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An Encore in Teach For America? Absolutely!
I've long felt that the encore movement needed its own Teach For America, a social innovation so powerful that it not only helped a significant number of individuals transition into work with real social impact but changed the culture in the process. Teach For America...
Five Questions for Marc Freedman About Encore Careers
In 2013, I talked with journalist Mark Miller about how the encore idea can become a mass movement. Read more on Mark’s website Retirement Revised.
The Encore Fellowships Network
Stanford Calls Encore Fellowships an “Unprecedented Success”
The scaling of the Encore Fellowships Network is lauded in a “What Works” Case Study in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Don’t Leave a Legacy; Live One
Nearly 30 years ago, I spent time Portland, Maine, visiting with Aggie Bennett and Louise Casey, two older women who taught me by example what it means to live a purposeful life. They’re how I came to think about a life built around work that matters, especially in...
Meet the 2012 Purpose Prize Winners
If you're looking for inspiration, here are five stories that reveal the power of social innovation and the capacity of individuals in their encore careers. I'm proud to introduce this year's $100,000 Purpose Prize winners. Each of them identified a significant,...
Call Us Encore.org
"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 anything resembling...
My Experience as an Encore Fellow
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...
Matt Lauer Says He Loves This Encore Story
AARP's Jane Pauley didn't mince words on this morning's Your Life Calling segment on NBC's Today show. Jenny Bowen, she said, had no child development expertise, no foreign policy experience and no knowledge of the Chinese language when she set out to radically change...
Goodbye 30-Year Retirements, Hello Encore Years
We need a new map of life. We've been making do with one that was fashioned for an expected longevity of threescore and 10. We shouldn't knock that legacy. At one time, that constituted progress. But we can't stuff a 21st century life span into a life course designed...