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Episode 27: Executive Producer and Director Keith Famie Talks "The Embracing Of Aging"
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Brent Green Interviews Executive Producer, and Director Keith Famie about the Embracing of Aging. |
My guest today is Executive Producer and Director Keith Famie is a nine-time Emmy Award winning filmmaker and founder of Visionalist Entertainment Productions, which he established in 1997.
We discuss Keith's adventures, his documentaries and the embracing of aging.
We discuss Keith's adventures, his documentaries and the embracing of aging.
Episode 26: Boomers, Aging, and Long-Term Psychological and Social Wellbeing
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Brent Green Interviews Dr. Sara Honn Qualls, Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
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I recently conducted two workshops in Colorado Springs for the Chamber of Commerce and a unique day-long conference called the Business of Aging Summit. Colorado Springs community leaders are embracing the aging of the Boomer generation as an opportunity, and many living there are intent upon making this community one of the nation's best for retirement and aging.
Today my guest is Dr. Sara Honn Qualls, professor of psychology and aging studies, and Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
Today my guest is Dr. Sara Honn Qualls, professor of psychology and aging studies, and Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
Episode 25: Ira Bahr On Inspirato And Luxury Vacation Club
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Brent Green Interviews Ira Bahr, Chief Marketing Officer of Inspirato, a Luxury Vacation Club. |
This time I'm joined by the chief marketing officer for Inspirato, classified as a luxury vacation club, a new travel services organization that's grown very rapidly in less than 16 months of operation. Within about a year, Inspirato achieved a valuation of around $200 million.
Inspirato combines the advantages of luxury home rental with the personalized services and amenities of luxury vacation clubs or resort hotels. Inspirato membership provides access to a portfolio of multi-million dollar vacation homes that are controlled and operated through the company's long-term lease arrangements, along with personalized service and support.
When you check out the website, you'll see that the company has leased homes in some of the most compelling travel destinations in the world.
Episode 24: The Future of Boomers Part 1
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Brent Green Interviews Richard Adler, Leader of the Institute For the Future at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. |
Futurists think about the future, and through their well-considered deliberations emerge fascinating scenarios about how our lives may dramatically change. One organization looking at the Boomer future is the Institute for the Future (IFTF).
Several years ago the IFTF identified seven "big stories" that form the basis of Boomer decision making and can help us anticipate future choices and lifestyles.
The seven stories include:
· Extending capacity to live longer and work more vitally into later years (e.g. anti-aging and age mitigation);
· Resequencing traditional life stages (e.g. becoming a first-time father at 58);
· Enlarging self-help in health, housing, and finance (e.g. consumer-driven healthcare);
· Bringing communal lifestyles into contemporary and future contexts (e.g. cohousing communities);
· Creating new kinds of institutions to address aging (e.g. Silverprint Colorado, a statewide initiative to create a strategic plan for aging in Colorado);
· Forming new strategies to generate wealth (e.g. a plethora of new online sites marketing to Boomers, such as VibrantNation.com); and,
· Using global networks to address future problems and opportunities (e.g. medical tourism).
We are joined today by Richard Adler, the architect and leader of this important research study.
Episode 23: Matt Thornhill, Founder of The Boomer Project, Talks About His Books Boomer Consumer and Age Ready.
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Brent Green Interviews Matt Thornhill on today's Boomer |
In today's episode of Generation Reinvention, with host Brent Green, we examine critical and action-oriented insights into today's Boomer Consumer. Our conversation also explores the actions that organizations need to take to become fully age ready as Boomers are turning 60 at the rate of 10,000 per day.
Episode 22: Dee Wallace, Her Journey, Her Career, Her New Book Bright Light
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Brent Green Interviews Actress and Author, Dee Wallace about her life journey, career and new book. |
Dee Wallace has more than 130 films and scores of television roles to her credit. Her films range from some of the scariest to the funniest ever made, including Cujo, The Howling, Ten, The Frighteners, Critters, and, of course, ET. She has starred in four television series and more than 400 TV commercials and is one of Hollywood's most sought-after TV guest stars.
She is also an adored inspirational speaker, spiritual teacher and healer.
In this program, we're going to learn more about her journey, her career, her new book Bright Light: Spiritual Lessons from a Life in Acting, and some of the lessons she can share with a generation now coming to terms with inevitabilities of aging, loss and renewal.
Episode 21: Frank Lampe, Pioneer of LOHAS - Creating Conscious Consumers
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Brent Green Interviews Frank Lampe one of the founders of LOHAS: Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. |
Frank Lampe is a pioneer of the consumer segment christened LOHAS, an acronym that stands for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability.
LOHAS consumers are also called conscious consumers and drive the healthy living / sustainability marketplace.
They shop for energy efficient electronics; green household products; organic and natural care personal products; organic and natural foods; hybrid automobiles; green building products; socially responsible investments; and alternative healthcare services.
They make consumer choices based on their deeply held values.
Episode 20: Kathy Dragon, Sharing Her Two Decades of Experience in the Adventure and Experiential Travel Industry
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Brent Green Interviews Kathy Dragon on the future of travel, and it's intrinsical connection to the Boomer generation. |
The future of travel is intrinsically connected to the Boomer generation. This is not to suggest that Boomers are the only cohort of value to the travel industry, but they will significantly shape travel products of the future. This is because of their relative wealth, their long-standing propensities to travel, increasing time in retirement, and their fundamental later-life yearning to learn about the wider world.
Although both Boomer men and women will be heading out on the highway or hopping the pond to Europe and points unknown, Boomer women constitute the most significant opportunity segment of this generation for the travel industry.
My guest this time is Kathy Dragon, who has more than two decades of experience in the Adventure and Experiential Travel industry including designing, marketing, selling, guiding and operating small group tours worldwide for active adults.
Episode 19: David Cravit, Executive Vice President of Canada's ZoomerMedia Ltd
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Brent Green Interviews David Cravit Executive Vice President of Zoomermedia. |
In Canada, adults 40+ are 14.5 million strong, representing 54 percent of all Canadians 12 years and older. They earn 51 percent of household income and control 60 to 80 percent of all consumer spending.
Some entrepreneurial Canadians are looking at aging Boomers with an eye toward opportunity. One of that nation's media leaders has adopted a coined work called Zoomers. That means Boomers with Zip. This fundamental branding idea has become the rallying cry and reason for existence for a multimedia organization called ZoomerMedia, Ltd.
Rather than seeing an aging country as a problem, executives at ZoomerMedia perceive the opportunities of aging as they've worked to create a media empire. Holdings include:
- the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, known by the acronym of CARP;
- Zoomer magazine, a recently rebranded publication known formerly as CARP magazine;
- Zoomer online portal 50Plus.com.
- Canada's two classical music radio stations; and AM740, a 50,000 watt channel called The Best of the Best--Zoomer Radio.
- During 2010, ZoomerMedia Ltd also acquired a cable TV network called Vision TV, presenting a fully integrated media package.
My guest for this program is David Cravit, Executive Vice President of ZoomerMedia Ltd.
Episode 18: Laurie Orlov, Founder of Aging in Place Technology Watch on Boomer Choices and Technology
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Brent Green Interviews Laurie Orlov About Boomers and Technology. |
Laurie Orlov is the Founder of Aging in Place Technology Watch, a market research firm that provides thought leadership, analysis, and guidance about technologies and related services that enable Boomers and seniors to remain longer in their home of choice.
According to Laurie, "The marketplace for technology to assist aging adults is expected to grow sharply from $2 billion today to more than $20 billion by 2020. The aging of the 78 million baby boomers and increased awareness of technology solutions will drive sales."
