Lisa Napoli's Blog, page 15
December 10, 2011
Read this before you go #shopping: The Hip Family's Guide to Happier Holidays
http://www.familycircleadvisors.com/storage/The-Hip-Family-Guide-to-Happier-Holidays-FINAL.pdf
(Thanks to Barbara Lee at the California Community Foundation for passing this along)
December 9, 2011
Japan's gonna do it, and so is Taiwan, too:
measure Gross National Happiness as opposed to pure GDP, that is:
http://english.rti.org.tw/newsinfo.aspx?tid=0175D7A902BD3C6D
Upcoming — Marc Freedman, founder of The Purpose Prize & Civic Ventures, Jason Alexander, Eric Weiner
Upcoming events….
Join us for our next Live Talks Business Forum, downtown Los Angeles at The City Club on Bunker Hill.
Thursday, December 15
Marc Freedman, CEO & Founder, Civic Ventures
Recognized by Fast Company magazine in 2007, 2008 and 2009 as one of the nation's leading social entrepreneurs, Marc Freedman is CEO and founder of Civic Ventures, a think tank on boomers, work and social purpose. He spearheaded the creation of Experience Corps, now one of America's largest nonprofit national service programs engaging people over 55, and The Purpose Prize, which annually provides five $100,000 prizes to social innovators in the second half of life. Freedman was described by The New York Times as "the voice of aging baby boomers who are eschewing retirement for … meaningful and sustaining work later in life," while The Wall Street Journal stated, "In the past decade, Mr. Freedman has emerged as a leading voice in discussions nationwide about the changing face of retirement."
Tickets: $20 includes continental breakfast. RSVP HERE
Wednesday, January 18 – Eric Weiner in conversation with Lisa Napoli
Weiner is author of the New York Times bestseller "The Geography of Bliss." A longtime "spiritual voyeur," he realizes that while he has been privy to a wide range of religious practices, he's never seriously considered these concepts in his own life, but faced with his own mortality, he undertakes a worldwide exploration of religions in search of a personal understanding of the divine. His new book is, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine. Napoli is journalist and author of Radio Shangri-La; What I learned in Bhutan, The Happiest Kingdom on Earth.
Track 16 at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica. Tickets: $20-95 (includes book and reception)
Wednesday, January 25 — An Evening with Jason Alexander
The persona of George Costanza, created by versatile actor/writer/director Jason Alexander, has been dubbed by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "Best Television Sidekicks of All Time" (#3 actually, behind Robin and Tonto). Join us for an evening of conversation discussing his award winning career on stage, television and the movies.
The Aero Theatre, Santa Monica. Tickets: $25-95 (includes reception)
We have an exciting 2012 in the works for our evening series as well as our morning business events. Thank you for supporting our events, and we look forward to seeing you soon at Live Talks Los Angeles.
Go on gently,
Your friends at Live Talks Los Angeles
www.livetalksla.org
#boomers with a #purpose : What are you going to do with the rest of your life?
The founder of the Purpose Prize (awarded to people over 60 to people combining their passion and experience for social good) talks about it next Thursday, as well as his book The Big Shift: Navigating the New Shift Beyond Midlife.
Mark Freedman of Civic Ventures in conversation with John Kobara of the California Community Foundation:
http://business.livetalksla.org/2011/08/18/marc-freedman-ceo-and-founder-civic-ventures/
December 8, 2011
@DianaNyad
I missed this story about her in the NY Times this weekend. (Thanks, Sarah!) I particularly love her swim mantra…and the photo:
Wisdom of Seth Godin (on inertia)
No choice
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/12/no-choice-1.html
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