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    #AARPSocial Seeks Summer Intern

    AARP’s membership is aged 50+, but we work on issues that matter to all families.

    Be warned: You will not hone your coffee-making skills at AARP (but maybe coffee drinking ones.) You’ll be part of a social media team that is entrepreneurial, creative and quirky. We appreciate nerdiness, memes and we inhale media like we’re drinking it out of a fire hose.

    Applicants must have the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively, exercise initiative, maintain a positive attitude, and be available to work a minimum of 20 hours a week with our awesome social media team at our office in Chinatown/Penn Quarter. Intern candidates must also meet the following requirements:

    • Actively attending an accredited college/university. 
    • Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
    • Provide a recommendation letter from a professor.

    SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN

    Skills You’ll Need:

    • Proficiency in WordPress
    • Comfortable with public speaking
    • Strong editing and writing skills
    • Managing multiple, varying tasks
    • Basic understanding of SEO
    • Deadline driven
    • Organized
    • Monitoring blogs, news outlets, etc.
    • Active and responsible social media profiles
    • Strong understanding of social media platforms and their strategic use

    Because you’ll be:

    • Combing blogs, news outlets, think tanks and research groups for story ideas
    • Monitoring social media platforms for content 
    • Answering questions about and troubleshooting WordPress functionality
    • Aiding in analytics reporting
    • Aiding in social marketing campaigns
    • Aiding in the social, paid and earned promotion of AARP Media content
    • Writing posts and engaging with Facebook fans and Twitter followers

    If you think you can hang, email Alejandra Owens asowens@aarp.org with a resume and tell us why you want to join the team! 

     
    2. May 6th, 2013    

  2. When you consider we’re called trailer trash, it’s a joke,” says Louise. “I have very wealthy people here. They think it’s the coolest thing there is.” Lunches at the clubhouse are priced at $5 so that those who would never ask for help can bring home leftovers, those who are better off can put a little extra in the jar. One resident likens the diverse incomes and classes in the park to the old canard about nudist camps—everybody’s naked so you can’t see the differences. “In here we’re all equal. Some can hardly afford food. It’s all over the playing field. There’s no tension because some of the trailers are run-down. Who cares? It’s their home.
    — from Pacific Coast Mag’s long, fascinating piece on the state of trailer parks & senior housing in America. 
     
    3. Apr 29th, 2013    

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    There’s no airbrushing of wrinkles, no concealing of age spots, no well-intentioned soft focus to knock a few years off. This has been their most successful campaign to date.
    —  BBC America, “The Fashion World’s Silver Stylistas” 
     
    4. Apr 26th, 2013    

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    reblogged: jayparkinsonmd

    jayparkinsonmd:

    My grandparents were married for over 60 years. They navigated life together through the outrageously amazing and downright horrible times. Paige and I are starting the early phase of creating a documentary about life and relationships that endure for decades and decades. We’re looking to talk with parents and grandparents who have been together for years and years and have found satisfaction and happiness. If you know someone like this in the NYC area, please email me at jayparkinson+documentary@gmail.com.

     
    5. Apr 15th, 2013    

  5. I actually think an adult audience is kind of rising up - the fact that we’re not making every movie for teenagers is kind of a cool thing — especially since I’m not a teenager anymore.
    — 

    Quentin Tarantino, 50 years old today, on movies. Watch the full interview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L9KtHLUyXs

    http://blog.aarp.org/2013/02/25/oscar-night-was-great-for-grownups/

     
    6. Mar 27th, 2013    

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    Oh, let’s just have Ronald Reagan explain it:  Reagan understood that Social Security is a separately funded program unrelated to problems in the rest of the budget, and he clearly stated that: “Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.”

    Oh, let’s just have Ronald Reagan explain it: 

    Reagan understood that Social Security is a separately funded program unrelated to problems in the rest of the budget, and he clearly stated that: “Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.”

     
    7. Dec 20th, 2012    

  7. A little something we got for @ESPN’s @MikeandMike’s #Golic this morning….#Happy50th

    A little something we got for @ESPN’s @MikeandMike’s #Golic this morning….#Happy50th

     
    8. Dec 12th, 2012     golichappy50th

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    Join AARP Team Social: Hiring Manager of Social Strategy

    The election is so last week. We’ve moved on to the fiscal cliff and preparing for the next Congressional session. AARP’s looking for a smart, savvy social/digital media strategist to help us make sure that Social Security and Medicare are strong for today’s retirees and generations to come.

    So, if you just finished winning [insert candidate]’s race, pull yourself off your celebratory beach vacation and apply to join one of the best social teams inside the Beltway.

    Must be able to:

    - Wow us with a strategic social media campaign that you directed that achieved your goals. 

    - Build online campaigns that drive offline action.

    - Our team specializes in going rogue. We’re looking for someone that shares our entrepreneurial spirit to try new things, break molds and generally #GSD.

    - Map social influencers and develop strategic social campaigns to reach key audiences.

    - Manage vendor relationships. 

    Bonus points if:

    - Your geeky tendencies involve data, anayltics, and coding.

    - You herd cats well. We’ve got a lot of people to teach, collaborate and coordinate with and persuade. Your experience dealing with crazy campaign volunteers will help.

    - You want to be based in the DC metro area.

    - You have experience in communications or advocacy, particularly working in the White House, on The Hill or in a high profile public relations position.

    - Experience being an on the record spokesperson.

    - proficient in Convio and/or database integration

    You can get a sense of our team here on our Facebook album.

    Sound up your alley? Shoot me a note and your resume at tgordon@aarp.org. 

    - Tammy Gordon, Director of AARP Social Communications & Strategy


     
    9. Nov 9th, 2012    

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    Sketch to Final, by Craig Cutler

    page-review:

    AARP Media’s Photo Editor, Caitlin Peters, and Art Director, Lesley Q. Palmer, had the pleasure of working with Craig Cutler for a feature running in the October/November 2012 issue. The article is about the changes you can expect in your 50s, 60s and 70s in regards to your skin, senses,…

     
    10. Oct 5th, 2012    

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    You have to make up for your inability to guess the right idea early by guessing lots. As you grow older you get pickier.
    —  Evan Williams, Twitter founder, when asked if his age and experience is an advantage. 
     
    11. Oct 3rd, 2012     boomerstwitterageentrepreneursinnovation