The Talent Revolution: Longevity and the Future of Work

The Talent Revolution: Longevity and the Future of Work

Longer working lives are the most influential driver transforming today’s workplace. That’s the premise of a new book by Lisa Taylor and Fern Lebo called The Talent Revolution: Longevity and the Future of Work (Rotman-UTP Publishing, May 2019). “We wrote The Talent...

What do Yo Yo Ma and Oprah have in common?

Take a look at this two-minute video, and you’ll see. Thirteen well-known people, past and present, talk about longer lives, purpose and the potential people over 50 have to change the world. Talk about potential — in these challenging and divisive times, people...

AARP Purpose Prize: 2017 Winners Announced

The inaugural class of AARP Purpose Prize winners has been announced, along with a cohort of 2017 Purpose Prize fellows. The five Prize winners, including one winner of the Andrus Prize for Intergenerational Excellence, in honor of AARP’s founder, Dr. Ethel Percy...

Introducing Anne Kirwan

On October 24, Anne Kirwan joined Encore.org as Managing Director of the EFN, the Encore Fellowships Network. Anne comes to Encore and EFN from nearly a decade at Upwardly Global, an award-winning organization that eliminates employment barriers for skilled immigrants...

Who won The Encore Prize?

Critical Bridge and Hire Autism win $50,000 awards to bring mentors over 50 into the lives of young people who need champions Excitement was in the air, as the five finalists for The Encore Prize gave their three-minute pitches to a live audience of 125 people in...