SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – October 5, 2010 – Civic Ventures is working with The New York Times Knowledge Network to offer an online seminar for people interested in encore careers. The interactive course will offer practical advice about how to succeed in today's job market to combine continued income, personal meaning and social impact.

Called "Introduction to Encore Careers," the online seminar will be offered on two Fridays, October 22 and 29, from noon to 1:15 p.m. ET (9 to 10:15 a.m. PT) at a cost of $95. The deadline for reservations is October 21. For more information and to register, visit:
http://www.nytimesknownow.com/index.php/introduction-to-encore-careers/

Marci Alboher, careers expert and former New York Times columnist, will be leading the course. According to Alboher, "The idea of encore careers – second acts with social purpose – has started to take hold, but more people are now seeking guidance from experts and others who can teach by example."

The course will feature advice from experts as well as people who have or are on the path to meaningful encore careers. Topics will include:

• Will there really be enough jobs for the number of people who want to do meaningful work in their encore years?
• What kinds of job opportunities exist, and how do you make the leap into a field where you might have no experience and contacts?
• What should you do if you want to work but don't have the interest or ability to work full time?
• How can you deal with age discrimination?

Speakers will include:

• Marc Freedman, author of Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life and founder and CEO of Civic Ventures
• Suzanne Braun Levine, founding editor of Ms. magazine and author of Fifty Is the New Fifty
• David Bornstein, author of Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know and founder of Dowser.org
• Laura Gassner Otting, president of the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group and author of Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector
• Lester Strong, CEO of Experience Corps and former television journalist
• Stephen Alderman, Purpose Prize winner and co-founder of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation

This seminar was made possible in part by a generous grant from the New York Life Foundation.