Work And Life With Stew Friedman

Ep 22. Marci Alboher: Encore Careers

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Synopsis

Marci Alboher is Vice President at Encore.org, a nonprofit making it easier for millions of older people to pursue second acts in their career. She is the author of The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life and also One Person/Multiple Careers: The Original Guide to the Slash “/” Career. She’s a former blogger and columnist for The New York Times and serves on the board of Girls Write Now, the advisory council of Echoing Green’s Work on Purpose program, and the advisory board of The OpEd Project. In this episode, Stew and Marci focus on the many ways Encore is enabling older people to have a large impact on their communities by applying their wisdom gained from years of professional experience. One such program, called Generation to Generation, has the ambitious goal of mobilizing a million adults over 50. Marci explains how the Encore Fellowship helps experienced professionals transition to mission-driven work in the nonprofit sector. Stew and Marci also tal