Category — Women

For this week’s show we speak with Kathy Dragon, CEO of TravelDragon.com, owner of The Dragon’s Path, & VP of Dragon Consulting Inc. Kathy has spent the past two decades in the center of the active, adventure and sustainable travel industry. As a tour operator and guide she has personally escorted over 3000 guests on small group tours around the globe and created programs in conjunction with local guides and properties. Kathy is a frequent international speaker and consultant in the travel industry specifically focusing on authentic/responsible travel and the influence of the Boomer & Beyond market…those who expect and are willing to invest in this new type of travel. A contributing author of BOOM: Marketing to the Ultimate Power Consumer—The Baby Boomer Woman, Kathy is a frequent speaker and creator of content for industry blogs, newsletters, podcasts and articles.

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We have just completed our first block of episodes for The Business of Aging on WGRN (WeEarth Global Radio Network) and I wanted to say “Thank you” to all my guests, the team: Allan, Kat, Nick and Judy, and my Continuum Crew team. These last couple of months have enabled me to get back to my radio roots (so much fun!) and have some of the most insightful and inspiring conversations around the implications to businesses of an aging population.

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Date: August 23, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (CDT)
Speaker: Presenters are VibrantNation.com Founder and CEO Stephen Reily and Carol Orsborn, Ph.D., Sr. Strategist with VibrantNation.com, author and Boomer expert. Mr. Reily and Dr. Carol Orsborn are co-authors of “Vibrant Nation: What Boomer Women Know, Think, Do and Buy,” the definitive guide for marketers trying to reach Boomer women.
Registration: click here
Cost: free for IMMN members; $50 for non-members
(IMMN members receive this webinar for free.  If you’d like to enjoy this member benefit consider joining IMMN)

About the Webinar
This forward-thinking webinar is based on the latest findings of VibrantNation.com, providing insight into what really matters to this dynamic consumer as she transits her fifties and beyond.  The presenters will draw upon the site’s ongoing online surveys and polling of Boomer Women – from topics like fashion & beauty to technology, and from finances to healthcare reform. The presentation will share case studies that illustrate how brands and agencies are using segmentation to successfully connect with these increasingly coveted women in the marketplace. In addition, the presenters will share original research on the intersection between adult development and the Boomer Woman’s attitudes about the future.

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.

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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.

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Sept 27/2011 – Rise of the Zoomer
Speaker David Cravit, EVP of Zoomer Media Ltd., discusses rebranding aging in Canada and rapid growth of the Zoomer integrated multimedia platform.

Barbara is holding another one of these great workshops. Our go-to coach at Continuum Crew, executive and life coach Barbara Waxman works with adults at midlife ‘and better’. It is especially relevant as we hear of the redefining of retirement, another stage of adult development and the minds of those in that life phase turning towards thoughts about their legacy.

Some of you may have been lucky enough to catch Barbara’s session at the recently held ASA conference, where there was standing room only. If you are local or will be in to the San Francisco bay area, don’t miss it. One attendee called it a “spa day for the soul”. We asked Barbara to describe this workshop, full details below.

Living a Life of Passion and Purpose
June 17, 2011
Kentfield, CA (Marin) 9am-3:30pm.
Lunch and all materials provided
For questions or to enroll contact: barbara@theodysseygroup.net

We govern our lives with rules, lists, checks and balances; yet many of us don’t apply that same principle of discipline to laying out a path for our own personal journey, particularly when our definition of meaningful work may have changed along the span of midlife. In a recent landmark U.S. study on the sense of happiness, the essential element was not wealth, losing those last ten pounds or the number of friends. Those that
self-identified as happiest all had lives that they felt ‘had purpose’. Whether this is a calling, a faith or a mission, a life with purpose is attainable by everyone.

Who will benefit

Takeaways

Barbara Waxman is an expert on the subject of midlife and older adults as they navigate major transitions in career and life. As ‘America’s favorite coach for adults, midlife and better,’ she has dedicated her life’s work to helping people 40 and better to harness their personal and professional goals, navigate life’s transitions and use their wisdom to discover their highest potential in the second half of life. She guides and empowers others to live with passion and purpose as they embark on their life’s journey.

We are pleased to announce that we have begun working with Barbara Waxman, known as ‘America’s favorite coach for adults, midlife and better‘. She is President of the Odyssey Group, an executive and life coaching company. She founded it in 2005 to support exclusively those age 40-plus to maximize their capacity to succeed at home, at work and as they explore the frontier of retirement. Her processes are built upon the knowledge that the most exciting elements of adult development begin at age 40. Her clients are based in varying sectors, including real estate, advertising, health care and other corporate areas who were experiencing personal changes in family dynamics, health status and other challenges. She is also special editor of How to Love Your Retirement, the most comprehensive collection of advice from real people about how to fully enjoy and thrive in retirement, published by Hundreds of Heads. She is based in the San Francisco bay area. Continuum Crew will be providing Barbara with brand consulting, public relations and social media management services.