Fireside Chat with AARP’s Ryan Elsa

Featuring:

Ryan Elza, Social Entrepreneur in Residence at AARP

AARP Foundation is the charitable affiliate of AARP. It is a separate 501c3 non-profit organization who focuses on low key adults. They do this by faicilitating two main pillars:

• Building economic opportunity
• Facilitating social connectedness

Social isolation is a public health issue, even more so now with a global pandemic. AARP foundation would like to leverage new technology to help fight isolation and create scalable solutions. Luckily, there journey began long before the global pandemic, 3 years ago.

Smart speakers and voice first technology is now more accessible in lower income elderly facilities to keep people more connected than before. To find out more information you can check out connect2effect.org .