Encore - by Marc Freedman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of "Prime Time" comes this description of the competing visions of work that are capturing the hearts, minds, and the time of baby boomers who are not content--or affluent enough--to spend their next 20 or 30 years on the golf course.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In one of the most significant social trends of the new century, and the biggest transformation of the American workforce since the women's movement, members of the baby boom generation are inventing a new phase of work. <p/><i>Encore</i> tells the stories of encore career pioneers who are not content, or affluent enough, to spend their next thirty years on a golf course. These men and women are moving beyond midlife careers yet refusing to phase out or fade away. As they search for a calling in the second half of life and focus on what matters most, these individuals stand to transform the nature of work in America. They also hold the potential to create a society that balances the joys and responsibilities of contribution across the generations -- in other words, one that works better for all of us.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Kiplinger's" Best of 2007 List<BR>"This book challenges baby-boomers to build a better world through a second career and provides concrete steps to help them find their next job."<br><br>"Library Journal "(Starred Review)<BR>"Freedman has written a wonderful...guide for boomers entering their next phase of life....This thoroughly readable book is highly recommended."<br><br>"Minneapolis Star Tribune"<BR>"Freedman persuasively argues that later years can offer freedom "to" work in more flexible, meaningful ways, rather than only a time to be free "from" work."<br><br>"The Seattle Times"<BR>"Freedman presents a vision that is inherently optimistic, practical, productive and exciting."<br><br>"The Wall Street Journal"<BR>"In the past decade, Mr. Freedman has emerged as a leading voice in discussions nationwide about the changing face of retirement."<br><br>Marci Alboher, "The New York Times"<BR>"Marc Freedman has become the voice of aging baby boomers who are eschewing retirement for...meaningful and sustaining work later in life."<br><br>"Freedman has written a wonderful...guide for boomers entering their next phase of life....This thoroughly readable book is highly recommended."--"Library Journal "(Starred Review)<br><br>"Freedman persuasively argues that later years can offer freedom "to" work in more flexible, meaningful ways, rather than only a time to be free "from" work."--"Minneapolis Star Tribune"<br><br>"Freedman presents a vision that is inherently optimistic, practical, productive and exciting."--"The Seattle Times"<br><br>"In the past decade, Mr. Freedman has emerged as a leading voice in discussions nationwide about the changing face of retirement."--"The Wall Street Journal"<br><br>"Marc Freedman has become the voice of aging baby boomers who are eschewing retirement for...meaningful and sustaining work later in life."--Marci Alboher, "The New York Times"<br><br>"This book challenges baby-boomers to build a better world through a second career and provides concrete steps to help them find their next job."--"Kiplinger's" Best of 2007 List<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Marc Freedman</b> is CEO and president of Encore.org, an organization he founded in 1998. Freedman is a member of the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>'s Experts group, a frequent commentator in the national media, and the author of four previous books. <p/> Originator of the encore career idea linking second acts to the greater good, Freedman cofounded Experience Corps to mobilize people over fifty to improve the school performance and prospects of low-income elementary school students in twenty-two US cities. He also spearheaded the creation of the Encore Fellowships program, a one-year fellowship helping individuals translate their midlife skills into second acts focused on social impact, and the Purpose Prize, an annual $100,000 prize for social entrepreneurs in the second half of life. (AARP now runs both Experience Corps and the Purpose Prize.) <p/> Freedman was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum and the Schwab Foundation, was recognized as one of the nation's leading social entrepreneurs by Fast Company magazine three years in a row, and has been honored with the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. He has been a visiting fellow at Stanford University, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and King's College, University of London. Freedman serves or has served on the boards and advisory councils of numerous groups, including the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, the Stanford University Distinguished Careers Institute, the Milken Institute's Center for the Future of Aging, and the EnCorps STEM Teachers Program. <p/> A high honors graduate of Swarthmore College, with an MBA from the Yale School of Management, Freedman lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife, Leslie Gray, and their three sons.
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