Posted 05/04/2009
Women of the Greatest Generation Modeled the Concept of Encore Careers
Later-life careers that are meaningful
By Elinor Miller Greenberg, EdD
Dear Ellie:
I keep hearing the term “encore career” lately. What is an encore career, and where did that term come from? Sydney
Dear Sydney:
The term was coined by Marc Freedman, founder of Civic Ventures and author of Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life (PublicAffairs, 2007). Marc also wrote Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America, in 1999, and The Kindness of Strangers: Adult Mentors, Urban Youth, and the New Voluntarism, in 1993.
I had the pleasure of hearing Marc speak a few years ago in Denver, when the Rose Community Foundation was launching its Boomers Leading Change initiative. He was very articulate and approachable. After his presentation, he sold and signed his books. Read More >>
I keep hearing the term “encore career” lately. What is an encore career, and where did that term come from? Sydney
Dear Sydney:
The term was coined by Marc Freedman, founder of Civic Ventures and author of Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life (PublicAffairs, 2007). Marc also wrote Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America, in 1999, and The Kindness of Strangers: Adult Mentors, Urban Youth, and the New Voluntarism, in 1993.
I had the pleasure of hearing Marc speak a few years ago in Denver, when the Rose Community Foundation was launching its Boomers Leading Change initiative. He was very articulate and approachable. After his presentation, he sold and signed his books. Read More >>
