“READY FOR LIFE’S ENCORE PERFORMANCES” Baby Boomers in
Second Careers
Civic Ventures and Encore.org in the News – Again! Ever since the June, 2009 White House hosted an event salute to social innovators who are in their Encore Careers, Civic Ventures www.civicventures.org and Encore.org have been in the news. On March 3, 2010 The New York Times (by Elizabeth Pope) reported on “Matching Life Experience […]
‘A Revolutionary Gathering’ of Social Entrepreneurs – The Purpose Prize Summit
MEET ANN HIGDON 2009 PURPOSE PRIZE WINNER “The Purpose Prize gathering is revolutionary,” said Ellen Goodman the newspaper columnist and herself, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize. “I am looking at you as my mentors,” she told the audience in her keynote address at the recent Purpose Prize Summit. I have to agree. It was […]
MEET “THE PURPOSE PRIZE WINNERS” – Encore Careers & Civic Ventures Honor Change-Makers Over 60!
BRINGING EXPERIENCE TO SOCIAL INNOVATION CHANGES EVERYTHING In a culture that often seems to thrive more on “creating” villains than honoring heroes, it is especially rewarding to report on people who are changing the world. THE PURPOSE PRIZE – announced by Encore Careers and Civic Ventures – celebrates and honors people over 60 who are […]
FIVE WAYS TO MAKE FALL WORK FOR YOU – ENJOY “FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY, SIXTY, SEVENTY…”
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month I know that I am not the only one who thinks of Fall as the beginning of the New Year. It’s that embedded back-to-school schedule – ours then and our children’s now. I am much more inclined to get going in October than in January. What’s more, while my […]