"On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being the lowest, your session scored a 4.8! That is an outstanding rating from this group of top producers. (I consider a 4.0 to be an ideal goal.)"
Christopher McAuley, Advanced Markets Director
Aviva Life Insurance Co. - N. Quincy, MA

"Dick is one of the nation's leading proponents of positive aging which views the later years of life as a time for personal growth and development. He creatively applies this idea to marketing, product design, and management, reaping impressive results for clients and consumers alike."
David B. Wolfe, President
Wolfe Resources Group, Reston, VA
Author: Ageless Marketing

"Dick is the one indispensable professional I have known who understands the way to re-invent retirement communities for the 21st century. His approach to marketing is truly age-affirmative, combining social networks with lifelong learning. He has been an inspiration to me in program development for older adult education."
Harry R. Moody, Ph.D.
Director of Academic Affairs AARP
Author: Five Stages of the Soul

"Dick has been both a conceptual leader and doer for almost three decades. He can charm a consumer audience; hold the attention of a board of directors, and get down to brass tacks with management and front line service providers. When it comes to understanding the balance between what's ideal and what's practical in a given situation, he is as good as it gets."
Stephanie Fallcreek, C.E.O
Fairhill Center, Cleveland

"Dick Ambrosius is an outstanding pragmatist with high-minded vision and sense of emergent. Dick’s deep insight has reinvented the stereotypes on older adults. Dick knows the words beyond the words other marketers say. He is the spirit of the Samari in the U.S."
Hiroyuki Murata
Author: The Business of Aging: 10 Successful
Strategies for a Diverse Market
President & CEO, Murata Associates, Inc, Tokyo, Japan

"Dick Ambrosius is a business visionary that reaches out his hand, wit and wisdom to help others scale new peaks. An absolute must have as a speaker, trainer and thought leader."
Vicki Thomas, President
Thomas & Partners - Weston, CT

"Dick is a remarkable communicator! He excels as a workshop or planning and problem solving meeting facilitator; and his creativity shines in everything he authors. He has served both my companies and my clients in various capacities with consistently positive results. While his knowledge of the aging market and what companies should be doing to succeed is impressive, I highly recommend him to anyone seeking a creative and talented professional."
Gregory L. LaFollette, CPA.CITP
Executive Editor, The CPA Technology Advisor

"Dick was a positive aging guru back when “aging” was still a dirty word. He’s been at the forefront of helping businesses target and capture mature market consumers for decades. In 1996, Dick helped us initiate our branding strategy and whole approach to ageless marketing, which was so innovative at the time we’re still benefiting from it today…and so are our clients! He’s a wonderful mentor, an insightful consultant and a great motivational speaker."
June Hussey, Vice President of Public Relations
The Fountains - Tucson, AZ

Comments on "Brand Matters" Presentation at AAHSA Conference in Nashville:

"The best speaker I've heard! Absolutely wonderful presentation! Thanks for giving me the motivational boost I needed.
Presentation was practical, high-enery and fascinating! Great Job!
Excellent, I would attend a full day with this presenter!
Very engaging, informative, entertaining! Made excellent points and helped us look at things we already know in a different and thought-provoking way.
The best marketing presentation and I'm only attending CEU's in marketing . . . gave solid examples not esoteric terminology.
Well done! Great speaker — good humor — great insights — FUN!
Very effective and relevant to my company's branding/advertising process. Many excellent strategies that I can implement.
Refreshing presentation style — used simple terms — great analogies — great business examples — insightful observations about our field and human behavior.
Loved the humor — anecdotes used to tell his story — nuggets of wisdom!"

Comments from Older Adults attending Choices & Changes Life Planning Workshops:

"Thank you for an excellent presentation! It is evident your convictions are levied and truly make you a presenter fully alive; therefore, stimulating to participants.
RM Bruder, Millbrook, NY

"Dick was informative and entertaining with good examples and stories. He made us laugh about serious things and look at aging with new eyes."
Jean Harris, Tarboro, NC

Articles by Richard Ambrosius:

• Names and a Half-dozen Changes...
  
• Rethinking the Age Wave
  
• This is Not Your Father`s Market