DAN BUETTNER THIS SPEAKER'S SET FEE PLACES HIM/HER WITHIN THE RANGE OF: $25,001 to $40,000   TRAVELS FROM: Minnesota VIDEOS: No videos listed.

• The Making of a Healthy City
• Blue Zones
• Unlocking the Secrets of Happiness

Categories

Diversity | Education | Healthcare | Motivation | Teamwork

Biography

Dan Buettner is an internationally recognized researcher, explorer, and New York Times bestselling author and National Geographic Fellow. He founded Blue Zones®, a company that puts the world’s best practices in longevity and well-being to work in people’s lives. Mr. Buettner’s National Geographic cover story on longevity, “The Secrets of Living Longer” was one of their top selling issues in history and made him a finalist for a National Magazine Award. His books The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest (2008) and Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way (2010) appeared on many bestseller lists and were both featured on Oprah.

In 2009, Mr. Buettner and his partner, AARP, applied principles of The Blue Zones to Albert Lea, Minnesota and successfully raised life expectancy and lowered health care costs by some 40%. He’s currently working with Healthways to implement the program in the Beach Cities of Los Angeles. Their strategy focuses on optimizing the health environment instead of individual behavior change. Writing in Newsweek, Harvard University’s Walter Willet called the results “stunning.”

Dan Buettner also holds three world records in distance cycling and has won an Emmy Award for television production.

BOOKS    Search For A Book

• Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way (2010)
• THE BLUE ZONE: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest
• Maya Quest: Interactive Expedition
• Sovietrek: A Journey by Bicycle Across Russia
• Inside Grand Bahama: The Insider's Guide
• Africatrek: A Journey by Bicycle Through Africa