Join us for this eye-opening web course that looks beyond the financial aspects of retirement planning and provides a holistic model accounting for the many cultural, social and personal factors one faces along the way. In previous communication models, many organizations approached retirement as a primarily financial transition. But in today’s increasingly complex social environment, current and future retirees face many more decisions and obstacles than their predecessors. This unique course will examine the personal meaning of retirement as well as transitioning, aging, time management and life satisfaction as these areas become increasingly relevant to pre-retirement and retirement preparation.

A must for all retirement professionals and especially for employers and plan sponsors, this web course will present suggestions to help:

• Evolve toward a holistic model of retirement planning
• Appreciate the role of preparing employees for a real-life retirement
• Strengthen employees succession planning by helping workers plan more effectively for retirement

Your presenter for this session is Diane C. Savage, CFP^®, CRC^®, who is founder and President of Goodlife, consults with both individuals and organizations interested in planning for the "new" retirement. Her knowledge and expertise in programs focusing on the psychological/social issues of retirement; financial goal setting; retirement/pre-retirement planning; financial decision-making skills; financial issues for eldercare; money decisions for women; utilizing company benefit plans; and owning your role in retirement security are nationally recognized. She also has coordinated a Successful Aging grant from The Cleveland Foundation as well as working as a Senior Retirement Consultant and national resource for financial and retirement education at Watson Wyatt.

She holds a Master's in Student Development in Higher Education from Case Western Reserve University and a B.A. in Secondary Education, English and Business from Ursuline College (Cleveland, OH).