If you work with individuals exploring "what's next" the Encore Network now offers a new way to connect and find resources: our just-launched affinity group. Read hightlights from our first meeting below, and let me know if you want to join us.  Not a member? Sign up...

(Closes August 30) Each year, we ask members what makes the Network valuable for you, and how we can add to that value. Webinar topics, special interest groups - we want to hear your ideas! Invest five minutes, answer six questions and guide our planning. We'll share...

The Life Planning Network is a national community of professionals from diverse disciplines helping people redesign and navigate the second half of life. It has an impressive track record of collaborative projects including a book (Live Smart After Fifty) and a...

After building careers and/or raising families, many people at midlife are asking, “What’s next?” No longer content with “retiring,” a growing majority of older adults want to continue to live meaningful lives full of possibility. To that end, they're seeking...

Colorado continues to be a leader in realizing the longevity dividend, engaging encore talent in a new Fellowship and promoting older adults' value to employers. Network member Boomers Leading Change just announced its new Experience EngAGEd Fellowship program for...

Most big cities offer mid-career leadership programs, recruiting high-potential leaders to learn about government and nonprofit organizations and get involved with their communities. A growing number group of leadership organizations offer programs for more...

If GrandInvolve had an office, its awards would take up an impressive amount of wall space. In May, Fairfax County VA-based GrandInvolve won the Commonwealth Council on Aging’s 2019 Best Practices Award for a volunteer group.This remarkable group began in 2014 under...

While today's older entrepreneurs are more likely to be male, white, and have relatively high levels of human, social, and financial capital, we know less about interest in later-life entrepreneurship. The Diversity of Interest in Later-Life Entrepreneurship study, by...

In 2019, the Encore Fellowships Network is expanding to the United Kingdom. It's now in fast-forward development, working in several UK locations to refine its model. By year-end, the program will complete three pilot Encore Fellowships, recruit up to 10 Fellows and...

This month we're celebrating a new Network program with Encore Howard County's official launch: an April 25 program hosted by a retired TV anchor, featuring a panel of residents talking about their varied encores. Congratulations to co-founders Elizabeth Mahler, Mary...

The Network Facebook Group is the place to find member news, mind-expanding articles, event listings and uplifting photos. Please join us! Go to the site and say "sign me up." We'll approve you - usually in one day. That process keeps spammers from taking over the...

Denver colleagues keep expanding the encore movement in Colorado and beyond, this month with compelling images of older adults and a TV spotlight on boomer volunteers. Changing the Narrative Colorado's REAL (Realistic Examples of Aging in Life) photo contest wants...