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• Retirement at the Tipping Point: New Funding, New Timing New Purpose
• Living with Purpose: Rethinking Success
• Four Generations Rethink Work, Retirement and Success
• Retirement Wake-Up Call: The Future of Financial Services
• Power Shift: How Women's Rising Power will Change the World
• How the Age Wave Will Transform the Marketplace--and Our Lives
• The Longevity Revolution: The Future of Health and Healthcare
• The New Experiential Marketplace

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Biography

Over the past 30 plus years, Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D. has emerged as North America's foremost visionary and original thinker regarding the lifestyle, marketing, healthcare and workforce implications of the age wave. He is a psychologist, gerontologist, documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur, and best-selling author of fifteen books on aging-related issues, including Bodymind, Age Wave: The Challenges and Opportunities of an Aging Society, Age Power, The Power Years: A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life, Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent, and his latest--a children's book Gideon's Dream: A Tale of New Beginnings. His new (and highly anticipated) book is entitled With Purpose: Going From Success to Significance in Work and Life (HarperCollins, March 2009). In 2007, he had his debut as a documentary filmmaker and host with the highly rated PBS special The Boomer Century.

In 1986, Dr. Dychtwald became the founding President and CEO of Age Wave, a firm created to guide Fortune 500 companies and government groups in product/service development for boomers and mature adults. His client list has included more than half of the Fortune 500. His explorations and innovative solutions have fertilized and catalyzed a broad spectrum of industry sectors--from vitamins and cookies to automotive design and retail merchandising to mutual funds and health insurance.

During his career, Dr. Dychtwald has addressed more than two million people worldwide in his speeches to corporate, association, social service, and government groups. His strikingly accurate predictions and innovative ideas are regularly featured in leading print and electronic media worldwide, including: including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Financial Times, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Inc., U.S. News and World Report, The Economist, Hong Kong Daily News, South China Morning Post, The Standard, The Straits Times, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, PBS, NPR, and BBC.

Dr. Dychtwald is the recipient of the distinguished American Society on Aging Award for outstanding national leadership in the field of aging. American Demographics Magazine honored him as the single most influential marketer to baby boomers over the past quarter century. His article in The Harvard Business Review, "It's Time to Retire Retirement," was awarded the prestigious McKinsey Award, tying for first place with the legendary Peter Drucker. Through his highly acclaimed presentations, his breakthrough research and consulting initiatives, and his leadership within both the social science and business communities, he has dedicated his life to battling ageist stereotypes while promoting a new and vital image of maturity.

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• With Purpose: Going From Success to Significance in Work and Life (3/09)
• Gideon's Dream: A Tale of New Beginnings
• Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent
• The Power Years: A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life
• Age Power: How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled by the New Old
• Healthy Aging: Challenges and Solutions
• Age Wave: How the Most Important Trend of Our Time Will Change Our Future
• New Directions for Eldercare Services: Cooperation Along a Continuum
• Implementing Eldercare Services: Strategies That Work
• Bodymind