http://www.civicventures.org CV in the news en-us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:35:24 EST In search of fulfillment, many workers are now turning to encore careers. It's not an easy transition. In fact, the tough economy that inspires some people to make the switch may also be the reason why some are unable to follow their more civic-minded career dreams, which may pay much less. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34882646/ns/business-careers/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500 1050 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1050 The economic downturn has tripled the number of unemployed workers ages 55 to 64 over the past two years. This trend could push Social Security to the brink. Possible solutions include encore fellowships, which help boomers transition from corporate work to the nonprofit sector. Civic Ventures launched an encore fellowship pilot program a year ago that could serve as a model for upcoming federal encore fellowships. http://www.usnews.com/health/family-health/boomer-health/articles/2010/01/25/why-baby-boomers-should-rethink-retirement-deborah-kotz.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500 1051 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1051 Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative has been attracting press attention in the United States for what is being seen as a radical departure from the educational status quo and capitalizing on the expanding arena of 'encore careers' - where people approaching retirement actively retrain for a new vocation that benefits society. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/12/advanced-courses-retirement-harvard Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500 1048 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1048 America faces many deficits - in federal and state budgets, in trade, in business and, most assuredly, in personal finance. But there is one very large deficit that may underlie all of them. We face a 'posterity deficit,' born out of our growing failure to think about the well-being of future generations. So, we need a new posterity ethic. The leading edge of such a movement may be emerging, and from a place we'd least expect: the vast baby boom population http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.posterity0112,0,569414.story Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500 1049 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1049 With its golf courses and recreational centers, the Sun City retirement community helped change the country's attitude toward aging when it opened in 1960. Americans began to see the possibility of retirement being a productive period in life. Today more than half of Sun City's residents still work. The former 'golden years,' can now last up to 30 years. Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures, says people over 60 are in uncharted territory. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122218966 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500 1047 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1047 After Cathy Smith was laid off from her corporate job, she set a new course, enrolling at a local community college to earn a degree in counseling. It's a career-change trend noted in the 2008 MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures Encore Career Survey, which found that as many as 8.4 million people between the ages of 44 and 70 had launched encore careers to combine earning a salary with jobs that had personal meaning and social impact. http://ow.ly/STpo Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500 1046 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1046 To some 15.7 million out-of-work Americans, the recession is over when they get a job. But for others, there are personal benchmarks, ranging from the simple to the serious, about when they think the recession will be over: 'When I wake up in the middle of the night to feed my newborn, not just to worry about my 401(k),' quips Marc Freedman, Civic Ventures founder and CEO. http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourmoney/personalfinance/articles/is_the_recession_over_.3.html Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500 1045 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1045 Even before the economic crisis began, many boomers already were refocusing their energies on second careers - and many are looking for work that will help them leave a positive legacy. 'The needs in the country and in our communities are more stark and present and in the news,' says John Gomperts, president of Civic Ventures. 'People are alert to the fact that there are serious problems, and they are concerned.' http://retirementrevised.com/life/new-year%E2%80%99s-resolution-for-a-new-decade-finding-new-work-with-meaning Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 1044 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1044 Social action blog TakePart named 10 visionaries who 'by action, idea or force of will,' made an impact in 2009. At the top of the list is Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures. http://www.takepart.com/news/2009/12/26/10-who-took-part-in-2009- Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 1043 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1043 New roles pursued by baby boomers during the second half of their professional lives permit them to apply their skills and experience while giving back. Associations that create opportunities for encore careerists will find a rich reservoir of knowledge, skill and resilience that can position them well into the future. http://www.asaecenter.org/PublicationsResources/ANowDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=46321 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 1042 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1042 Robert Lipstye, host of the PBS series Life (Part 2), sits down with Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures and The Purpose Prize - an award given annually to social entrepreneurs, age 60-plus, who take on society's biggest challenges. Freedman speaks passionately and offers advice about finding work that matters. http://www.pbs.org/lifepart2/watch/season-2/encore-careers Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 1041 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1041 This installment of the PBS series Life (Part 2) showcases winners of The Purpose Prize - an award given to individuals over 60 who have followed through on their dreams of doing good. Meet Sharon Rohrbach, a retired nurse who created a system for ensuring medical care for newborns; and Jock Brandis, a former film and television gaffer who invented a peanut-shelling machine for female laborers in Africa. http://www.pbs.org/lifepart2/watch/season-2/purpose-prize-winners Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 1040 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1040 It's time to retire the idea of retirement--or at least push it back by a few years. The financial incentives to delay retirement are obvious and dramatic. And recent research even suggests that working part time in retirement can improve your health. Here are 10 reasons you shouldn't quit your day job. Among them: Society needs your skills. The oldest members of the population typically have the most experience and acquired wisdom. Many older workers also want to give something back to society. 'They are really yearning for something that leaves a legacy,' says Marci Alboher, a senior fellow at Civic Ventures and author of <i>One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success</i>. 'They are reorganizing their priorities and figuring out how they can have the most impact.' A 2008 MetLife Foundation and Civic Ventures survey of Americans ages 44 through 70 found that over half (54 percent) are interested in or already have a second career helping others. The top late-life career choices were education, healthcare, government, and other organizations that serve a public good. http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091214/ts_usnews/10reasonsyoushouldntretire Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 1039 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1039 This year's Clarence Award was presented to the founder of the Full Belly Project, Jock Brandis. Nominees are recommended every fall by citizens to recognize the angelic nature of someone in the area. The the winner is voted on by an anonymous committee of faculty and students of the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. In 2001 Brandis traveled to Mali, Africa, to help a friend in the Peace Corps repair some machinery. He made a promise to some village women to locate a machine back in the States to help them shell peanuts more efficiently, a technological advancement that would provide more food and income from the trade. When Brandis returned to find nothing of the sort here in America, he invented one himself. The result, the Universal Nut Sheller, was the impetus for the founding of his non-profit organization, Full Belly Project, and garnered Brandis a 2008 $100,000 Purpose Prize. http://www.encorepub.com/articles.php?i=read&article_id=927&section_id=3 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 1038 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1038 Civic Ventures is spearheading an effort to give people a way to change their careers in an effort to find more social useful ways to live their lives. Jim Emerman of Civic Ventures is helping facilitate such encore moves. The national think tank has launched an encore careers campaign to help a highly-educated pool of baby boomer talent use their skills and transition into a new chapter of life. 'We really need this kind of talent. There are all kinds of shortages of people to work with youth, people to work on health care issues, people to address environmental challenges that we face,' said Emerman. After nearly three decades working at Hewlett Packard, Nigel Ball said goodbye to his high-tech career and hello to his passion for public education. He is now director of marketing for a Bay Area nonprofit called RAFT, or Resource Area for Teaching. It re-purposes donated materials into creative, hands-on learning tools. That educators use to help teach students subjects like science and math. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=7156993 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 1036 at http://www.civicventures.org/in_the_news.cfm#1036