Michael chats with travel writer Mary Peachin about her new self-published books. The shark book is the Sharks: The Sleek and the Savage. The fishing book is Sport Fishing in the Caribbean, both released in the fall of 2011.

Michael chats with Kimberley Player about ways for tourism resort developers to design and build sustainable projects in developing countries using ethical methods.

The tenth show, The Business of… Reaching Boomer Women, we have guest Stephen Reily, founder and CEO of VibrantNation.com the leading online community for Baby Boomer women. It is the place online where women connect and support each other on issues unique to life after 50.
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The tenth show, The Business of… Reaching Boomer Women, we have guest Stephen Reily, founder and CEO of VibrantNation.com the leading online community for Baby Boomer women. It is the place online where women connect and support each other on issues unique to life after 50.
Stephen Reily is an author, speaker and expert on Boomer women. He writes for MediaPost and brand channel, and has contributed to Brandweek. He is the co-author – with Carol Orsborn – of Vibrant Nation: What Boomer Women 50+ Know, Think, Do & Buy; we talk about the book later in the show.
He consults with companies like Brown-Forman, Campbell Soup and General Motors on the power of the 50+ women as a consumer and has spoken at the Consumer Electronics Show, the National Retail Federation, Marketing to Women – also known as M2W, and the American Society of Aging. Stephen launched VibrantNation.com after researching the lack of media focused on women over the age of 50.

The future of travel is intrinsically connected to the Boomer generation. This is not to suggest that Boomers are the only segment of value to the travel industry, but Boomers will significantly shape travel products of the future. This is because of their relative wealth, their more »]]> Tweet

The future of travel is intrinsically connected to the Boomer generation. This is not to suggest that Boomers are the only segment of value to the travel industry, but Boomers 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 a fundamental later-life yearning to learn about the wider world.

Although both Boomer men and women will be heading out on the highways or hopping the pond to Europe and points unknown, Boomer women constitute the most significant opportunity segment of this generation for the travel industry. This program explores why and how.

My guest 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.

She started leading bike tours in 1987, and she’s since trained hundreds of guides and tour operators on the nuances of understanding the North American “Prime Time” Traveler (50-70 yr old) whose impact is substantial and whose needs and interests are unique within the global travel community. From Patagonia to Provence, Kilimanjaro to Komodo, Kathy has been there and personally escorted over 3000 guests (primarily Boomers) on life-changing adventures.

Kathy has helped large organizations including Whole Foods Market and Eons.com understand and incorporate travel into their offerings. She frequently consults and speaks to organizations interested in reaching the Boomer and beyond consumer and understanding how they interact with travel, social media and healthy living. She has been a consultant to Vermont Country Cyclers, Country Walkers and Whole Journeys.

Visit Kathy Dragon’s Website

http://www.thedragonspath.com/

http://traveldragon.com/

http://activewomen.com/

The ninth show, The Business of… Navigating Midlife Transitions, we have guest Barbara Waxman, an executive and life coach, who has been called “America’s favorite coach for midlife and better”, and founder of The Odyssey Group. She excels at executive coaching for people in the C more »]]> Tweet

The ninth show, The Business of… Navigating Midlife Transitions, we have guest Barbara Waxman, an executive and life coach, who has been called “America’s favorite coach for midlife and better”, and founder of The Odyssey Group. She excels at executive coaching for people in the C suite, and for helping these highly motivated people find the balance between their work and life.  Barbara has a Masters in both public administration and gerontology – and is an expert in adult development and aging.  She is certified by the International Coach Federation and the Hudson Institute, and is a member of the Global Institute for Leadership Development’s coaching faculty.  She has appeared in AARP the magazine, Fortune, Newsday and US News and World Report and on CNBC.com, eharmony.com, SmartMoney.com  and Leeza Gibbons’ Hollywood Confidential.  Barbara leads workshops and is sought after speaker on topics that range from navigating life transitions, authentic leadership, life in the sandwich generation and living with passion and purpose.  She is the editor of How to Love Your Retirement, a collection of advice from real people about how to transition and thrive in retirement.

Denise Genova, owner of Beauty on Robertson, Beverly Hills, of LA’s top hair extension artist fame shares secrets of celebs, their hair, extensions and tricks you can do for longer luscious Hollywood Hair!

This week we speak with Henry Mahncke, CEO of Posit Science, the leader in clinically proven brain fitness software. Their software is scientific brain training designed to improve memory and cognitive skills.

Toastmasters International is an organization that focuses on developing public speaking and leadership skills through practice and feedback in local clubs since 1924. I have been a member for almost 20 years. I remember one early morning when Ed first appeared at a more »]]> Tweet

Toastmasters International is an organization that focuses on developing public speaking and leadership skills through practice and feedback in local clubs since 1924. I have been a member for almost 20 years. I remember one early morning when Ed first appeared at a Cherry Creek Toastmaster’s meeting in Denver.

I could see right away that Ed was friendly and had a great sense of humor. He was also quite gregarious; yet, he expressed a lack of confidence about public speaking – which is the case for many who start this journey. His earliest speeches before the club included some stumbling and uncertainty.

Nevertheless, his sales experience had given him a solid foundation in public communications. Within months his lack of speaking confidence became a historical footnote. And within a couple of years, Ed Tate won the coveted Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking, finishing ahead of 175,000 members from 70 countries. To date, he has spoken professionally in 46 states, 12 countries and on five continents.

Ed’s success in business has spanned more than two decades. For 14 years, he was a national account executive selling over $500 million in products and services to corporations and entrepreneurs throughout the United States. He co-created two business units that produced over $1.25 billion in revenue.

Since 1998, Ed has been principal of Ed Tate & Associates, LLC, a professional development firm that provides keynote and endnote presentations and workshops, as well as in-person and do-it-yourself tools and expertise on Leadership, Executive Presentation Skills, The Challenges of Change, Management, and Sales Presentation Skills.

WEBSITE

http://www.edtate.com/

An insight into the secrets behind master colorist Rick Wellman’s whose clients include Brooke Shields, Mariska Hargitay, Lindsay Lohan, Dayanara Torres, Petra Nemcova, inventor of Biolights technique, voted best Hilites in New York

For this week’s show, The Business of…Learning in Later Life, we spoke with Susan Hoffman, director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of California – Berkeley. We discuss the programs available to continue learning throughout life, and the proliferation of OLLIs (lifelong learning centers).