Speaking/Dan Buettner

 


Dan on Good Morning America

Dan Buettner on ABC's Good Morning America (2008)

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New York Times best-selling author, Dan Buettner, has delivered the secrets to living longer to over 250 audiences nationwide. Using National Geographic photography, he tells the stories of four of the world's longest-lived cultures and offers nine habits for people to get up to 10 extra good years out of life.

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Bio

  • National Magazine Award finalist: The Secrets of Living Longer
  • Appearances on CNN, Late Night with David Letterman, ABC's Good Morning America, Martha Stewart, Primetime Live, and the NBC Today Show
  • Featured in an hour long Oprah Winfrey Show
  • Emmy Award-winning documentary producer
  • Three Guinness World Records for cycling six continents
  • Writer for Outside, LIFE, and National Geographic magazines
  • Profiled in People, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, and USA Today

Clients include

  • Pepsico
  • AARP
  • Allianz
  • Target Stores
  • Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
  • Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Inc.
  • SNAP! Gathering
  • Independent Long Term Care Conference

Speech Topics

Blue Zones: Secrets of a Long Life

World renowned explorer and National Geographic writer, Dan Buettner, and his team of researchers have traveled across the globe to discover Blue Zones -- hotspots of human health and vitality.

Along the way he's met people teeming with vigor at age 100 and beyond. These healthiest, longest-lived people have shared their secrets with Dan and he’s passing on those secrets. Dan and his team of top demographers, scientists and physicians have studied the elders’ diet, lifestyle and culture to create a cross-cultural blueprint for living longer that they will share with you. “We know there’s a recipe for longevity and that 75 percent is related to lifestyle,” he says. “And we’re figuring it out.”

His presentation incorporates National Geographic images that will take audiences into the world’s four Blue Zones, tell stories and instruct how to get more life from your years and more years from your life. The presentation ends with a simple formula that shares how you could add up to eight good years to your life.

Unlocking the Secrets of Happiness

Science shows that where we live--not education, marital status or wealth-- is the biggest, controllable factor that determines our happiness.  So where should we live?  a tropical island?  Paris?   Las Vegas?   It's not where you think.

Working with Gallup, The World Values Survey and the World Data Base on Happiness, Dan and his team found the three pockets around the world where people report the highest level of well-being--or happiness.   Then, on assignment for National Geographic, he researched each of these hotspots and distilled down the common denominators in each place.  What can governments do to maximize the well-being of their citizens?   And more importantly, what can we do as individuals to stack the deck in our favor to maximize happiness? 

His presentation incorporates National Geographic photographs and short video clips. It transports audiences to places around the globe where people are living happy and meaningful lives. It offers universal strategies on how to best achieve that life balance we all seek.