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Encore Transitions: Preparing for Post-Career Life

Encore Transitions: Pathways to Post-Career Life

markfischerhs.jpg Timely Financial Questions
Mark Fischer
November 16, 2012
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What should you know about Social Security and Medicare? How will you make your money last through your lifetime? What questions should you be asking your financial advisor? Knowing what questions to ask as you prepare for an encore transition will help assure that you find the best answers for your situation.


Mark Fischer is a Certified Financial Planner who owns and operates Plan for Life, a fee-based financial planning firm. Since 1986, he has been helping people craft life strategies using an approach that is holistic and research-focused. Fischer holds both a Ph.D. and an MBA, has taught at several universities, has done seminars with numerous organizations, and in 2011, was recognized by Mpls.St. Paul Magazine as one of the Twin Cities' Five Star wealth managers.


jimscheibelhs.jpg How Can I Help?
Jim Scheibel
November 16, 2012
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Studies show that helping others makes us healthier, happier, and longer-lived. What does it mean to work for greater good, whether for pay or not? Learn about traditional and new options for service, volunteering, and other forms of planned helpfulness from someone who is dedicated to making it possible for us to help others.


Jim Scheibel served as mayor of Saint Paul from 1990-1994. As senior vice president of the Corporation for National and Community Service under the Clinton administration, he directed both Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and Senior Corps, and he worked with Experience Corps. As a volunteer, he has long led efforts to get people involved in public service. He is currently Executive in Residence for the School of Business at Hamline University.