encore career a career that combines personal meaning, continued income, and social impact for those who have finished their midlife careers but are not ready for true retirement. >> SECTOR-SWITCHERS/BRIDGERS, NATIONAL SERVICE SOURCE: encore.org - founded by Civic Ventures, a think tank "leading the call to engage millions of baby boomers as a vital workforce for change."

>> Connections << Five Social Impact Signposts for sector-switchers and encore career-seekers by Wendy Bay Lewis, Consultant Key words in the nonprofit sector: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! by Wendy Bay Lewis, Consultant Civic Ventures - According to a national survey, half of Americans between the ages of 44 and 70 want to use their skills and experience in encore careers that help solve some of our nation's biggest problems. The Purpose Prize® - Recognition for people over 60 who are "leaders in the movement to invent new ways to solve society's toughest challenges." New national service positions will be created in 2010 by the Serve America Act for workers 55 and older to transition to nonprofit and public sector careers in education, health care, energy, the environment and poverty. Colorado Boomers - a project of the Rose Community Foundation "to engage people over 55 in opportunities for ongoing work,community service and lifelong learning." Motto: "In the 60s they changed the world. In their 60s they may do it again."

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