Social Media, Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship 101 For Seniors
By the year 2011, it was estimated that there were approximately 1.9 billion people online. In a 2012 Microsoft/AARP study, they found that 50% of our seniors are now playing an active roll on-line. As the Internet continues to grow in popularity, seniors are depending upon it more and more to conduct everyday life, which also includes the sharing of private and at times very sensitive information about themselves with others on-line knowingly, and at times, unknowingly. Many seniors who are now on-line use the Internet for communication, entertainment, information gathering, business, socializing, and commerce. It is a reality however, that the Internet (just like the real world) has also created a virtual environment where thieves, vandals, conartists, and sexual predators will hunt their prey. Unfortunately, many seniors who are using Social Media and the Internet are not taking the appropriate safety precautions to help mitigate the risks from those who might want to victimize them for a crime. Our Social Media, Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship 101 Seminar will provide specific information that will help to keep our seniors safer, while they are interacting in the cyber world. Topics discussed in this seminar include:
What is the Internet
Internet Stats and fact
What are seniors doing on-line
Hardware/Software monitoring/protection issues
What are Chat Rooms, Instant Messaging, and SMS/MMS texting and how to stay safe while using them
Cell phone/ Smart Phone and Web Cam safety
Privacy Concerns
The good and bad of Social Networks such as "Facebook"
How to secure your Social Network
Safe Blogging
Safe Commerce
What is Malware and how to protect yourself from it
The dangers of Screen Names and Profiles
Who is the Internet predator
The Predators "grooming" process and the "lures" they use in Chat Rooms and Social Networks to prey upon seniors
How the Internet predator uses "Social Engineering" to build rapport to steal information
Actual Social Engineering examples
On-line dating safety
This seminar is designed to educate even the most computer illiterate senior. Knowledge and the understanding and application of that knowledge is power. This seminar will provide the knowledge and information that seniors need to know about the Internet, when participating in the cyber world.
Darren Speaking To CTV On An Internet Safety and Security Issue
Shaw TV Segment On Our Internet And Social Media Safety Program
Having written over 100 articles on Internet and Social Media safety and security, Darren is an internationally recognized expert, published award winning author and highly sought after speaker who specializes in the area of Personal Safety both on-line and off-line. No other company or program can bring the "real world" experience and perspective that we can to this issue given our professional background. Find our Bio here
Program Was Recognized By The BC Information & Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, In A 2011 Keynote Address To The Privacy and Cloud-Based Educational Techn Our ology Conference Where She Stated:
" I read a wonderful story in the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper last month about a Victoria Police Staff Sergeant named Darren Laur who poses as a teen on Facebook in order to educate students about privacy and security. Laur, who is 46, maintained a fake profile for over a year on Facebook using purchased pictures and information gleaned from the Facebook accounts of real teens. When he made a presentation at Cedar Community Secondary in Nanaimo last month, he had already friended 30 students at that school who had no idea that their "friend" as actually him. He had done such a convincing job with the profile that one of the real teens even asked the fake teen out on a date. When Laur revealed during the presentation that he was their friend, students were shocked and pledged to pay more attention to their privacy online."
Seminar Length: 1.5 hours
Seminar Cost: Greater Victoria $350.00 (rate includes HST). Outside Greater Victoria please call for quote.
Class Size: Unlimited
Prices listed reflect programs delivered in the Greater Victoria area. For those who are interested in our programs outside of Greater Victoria, please contact us directly for a quote
