Network members, make an easy-to-keep New Year’s resolution -- add value to your membership by connecting with other leaders and signing up for our webinars. Here’s how: Join the Encore.org LinkedIn group. Join the Network Facebook group, with almost 200 participants...

Ohio encore and age-friendly leaders are building on momentum from their August gathering, developing a research report, recruiting additional participants and planning a 2020 gathering that will include policy makers and legislators. Thanks to co-leads Noreen...

How are UK colleagues envisioning longer lives and rallying others? The Longevity Forum, an Encore Network member co-founded by Andrew Scott (co-author of The Hundred Year Life), is leading the way.  In late September, the Forum and the Stanford University Center on...

For years, eldercare activists have advocated for a Peace Corps-like organization to mobilize volunteers to help older adults age in place. Now the Administration for Community Living (ACL), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is putting seed...

The Encore Network is all about supporting your work and learning goals. Our annual member survey provides direction for our activities and tells us what you value most. Headlines from your feedback:Network benefits. We’re creating community among members!...

Networks thrive with a mix of “come one, come all” activities and smaller group connections. After our August affinity group kickoff for members who support encore seekers, we’re getting ready for a fall meeting -- and helping members connect in other ways. We're...

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...