Our guest on the podcast today is Marc Freedman. He is the co-CEO and founder of Encore.org, which is now known as CoGenerate and is geared toward helping people pursue meaningful work later in life. Freedman is also the author of How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations. He co-founded Experience Corps to mobilize people over 50 to improve the school performance and prospects of low-income elementary school students in 22 U.S. cities. Freedman 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. Freedman received his bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and his Master of Business Administration from the Yale School of Management.
Background
Bio
CoGenerate
Experience Corps
How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations, by Marc Freedman
Age Diversity
“Overcoming Age Segregation,” by Marc Freedman and Trent Stamp, Stanford Social Innovation Review, March 15, 2021.
“Will 2023 Be the Year That We Begin to Make the Most of Age Diversity in the Workplace?” by Ramona Schindelheim, WorkingNation, Dec. 27, 2022.
“Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity,” by Alene Dawson, John Templeton Foundation, Oct. 31, 2023.
“America Is Arguably the Most Age-Diverse Society in Human History—It’s High Time to Prepare for Our Increasingly Multigenerational Workforce,” by Ramona Shindelheim, WorkingNation, Dec. 10, 2023.
Encore Careers
“Encore Career: What It Is, How It Works, Prevalence,” by Julia Kagan, Investopedia, Jan. 16, 2022.
Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life, by Marc Freedman
“The Case for Putting Seniors in Charge of Universal Pre-K | Opinion,” by Marc Freedman and Carol Larson, Newsweek, Nov. 29, 2021.
The Purpose Prize
Work/Life Across Generations
“Kerry Hannon: Remote Work Trend Benefits Older Workers,” The Long View podcast, Morningstar, Oct. 20, 2020.
“Is America Ready to Unleash a Multigenerational Force for Good?” A National Opinion Survey From Encore.org With NORC at the University of Chicago.
Other
“The Globe: How BMW Is Diffusing the Demographic Time Bomb,” by Christoph Loch, Fabian J. Sting, Nikolaus Bauer, and Helmut Mauermann, Harvard Business Review, March 2010.
From Strength to Strength, by Arthur Brooks
Maggie Kuhn
Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
Encore Fellowships
David Galenson
Troops to Teachers
Modern Elder Academy
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
“Dr. Anita Mukherjee: Exploring the Link Between Wealth, Longevity, and Quality of Life,” The Long View podcast, Morningstar, Oct. 10, 2023.
Now Teach
Michael Gurven
The Encore Career Handbook, by Marci Alboher
Justin Fitzpatrick: 'Retirees Have a Superpower'
Tim Ranzetta: 'Financial Education Positively Impacts Almost All Financial Behaviors'
Ilyce Glink: The State of the U.S. Residential Real Estate Market
David Lau: Taking High Commissions Out of Annuities
Christine Benz, David Blanchett, and Karsten Jeske: The State of Retirement Income
Tom Idzorek: Exploring the Role of Human and Financial Capital in Retirement Planning
Cliff Asness: Value Stocks Still Look Like a Bargain
Eric Balchunas: Assessing Jack Bogle's Monumental Legacy
Ric Edelman: On Crypto, Retirement Planning, the Advice Business, and More
Brian Feroldi: Why Does the Stock Market Go Up?
Jim Grant: 'Rising Interest Rates Are the Kryptonite of Financial Assets'
William Reichenstein: Avoiding Tax Headaches in Retirement
Mary Childs: The Rise and Fall of the Bond King
Nick Maggiulli: 'The Biggest Lie in Personal Finance'
JL Collins: The Case for Simplicity
Dan Otter and Scott Dauenhauer: Why Retirement Savings Options for Educators Are So Bad
Eric Schoenstein: The Case for Quality Stocks
Terry Odean: Who's on the Other Side of the Trade?
Andrew Miller: ‘No Index Is Truly Passive’
Clark Howard: Financial Well-Being Starts With Being a Smart Consumer
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