Rethinking Your Relationship With Money During an Encore

By | May 14, 2012

Laura Vanderkam has developed a bit of a specialty in convincing people they have more than they think they do. In her last book, 168 Hours, she did it with time. In her latest, All the Money in the World, she focuses on money. Vanderkam’s book is an important read no...

Big Shifts Happen in and Beyond Midlife

By | Apr 9, 2012

I was so impressed with Marc Freedman’s last book, Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life, that I left my work as a journalist to help build the movement for encore careers for the greater good. Marc’s new book The Big Shift:...

New America Foundation Hosts Encore Career Panel

By | Mar 29, 2012

We’ve long understood encore careers as a win-win – a windfall of talent for social purposes and a boost to individuals’ financial security through continued income. An event at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., Thursday explored whether there is a third...

Making it Easier to Finance Encore Transitions

By | Mar 21, 2012

What’s the biggest challenge for midlife career changers seeking work for the greater good? If you guessed finances, you’d be right. With support from MetLife Foundation and Encore.org (formerly Civic Ventures), researchers at Penn Schoen Berland surveyed...

Bridging the Gap to an Encore Career

By | Mar 21, 2012

After decades in real estate, Dave Hughes was ready for his encore career. He applied for jobs at nonprofit organizations near his new home in eastern Oregon, hoping to capitalize on his years of church volunteer work. He got no offers. “We needed the additional...

Going to College at 63 and Finding an Encore

By | Mar 1, 2012

Priscilla Santiago of Bridgeport, Conn., is a mother of three, grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of five. At 63, she was also one of the oldest students to receive a bachelor’s degree from Post University in 2011. Santiago left high school at 16 after a...