Dan Buettner
New York Times best-selling author – Blue Zones – Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve lived the Longest
Style
Buettner's 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.
Books
Profile
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.
- 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
Clients Comments
"With your entertaining delivery, there was a palpable feeling of joy in the auditorium" - Greg McGruder, National Geographic Society
"In 18 years, I have seen only a handful of speakers receive such a spontaneous and heartfelt standing ovation." - Curtis Hoehne, Nature's Sunshine
"Dan Buettner's idea of empowering students to "sit in a driver's seat" while being in charge of their own learning not only helps motivate them to learn more, it also encourages them to extend their learning both inside the classroom and in their lives. There are numerous benefits to engaging in an expedition. I like how all students can succeed, it motivates the higher level learners to explore deeper into the subject matter, while at the same time students with disabilities or special needs feel like their voices, ideas, and thoughts truly make a difference." - Maureen Petricca, Schaumburg, Illinois School District 54 teacher.
"Dan Buettner takes us on a journey to explore the secrets of longevity and in so doing introduces us to a world of joy in aging ... at 91, this is very good news!" - Walter Cronkite
We’ve found that Dan’s dedication to high quality interactive learning is the best that’s available on the Internet. He really goes that extra mile to highly motivational learning opportunities to kids. Dan’s inquiry oriented activities are an outstanding way for students to apply critical thinking skills. But Dan goes a step further. He knows how to “hook” students with an intriguing question or problem and then guide them through interdisciplinary investigations that result in students taking action at the local, national, and even international level." - Cherie Neima, Global Studies Instructor, Cyber Village Academy, Saint Paul, MN
Topics
- Blue Zones: Secrets of a Long Life
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World renowned explorer and National Geographic writer, Dan Buettner, and his team of researchers have travelled across the globe to discover Blue Zones -- hotspots of human health and vitality.
Along the way he's met people teeming with vigour 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 instructs 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
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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 favour to maximize happiness?