Gates Challenges Grads -Sweeney Goads Retirees

  The world's biggest philanthropist uges Harvard graduates to use their intellects and the Internet to overcome complexities in tackling global inequities in health, wealth and education.

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/06.14/99-gates.html

 Actually, the gretest squandering of intellectual resorces is with retiring baby-boomers; this is the cohort who have just spent 30 to 45 years honing analytical, decision-making and communicative skills. But, how many retiring business and professional leaders plan on utilizing their time and talents to benifit their city and region? Will even a few pick up on Gates' challenge and use their brains and the Web to engage others in adapting his 4-point in attacking local problems?

1. Determine the goal

2 Identify the highest-leveraged approach

3. Determine the ideal technology for such approach

4. Make smartest application of existing technology

 People in their 60s and beyond need productive relationships. Collaboration in discovering and implementing needed solutions to intractible local problems gives purpose and structure to retirement work that matters.

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