ABOUT THE BIG SHIFT
As the first of 78 million baby boomers turn 65 this year, the discussion about longer lives in America has been entirely about the staggering economic costs of a dramatically aging society.
But in his latest book – The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife – Civic Ventures founder and CEO Marc Freedman issues an impassioned call to accept the decades opening up between midlife and anything approximating old age for what they really are: a new stage of life, an encore phase.
The New York Times calls The Big Shift “an imaginative work with the potential to affect our individual lives and our collective future.” The Wall Street Journal says it's "invaluable and inspiring reading." And USA Today hails Freedman as “a natural storyteller, a deep researcher and a forward thinker.”
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- Listen to a LinkedIn tutorial for your encore
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BIG SHIFT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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BIG SHIFT EXCERPT
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 for the 20th century – or stretch the old model so that it accommodates a task well beyond its intended capacity. The story starts with the numbers, but it is really about the nature of lives.
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For the full first chapter, click here.
BIG SHIFT MEDIA REQUESTS
To receive a review copy of the book, contact Emily Lavelle with PublicAffairs, emily.lavelle@publicaffairsbooks.com. To request an interview with the author or to invite him to speaking engagements, contact Stefanie Weiss, vice president for communications, Civic Ventures, (240) 863-2103 or sweiss@civicventures.org.
BIG SHIFT RECOMMENDED READING LIST
Looking to learn more about what shapes midlife? Here are some of the books Marc Freedman recommends in The Big Shift.
BIG SHIFT STORIES
Read first-person stories featured in The Big Shift. Each person has taken a deeply personal journey in midlife that has led to work helping others.
BIG SHIFT MEDIA COVERAGE
Chicago Tribune
December 15, 2011
SecondAct.com
September 27, 2011
WDET FM, Detroit
September 15, 2011
Marinscope Community Newspapers
September 14, 2011
National Career Development Association
September 1, 2011
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
July 1, 2011
The New York Times
June 3, 2011
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
May 9, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
May 9, 2011
U.S. News & World Report
March 30, 2011
Generation Reinvention
June 21, 2011
The Christian Science Monitor
June 9, 2011
At Issue With Ben Merens (Wisconsin Public Radio)
June 8, 2011
Experience Talks
June 4, 2011Toronto Star
June 3, 2011
Stanford Social Innovation Review
June 3, 2011
Financial Planning
May 26, 2011
Radiozine (KBOO – Portland, Ore.)
May 23, 2011
Inside E Street (AARP/PBS)
May 22, 2011
PBS' Nightly Business Report
(time marker 14:30)
May 12, 2011Second Act
May 10, 2011The Boston Globe
May 8, 2011
The Observer (U.K.)
May 8, 2011
Feisty Side of Fifty
May 6, 2011
AM Northwest (KATU-TV – Portland, Ore.)
April 29, 2011
The Seattle Times/NWjobs
April 27, 2011
Prime Time Radio (AARP)
April 26, 2011Harvard Business Review
April 21, 2011
The Emily Rooney Show (WGBH – Boston)
April 7, 2011
SecondAct
March 31, 2011Fifty Plus Advocate
March 28, 2011