Margaret Manning

Brainstormer, Connector, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Global soul, Idea generator, Marketer, Parent, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Margaret Manning is an entrepreneur, author and speaker. She is passionate about building dynamic and engaged communities that improve lives and change perceptions. Margaret is the founder of Boomerly, a discovery and messaging service that helps baby boomers to build meaningful friendships with like-minded people. Boomerly was created to help solve the issue of loneliness among people over 50. You can find out more about Boomerly at http://www.boomerly.com. Margaret is also the founder of Sixty and Me, a global community of over 100,000 baby boomer women. Sixty and Me is dedicated to helping women over 60 create independent, healthy and financially secure lives. It empowers and motivates women to find their voice and value in a transitional time of life that offers so much new opportunity. You can find out more about Sixty and Me at http://sixtyandme.com. As a marketing professional with over 25 years experience, Margaret worked with Microsoft and Siemens to design creative marketing campaigns and effective communications strategies. In 2013, she organized TedXNewham – an event featuring an honest, real-life exploration of what it means to be resilient in today’s world.

I'm passionate about creating dynamic communities that help people to get more from life at any age. I also have a soft spot for cities on 7 hills, Indian textiles and my wonderful family.

As the baby boomer generation approaches retirement, a tidal wave of loneliness is coming. We need to break the stigma of loneliness and help people over 50 to build meaningful friendships, so that they can avoid social isolation, depression and unnecessary health issues in old age.

Aging and Technology, Community Management, Event Management, Marketing Communications, Older Entrepreneurship, Social Media Marketing, Woman Empowerment, writing

I've been a fan of Ted from the very beginning. In 2013, I organized TedXNewham, which featured an honest, real-life exploration of what it means to be resilient in today’s world. I am looking forward to meeting all of you at TedWomen 2015 and working with you help women everywhere to build momentum in their lives.

Writing song parodies Meeting wonderful people in unusual places Finding salted caramels in almost any country