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Paola Gianturco: Grandmother Power - A Global Phenomenon

Mon, Dec 3 2012 - 6:00pm

Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon
Paola Gianturco, Author; Photojournalist
Gianturco discusses a new international movement represented by grandmothers who are younger, better educated and healthier than grandmothers have ever been before. Read more »

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What's your Next Chapter? - Repurposing Your Retirement

Mon, Nov 19 2012 - 5:15pm

What’s Your Next Chapter? Repurposing Your Retirement

Marcy Adelman, Founder, Openhouse; Purpose Prize Winner 2009
Toni Heineman, Founder, A Home Within; Purpose Prize Winner 2008
Catalino Tapia, Scholarship Founder, Bay Area Gardeners’ Foundation; Purpose Prize Winner 2008
Jim Emerman, Executive Vice President, Encore.org - Moderator Read more »

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The Night After: The Machiavellian Marketplace and the 2012 Election

Wed, Nov 7 2012 - 6:00pm

The Night After: The Machiavellian Marketplace and the 2012 Election

Henry Eason, Managing Partner, Eason Communications; Former Washington Correspondent, Cox Newspapers; Former Director of Media Relations, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Read more »

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An Entertaining History of End-of-the-World Doom

Mon, Dec 10 2012 - 6:00pm

December 21st, 2012 and All That: An Entertaining History of End of the World Doom

David Morrison, Director, Carl Sagan Center for Study of Life in the Universe, and Senior Scientist, NASA Lunar Science Institute

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT; you can add your name to the waitlist below Read more »

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God's Hotel: A Doctor, A Hospital, and A Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

Wed, Oct 17 2012 - 6:00pm

God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

Victoria Sweet, M.D., Author, God's Hotel Read more »

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Mitch Mayne: Gay Mormons for Equality

Thu, Oct 11 2012 - 6:00pm

Gay Mormons for Equality: In Conversation with Mitch Mayne

Mitch Mayne, Executive Secretary, San Francisco Bishopric, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Read more »

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The Media & Presidential Politics

Mon, Sep 10 2012 - 6:00pm

The Media and Presidential Politics
Diane Dwyer, News Anchor, NBC Bay Area Randy Shandobil, Shandobil Communications; Former Political Reporter, KTVU
Another presidential election, another non-presidential process. Monday Night Philosophy welcomes two Bay Area broadcast news reporters to discuss the media's role in shaping presidential politics. Televised politics has certainly shifted emphases and made certain types of politicians obsolete, but has it really been a game changer? Read more »

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Adam Leipzig: Hollywood, Creativity and Entrepreneurial Recovery

Tue, Oct 9 2012 - 6:00pm

Hollywood, Creativity and Entrepreneurial Recovery

Adam Leipzig, Former President, National Geographic Films; Former Senior Vice President, Walt Disney Studios Read more »

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Standing into the Storm

Tue, Oct 16 2012 - 6:00pm

Standing into the Storm

Ken and Kathy Lindner, Founders, Lindner Bison and Heritage Ranch; Authors, Standing into the Storm

Corporatization of agriculture and livestock has been a prominent issue in the national consciousness for the past few decades, and it has been defining for Ken and Kathy Lindner. The Lindners, first-generation sustainable bison ranchers, will discuss the flaws of industrial farming as well as their experience in moving away from it. Read more »

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Marty Nemko Discussion Series: When Should and Shouldn't You Follow Your Passion

Thu, Aug 23 2012 - 6:00pm

When Should and Shouldn't You Follow Your Passion
Marty Nemko, Career Coach; Author; Former Columnist; Radio Host
It's almost a mantra: "Do what you love and the money will follow." Alas, too many people do what they love – and starve. How do you decide what's right for you? Join Nemko for an in-depth discussion. Nemko was named "The Bay Area's Best Career Coach" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian and "Job Coach Extraordinaire" by U.S. News. Read more »

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