83% of baby boomers intend to keep working after retirement while 89% who have returned to work say they have done so to stay active, not because of financial need

Consulting careers in legacy building, personal history, geneaolgy



Two
generations of wisdom are threatened to be lost. With age comes
knowledge and wisdom, and with millions of aging baby boomers and their
greatest generation parents, the world could be the beneficiary of an
immense library of valuable personal history. However, the vast majority
of this human experience will perish without a collective movement to
save it.



Fortunately, baby boomers are retiring at a rate of 10,000 per day and
most are looking for ways to make a difference by leveraging career
skills they have acquired over many years. For many, rescuing the
legacies of their peers is exactly the kind of work they are seeking.



Tom Cormier, a serial entrepreneur, has found a way to solve two major
issues in one fell swoop. “Thousands of aging boomers and their parents
are passing away each day, taking with them arguably the greatest body
of wisdom and life lessons ever recorded,” says Cormier. “Who better to
rescue the legacies of their peers than boomers looking for purposeful
work?”



In 2008, Cormier co-founded the International Association of StoryKeepers (I-ASK) as a means to train and mobilize a legion of Certified Legacy Advisors to save the living history of the 20th century.



After completing an online certification course, Advisors are provided
with established pathways to income and opportunities for their new
legacy consulting business.



For many boomers, it is the first time in business for themselves and
starting a legacy consulting business is seen as another life
achievement.



Pat white, a retired court reporter from Columbus, Ohio, found that
listening and recording life stories was the perfect way to apply her
life long skills in her own business. “I didn’t know the first thing
about business, but I-ASK gave me every imaginable tool and advantage
and it is one of the most exciting phases of my life,” she says. “I am
now working with families whose loved one suffers from Alzheimer’s
Disease and have begun working with my fellow retirees in my church.”



"As a Professional Organizer, legacy services are a perfect add-on
service", says Sandy Jones, owner of Dallas-based, 'Organized by Sandy'.
"As I help people cull through their closets full of photos I can now
help them do something more meaningful with the ones that matter."



"Adding legacy services to our menu, we can now record the special
moments of our reunions and also help them use the recordings as the
first step to building their own personal legacies," says Kandy
Davidson, owner of Atlanta-based, '1st Class Reunions.'



"Time is slipping away and thousands of communities will not be served
until we recruit and train new Advisors," says Cormier. "With millions
of baby boomers looking for purposeful work to support their retirement,
there is no excuse to lose this valuable personal history."



It is important that we save the knowledge that was gained in the 20th
Century, recording past achievements, life lessons and values that
future generations can learn from.



ABOUT I-ASK

The International Association of StoryKeepers (I-ASK) is a career training and support organization founded in 2008. Members come from 48 U.S. states and 5 countries.



For more information contact: ?Tom Cormier- Co-Founder



Phone- 423-295-5904 Email- tom@legacystories.org