New & Customizable Presentations

Drawing from more than fifteen years of research and analysis, Maddy Dychtwald combines her engaging delivery with humor, anecdotes, examples and illustrative multi-media. She helps business executives, managers, sales groups and recognition groups understand the changing wants and needs of the new "cyclic" consumer and employee.

Choose from a menu of presentations or request a customized program to meet the specific needs and interests of your group.

Influence: How Women's Soaring Economic Power Will Change Our World for the Better

As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, women are on the verge of attaining economic parity with men-something our great-grandmothers and grandfathers would never have imagined. With this new economic fortitude, women have the opportunity to take previously untapped power into their hands to...(more)

Retirement at the Tipping Point: New Funding, New Timing, New Purpose

Based on highly acclaimed Age Wave research, this NEW presentation reveals how four generations of Americans are altering the funding, timing and purpose of retirement. This mind-stretching program will explore the following: Who has suffered the most loss during the past year and how long do they think it will take to get it back. Why the retirement clock is being re-set to at least age 67 and how that could be good for everyone. What are the key lessons learned from the financial crisis and how will people's behavior and attitudes toward money and ...(more)

Four Generations Rethink
Work, Retirement and Success

This sweeping presentation provides a visionary glimpse into the future of the body, health and healthcare. How long might we live? Will our later years be a time of health and vitality or illness and disability? Are we heading toward "Shangri-la" or "Gerassic Park?" How far will we go in our pursuit of the "fountain of health?" What are the new frontiers...(more)

Retirement Wake-Up Call:
The Future of Financial Services

How has today's financial crisis altered the relationship between client and financial advisor? Based on research findings from numerous highly acclaimed Age Wave studies on retirement and financial services, this presentation sheds light on which aspects of the financial services industry are dying and which are coming alive. It outlines the "new" retirement-related needs, worries, and aspirations...(more)

How the Age Wave Will Transform the Marketplace - and Our Lives

This visionary presentation offers deep insights into the global population shifts that are occurring and what they mean for business and marketers. How might increasing longevity and declining fertility impact societies, economies, families and individual lives? Do people want to live traditional "linear" or more flexible "cyclic" lives...(more)

The Longevity Revolution:
The Future of Health and Healthcare

This sweeping presentation provides a visionary glimpse into the future. How long might we live? Will our later years be a time of health and vitality or illness and disability? How far will we go in our pursuit of the "fountain of health"....(more)

The New Experiential Marketplace

At this moment in history - with so many fears and worries - there is a deepening appreciation for the immeasurable value of great times with friends and loved ones, the satisfaction of continued personal growth and lifelong learning and the excitement of encountering new people, places and cultures. In addition, fueled by the dual liberations of...(more)