Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"

Boomers.com
Leanne Italie
PressConnects.com
Apr. 23, 2008

Overview: "Eons is one of at least two dozen social networks aimed squarely at Baby Boomers, the population bubble born between 1946 and 1964 that has defied traditional perceptions of aging and retirement. Many boomers jumped into the Internet mashup to keep track of their kids on Facebook or MySpace, then moved on to their own networks in search of more common ground."

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080423/LIFESTYLE/804230303

Boomers have clout as voters, consumers in growing movement to live green
The Canadian Press
Apr. 22, 2008

Overview: "For some, the stereotypical climate change crusader may still be a youthful, shaggy-haired activist chained to a tree. But a new trend is emerging - while Generation Y is still the greenest demographic, the baby boomers are hopping on the environmental bandwagon in droves. And due to their enormous clout as consumers and voters, their support could provide the tipping point in forcing everyone else to go green too."

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iB14ClcQJlozsJSYZjSrkEpbHKgQ

Boomers and Millennials; Solving Generational Conflict in the Workplace
Lauren Stiller Rikleen
RTO Online
Apr. 21, 2008

Overview: "Increasingly, Baby Boomers are expressing a frustration that signals growing generational conflict in the workplace. The complaints have a decidedly early 1960s ring to them, sounding like Paul Lynde, the beleaguered father in 'Bye Bye Birdie' whose song became a generational anthem, asking, 'What's the Matter with Kids Today'?"

http://www.rtoonline.com/Content/Article/Apr08/SolvingGenerationalConflict041808.asp