In Act 2 of Life, Doing Work That Matters

By JANE E. BRODY New York Times Published: July 8, 2008 After retirement, so-called encore career possibilities are endless and they can be both lucrative and personally fulfilling. Marc Freedman, the founder of Civic Ventures, an institution seeking to capitalize on the experience of baby boomers in solving the world’s problems, calls it “Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life.” That is the title of his 2007 book that challenges complacency about retirement (published by PublicAffairs), and the fundamental idea behind encore.org, an online network for people who want to use their experience to create meaningful “encore careers.”