With keynote speaker, Marianne
Oehser, author of “Your Happiness Portfolio for Retirement:
It’s Not About the Money.”

Friday, November 1

This fourth annual event features speakers and networking sessions
offering useful strategies on retirement’s social, financial, and practical
implications.

 (Sarasota-Manatee)
Retirement. What a concept! And what a challenge. Even those who have prepared
financially might not be psychologically ready. Who are you when you’re not
working? What do you do with all that free time? What do you want to do
with the rest your life? Boomers across America are facing these questions.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College (OLLI at Ringling
College) will address these concerns with the fourth annualBoomer
Conference, Friday, November 1, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., on
the Ringing College Museum Campus, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. The
event features speakers and networking sessions offering useful strategies on
retirement’s social, financial, and practical implications. Keynote speaker Marianne
Oehser, a certified retirement coach and author of “Your Happiness Portfolio
for Retirement: It’s Not About the Money,” will challenge audiences to rethink their
retirement expectations. The fee is $39.95, which includes lunch, with a $5
certificate toward OLLI membership for each registrant. To register and for
more information, call 941-309-5111, or visit www.OlliatRinglingCollege.org.

The conference is a day of learning,
enlightenment, and making connections. Keynote speaker Marianne Oehser will
challenge audiences to successfully navigate through the big transitions. “Most
of us go through three and sometimes four stages in our post-career lives,” she
says, adding that without a road map, the way can be rough. “I support people
as they move through those often turbulent transitions,” she says.

Other
presenters and panelists include Robert Fulton, whose presentation
“What’s Next,” will touch on letting go and refocusing; Judith Levine,
whose presentation, “Retirement: Adolescence 2.0,” will examine the pitfalls
and pluses of finding a new identity; and Sandra Moulin, whose
presentation, “Stage Fright,” explores confronting the unknown.

Janna Overstreet, OLLI at Ringling’s director, describes the conference
as a “retirement toolbox.” She notes that its speakers and networking sessions
offer a host of practical strategies and insights for people who are just
entering retirement or already retired. “Our sense of self-worth is often
career-centered. How do we find new purpose after retirement? How do we transition
with grace? It’s good to know you’re not alone. Our experts will examine those
questions and offer support and direction.”

About
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College

Osher Lifelong
Learning Institute at Ringling College, or OLLI at Ringling College (formerly
Ringling College Lifelong Learning Academy), is part of Ringling College’s
Continuing Studies department, and offers noncredit educational opportunities
for adults to pursue new interests, expand intellectual horizons and enrich
their lives. Courses cover a wide range of stimulating topics and are taught by
scholars, retired faculty members, and professional practitioners in an
engaging, collaborative manner. Visit www.olliatringlingcollege.org.

About
Ringling College of Art and Design

Since 1931,
Ringling College of Art and Design has cultivated the creative spirit in
students from around the globe. The private, not-for-profit fully accredited
college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 11 disciplines and the
Bachelor of Arts in two. The College’s rigorous curriculum employs the studio
model of teaching and immediately engages students through a comprehensive,
first-year program that is both specific to the major of study and focused on
the liberal arts. The Ringling College teaching model ultimately shapes
students into highly employable and globally aware artists and designers.
www.ringling.edu.

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