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Join me for an online discussion of the key findings of The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security on October 25th.
This webinar is sponsored by the International Mature Marketing Network, which graciously is waiving its usual registration fee and is opening the event to all comers at no charge. Click here for registration info; or, [...]

The Book Stall in Winnetka

by Mark on July 11, 2010

I’ll be talking about The Hard Times Guide and signing copies at The Book Stall in Winnetka, Illinois on Monday July 19th at 7pm.
The Book Stall is a wonderful independent book store here in the Chicago area owned by Roberta Rubin; if you’re in the area, please stop by – it should be a fun [...]

I had the pleasure of offering a seminar on The Hard Times Guide at my Grinnell College reunion (Class of 1976) earlier this month. Grinnell has provided videotape of the session, which featured a lively Q&A with former classmates, including Bill Ferguson, now an economist at Grinnell. Bill and I got into a lively discussion on [...]

Podcast: The Hard Times Guide

by Mark on June 14, 2010

I spoke about The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security recently on WSJM radio in southwest Michigan. The program, which focuses on aging and retirement issues, is hosted by David Krock and Michael Lindenmayer. We talked about financial strategies, post-retirement working options, the retirement of  traditional retirement, and more.
Click here to listen to an archived podcast [...]

Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest

by Mark on June 14, 2010

Thanks to everyone who came out to hear me talk with Gail Marks Jarvis of the Chicago Tribune about The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security on Saturday at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest.
We had a wonderful crowd, and Gail came prepared with great questions covering everything from retirement saving strategy to working [...]

Investoradio – May 27th

by Mark on May 11, 2010

I’ll be talking with Don McDonald and Tom Cock of Investoradio on May 27th. The show airs at 3pm Eastern on 1510AM KFNN in Phoenix, or as a podcast anytime, accessible from the show’s website.

Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest

by Mark on May 10, 2010

I’ll be speaking at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest on June 12th.
The Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city’s bookmaking hub). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, [...]

I’ll be at the Florida Boomer Lifestyle Conference in Tampa on April 14th and 15th to talk about The Hard Times Guide. This year’s conference focuses on Reinventing Life After 50. This year’s conference explores how Florida boomers are reinventing their lives personally, professionally, physically and spiritually.

March 15-19: Aging in America

by Mark on March 6, 2010

I’ll be talking about The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security at several sessions of the Aging in America conference in Chicago this month. This is the annual conference of the National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging, and it’s the largest gathering of multidisciplinary professionals from the fields of aging, healthcare [...]