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By | Oct 18, 2012

“What’s your encore?” I hope this conversation will soon be occurring around every water cooler and dinner table in America! Millions are already in the midst of inventing a new stage of life and work the encore years between the end of midlife and...

Encores for Nonprofit Leaders?

By | Jun 26, 2012

What’s next for long-term nonprofit founders and leaders who have devoted their working lives to solving social problems? That’s the focus of a survey featured this week in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. “Virtually all of the people in the study,...

I Am in Peri-Retirement

By | Jun 12, 2012

By Barbara Raab This morning, on a walk with a friend during which we were catching up on every little thing, I heard myself say: “I am in peri-retirement.” It kind of popped out – I’d never said that before, much less known that I even had the phrase in my head. But...

My Experience as an Encore Fellow

By | May 18, 2012

By Louisa B. Hellegers About two years ago, I was leafing through The New York Times when my mother called. The conversation went like this: “Have you read today’s paper yet?” “Just reading it now.” “You have to read the Style section; there’s an article about an...