, Living Greater

www.seniornet.org

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