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2014 AARP ANNUAL REPORT 15
USING TECH TO CONNECT
WITH EVERYTHING
Ray Howard, a retired government executive
from Smyrna, Georgia, had used computers
for work but rarely outside the job. Joined
by his sister, Lucy Dillard, he learned during
an AARP technology workshop near Atlanta
how to use his smartphone to monitor the
news, organize appointments and gather
family pictures.
“I’d be lost without it,” he told the AARP
Bulletin.
More than 15,000 people participated
in workshops presented by AARP TEK
(Technology Education and Knowledge)
in 2014. Some of the sessions were held in
Spanish, Chinese and Tagalog (for Filipino
Americans).
AARP REALPAD™
HELPS TECH-SHY
Although tablets are among the most
popular electronic devices, more than 35
million Americans find them confusing.
AARP seized a unique opportunity to show
tech-shy people how to connect with family
and friends by developing the RealPad.
Huffington Post dubbed it “technology for
the forgotten.”
The first retail product made available
directly from AARP, RealPad was designed to
meet users’ most-wanted needs: Free unlim-
ited live help, more than 20 tutorial videos,
user-friendly graphics and lots of preloaded
apps are available for just $189.
Lucy Howard and Ray Dillard, with instructor
Bret Benson (far left).
VIDEO (near left): Watch AARP members
learn how to use technology, and see
the launch of the RealPad during AARP’s
Ideas@50+ event in San Diego, California.
Photo by Audra Melton