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Better World Boomers

Fri, 2006-02-24 05:38 — Tom Munnecke
This is a page to discuss the Uplift Academy's support of Baby Boomer generation folks who are interested in making the shift from their career activities to Better World Activities. There is a tremendous demographic buldge of folks who are reaching financial self-sufficiency, and may be interested in working for their grandchildren rather than their companies. The intergenerational transfer of wealth, estimated in the dozens of trillions of dollars, is opening up incredible opportunities to engage people, their time, and their resources to make the world a better place. The Uplift Academy calls this folks Better World Boomers, and will seek ways of discovering and supporting them in their activities. [Civic Ventures|http://www.civicventures.org/] has a number of [papers|http://www.civicventures.org/articles.cfm] and [links|http://www.civicventures.org/library.cfm] on this topic.

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Thu, 2006-03-23 11:22 — Tom Munnecke

Tom Munnecke appointed Fellow at Civic Ventures

I am pleased to announce that I've been [made a fellow|http://civicventures.typepad.com/age_of_innovation/2006/03/network_effect.html] at [Civic Ventures|http://civicventures.org]. I think that they open up a powerful niche in modern society. Helping folks who have reached a point in their career and decide to give back in some way, working for their grandchildren instead of working their way up some career ladder. Among their many activities, Civic Ventures operates the [Purpose Prize|http://www.leadwithexperience.org/prize/], awarding $100,000 each to five innovators who are taking on society's biggest challenges. It's for those with the passion and experience to discover new opportunities, create new programs, and make lasting change. I look forward to working with them in innovating network approaches to a better world by tapping into the experience and passion of this generation.