National Geographic Writer; Renowned Explorer; Author of Blue Zones
Event planners seeking a speaker who can truly inspire lasting lifestyle and organizational change will find exceptional value in Dan Buettner. His engaging, research-driven presentations blend storytelling, science, and stunning National Geographic visuals—leaving audiences energized and equipped with practical takeaways for improving well-being and performance. Whether addressing corporate teams, healthcare professionals, or community leaders, Buettner delivers an unforgettable experience that sparks measurable impact long after the event ends.
Dan Buettner: How to Live to be 100+
The Surprising TRUTH About Happiness | Dan Buettner | Goalcast
Secrets to a Long and Happy Life
In 2009, Albert Lea, Minnesota, a statistically average American city, completed a one year community health experiment that raised life expectancy by three years, trimmed a collective 12,000 pounds off waistlines and dropped healthcare costs of city workers by some 40%. USA Today, Good Morning America, AARP, ABC Nightline, CNN and U.S. News and World Report all covered the story. Harvard’s Dr. Walter Willett, writing in Newsweek magazine called the results stunning. Dan Buettner, founder and director of the AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project created a perfect storm of health that transformed a city. He tells the fascinating story of how one typically obese American city of 18,000 reversed the trend and also got happier. Dan’s presentation takes audiences on the year long journey as this town adopts 28 evidence based ways to change their environment to live longer and better. They got healthier without thinking about it.
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 favor to maximize happiness?
His 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.
National Geographic writer Dan Buettner has traveled the globe to uncover the best strategies for longevity and happiness. He identified Blue Zones places where we have the greatest life expectancy and where more people reach age 100 than anywhere else. Working with a team of experts, Buettner distilled their secrets into nine common denominators he calls Power 9. What is the optimal diet for making it to a healthy age 90? Should you be running marathons or doing yoga? What supplements work? Does stress really shorten your life? Dan debunks the most common myths and offers a science-backed blue print for the average American to live another 12 quality years. Using National Geographic photography and a dynamic delivery, Dan takes audiences to each of the Blue Zones and leaves audience with an actionable plan to live longer, healthier lives.
New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned explorer Dan Buettner reveals the secrets to a longer, healthier, and happier life—and shows how organizations can replicate those same principles to transform their culture and environment. In his dynamic presentations, Buettner shares the proven “well-being recipe,” combining lifestyle insights from the world’s longest-lived communities with cutting-edge scientific research to inspire meaningful, lasting change that can add years to life and life to years.
As a National Geographic writer and explorer, Buettner has traveled the globe to identify the places where people live the longest and happiest lives—known as the “Blue Zones.” His research spans three key areas: uncovering the shared traits of these remarkable regions, exploring the universal drivers of personal happiness, and applying those lessons to build healthier cities, communities, and workplaces.
Buettner’s groundbreaking work has been featured on CNN, Fox News Channel, and ABC’s Good Morning America, and his Blue Zones books have been spotlighted on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Using stunning National Geographic photography and immersive video, Buettner brings these inspiring stories to life—offering audiences practical tools and powerful motivation to enhance well-being at home, at work, and across entire communities.
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