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Ready for a different way to start the year? Tired of New Year’s health resolutions that wilt by February?
If you’re craving a fresh, encouraging start to the new year, this Coffee Chat is for you. Kick off 2026 with a different kind of health conversation—one grounded in purpose, not pressure. Join Debbye Omlie and Blake Anderson, co-authors of Thriving Moving Forward, as they share how healthy aging really works and why it matters more in our encore years than ever.
Forget quick fixes and failed resolutions. This conversation will focus on what you can control: the lifestyle choices, daily habits, and purposeful connections that support energy, mobility, resilience, and long-term well-being. Healthy aging fuels everything we care about in later life—meaningful work, service, creativity, family, community, and contribution. When your health is strong, your purpose can flourish.
Start 2026 feeling inspired, not overwhelmed. It’s time to get excited about your health. Your encore future depends on it.
LinkedIn has changed—dramatically. Your profile and practices need to change with it.
With the introduction of 360Brew, LinkedIn now uses a single, powerful AI model—replacing all previous algorithms—to decide what professionals see, who gets
surfaced in search, and which voices gain influence. The old playbook—hashtags, timing, quick likes—no longer works.
This workshop will help you understand the new rules, adapt quickly, and build a presence that is clear, credible, and discoverable.
For Encore Network members, this is a chance to gain professional visibility and build a coordinated advocacy base on the most important platform for business and policy influence.
In this hands-on, foundational workshop, you’ll learn how to optimize your headline, About” section, skills, and featured media so the AI understands who you are and what
you offer. We’ll demonstrate how 360Brew evaluates clarity, relevance, and consistency, and how to create a profile that positions you to meet your objectives.
We’ll also cover the new rules of engagement: what to post, how often, how to comment meaningfully, and how to expand your reach without boosting or ads.
Whether you’re building a business, advocating for change, or strengthening your professional presence, this session will help you thrive on the “new LinkedIn.”
Last January, the Encore Network's panel of recognized experts looked ahead to 2025 with cautious optimism. What unfolded was a year of unexpected shifts—economic cooling, uneven job growth, fast-moving technological change, and new pressures on the lives of older adults.
Now, those same four experts return to help us make sense of it all.
Trendspotters 2026 brings together Rich Eisenberg, Catherine Collinson, Chris Farrell, and Kerry Hannon for a candid, forward-looking conversation about what we got right, what surprised us, and what we should be preparing for in 2026.
Their insights will illuminate:
If your work touches aging, employment, longevity, financial and life planning, or the new retirement, this event offers timely intelligence to guide your decisions and inform the people you serve.