Civic Ventures :: Catching the Wave - The Journalists' Guide

Commentary on Boomers

Baby boomers want to retire but stay involved – This editorial discusses Civic Ventures and Experience Corps in Tucson, suggesting that "Our community needs to embrace the energy, expertise and wisdom of retirees and encourage their involvement here." It quotes Ellen Hargis, CEO of the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona, Tucson's host to Experience Corps, noting that for Arizona retirees, often "golf isn't enough." The editorial also quotes Civic Ventures CEO Marc Freedman. (2006) – [VIEW]
Age of Innovation - Realizing the Experience Dividend – Age of Innovation is a blog desingned to chronicle the new wave of social innovation as people in the second half of their lives combine their time and talents with passion and purpose, for the benefit not only of themselves, but of people both younger and older. David Bank is Director of the Civic Ventures Institute, a think tank affiliated with Civic Ventures, a national non-profit based in San Francisco. A longtime journalist, Bank was most recently a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covered software and philanthropy. He is the author of "Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft," which was named one of the Best Business Books of 2001 by the Harvard Business Review. For more information, see www.breakingwindows.net. Previously, he was a staff writer at the San Jose Mercury News and the Los Angeles Daily News. His magazine articles have appeared in Newsweek, Mother Jones, Wired and Out. He was a 1996 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and the University of California, Santa Cruz. (2006) – [VIEW]
"Make Room for Boomers" – The Chronicle of Philanthropy, "Make Room for Boomers," Suzanne Perry - Perry examines the aging of the boomers and the tremendous potential for their philanthropic contributions. Profiles are included of boomers reinventing themselves after retirement through leadership in nonprofits. Extensive coverage is included of organizations working to tap the well of experience - in particular the work being done at Civic Ventures. Included in the Chronicles "Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers" are a series of articles on the subject, at http://www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v18/i04/04000101.htm. Included is a profile of Civic Ventures president Marc Freedman. (Read the article at www. philanthropy.com or subscribe to read extensive coverage in the Special Report) (2005) – [VIEW]
Philadelphia Inquirer, "Reinventing 'retirement'" (2005) – [VIEW]
American Heritage, "Boomer Century" (2005) – [VIEW]
The Christian Science Monitor, "The many faces of the baby boomers" (2005) – [VIEW]
Ken Dychtwald, "Why We're Outgrowing Retirement" (2005) – [VIEW]

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