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Wayne Adams

Speaker—Author
Humorist

Wayne Adams regales and inspires audiences with presentations on the joys and challenges of aging. He is founder of The Coprolites®, an organization that encourages older people to defy the stereotypes and ignore the supposed limitations of their years.

Although "Coprolites" sounds like it might be an ethnic or religious group, that's not where the name comes from. Coprolite is a sort of mineral. You can buy it in many rock shops. Coprolite is fossilized old poop.

As Adams is fond of pointing out, fossilized old poops deserve much more credit than they get for the way the world is today. (Or is it much less blame? He forgets which.) An excellent reason for using Coprolite as a symbol is that the Coprolite specimens sold in rock shops were deposited millions of years ago by dinosaurs. As it happens, young people often link their elders to dinosaurs for some reason.

Adams's message is aimed primarily at people in—or verging on—"seniorhood," although he also advises younger audiences on how to understand and appreciate their older family members. The approach is always light and humorous.

After a career in marketing communications with a large corporation, Wayne Adams wrote a newspaper column, co-founded a business-writing firm (WordMagic Communications) and became a vocal spokesperson as well as something of a poster child for all the Coprolites of the world.

Topics Wayne Adams speaks on include:

The Coprolite People: A tongue-in-cheek look at the triumphs and troubles of this noble group. Popular culture often makes fun of them, marketers ignore them, employers discriminate against them, and politicians suspect they’re out to bankrupt society with their medical expenses. Yet there are ways that Coprolites can fight back, reclaim their rightful respect, and have fun in the process.

Cruising Through Retirement: Retirement is a lot like a cruise. That must be why the hallways in senior apartment buildings have railings to hold onto just as cruise ship passageways do. On a cruise, the people who spend their time lolling in their deck chairs may end up complaining about how boring it all was. The people who attend the shows, take the classes, play the games, and go on the shore excursions end up raving about how much fun they had. It’s an attitude thing, and retirement works the same way.

The Good Old Days: Remember the era of comedy, drama, and music before radio turned to endless talk and TV discovered “reality show” conniving? Remember when offices relied on Comptometer operators and factories built things with craftsmen instead of robots? When ice and milk were delivered to your house? Nostalgic memories of the lifestyle, machines, and innocence of days gone by.

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