In this “speed dating for good ideas” session, Encore 2011 participants had the opportunity to learn about some of the ways that fifteen innovative programs are enabling encore careers or promoting other encore stage-of-life ideas. Click on any of the fifteen programs below to view a brief profile of each encore innovation and a website link.
Aspiranet Encore Fellowships Program, California
For job seekers over 50, what they did in their off hours before becoming unemployed matters as much their past job performance. The organization 55 Plus Yonkers Connections, headed by Civic Ventures Launch Pad finalist Cathy Elser, demonstrates how volunteering can lead to an encore career.
As many as 9 million people ages 44 to 70 are in encore careers, according to new research from Civic Ventures and MetLife Foundation – and 31 million more are interested in joining them. Even considering the current economy, the study shows an eagerness to create a better world through work.
Click here to view the telephone topline results.
Check out www.encore.org/research to view the news release, research highlights, research report, online topline results, and overview of research methodology.
As many as 9 million people ages 44 to 70 are in encore careers, according to new research from Civic Ventures and MetLife Foundation – and 31 million more are interested in joining them. Even considering the current economy, the study shows an eagerness to create a better world through work.
Click here to view the online topline results.
Check out www.encore.org/research to view the news release, research highlights, research report, telephone topline results, and overview of research methodology.
As many as 9 million people ages 44 to 70 are in encore careers, according to new research from Civic Ventures and MetLife Foundation – and 31 million more are interested in joining them. Even considering the current economy, the study shows an eagerness to create a better world through work.
Click here to view the research report.
Check out www.encore.org/research to view the news release, research highlights, topline results, and overview of research methodology.
As many as 9 million people ages 44 to 70 are in encore careers, according to new research from Civic Ventures and MetLife Foundation – and 31 million more are interested in joining them. Even considering the current economy, the study shows an eagerness to create a better world through work.
Click here to view the research highlights.
Check out www.encore.org/research to view the news release, full report, topline results, and overview of research methodology.
Retiring Intel Corp. retirees who don’t want to sit idle can now spend up to a year lending their skills to a nonprofit under a new paid fellowship program. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip-maker – Oregon’s largest private employer – said it will be part of a major pilot program for Encore Fellowships, a project by Civic Ventures.
Approximately 25 million people – one in four Americans ages 44 to 70 – are interested in starting businesses or nonprofit ventures in the next five to 10 years, according to a new study by Civic Ventures. The report also found that more than 12 million of these aspiring entrepreneurs want to be encore entrepreneurs, making a positive social impact as well as a living.
Our sputtering economy needs more workers with entrepreneurial spirit. Civic Ventures suggests they might come from an unexpected demographic: workers who are approaching middle age or their retirement years. The group found that one in four Americans between 44 and 70 want to build an enterprise, and nearly half of them want it to be a business with a strong social impact. (This article also appeared on Dowser.)
Architect Edward Mazria has been recognized for his work to move the building sector to a more sustainable path. He has done this by setting voluntary targets via his nonprofit Architecture 2030. Now he has won a 2011 Purpose Prize, an award given by Civic Ventures to social entrepreneurs over 60.
