Association Adviser

JULY 7, 2016

Despite popular sentiment that millennials are disinterested in joining traditional professional associations, young people are uniquely positioned to benefit from association membership in important ways. Don’t make the mistake of lumping all millennials together or thinking they’re not joiners. .

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Achieve

OCTOBER 25, 2016

New research from Achieve investigates millennials’ ongoing cause engagement behaviors during a presidential election year. Today Achieve, in partnership with the Case Foundation, released the second wave of research from the 2016 Millennial Impact Report. The second wave of data surveyed millennials from June through August 2016.

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Achieve

AUGUST 13, 2015

I’ve heard many nonprofit professionals label Generation Y or Millennials (born 1980-2000) as a generation of slacktivists (slacker + activists) – great for sharing information about a cause on Twitter or helping YouTube videos go viral, but other than that, useless to fundraising and development. I reject this label. One example is.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2015

Despite what you’ve read about millennials and the impending decline of the meetings industry, a new report by the Meetings Mean Business Coalition found that this generation understands the importance of in-person events. Millennials want to meet and engage in new ways, according to the report.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

While we talked through our plan one last time, a team member mentioned an article about how Millennials are using technology and social media to change the way nonprofits do fundraising. I thought to myself, “My three kids are Millennials, and I’m constantly having to give them money. THE MILLENNIAL MINDSET.

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YourMembership

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In early 2000, we were focused on state and local chapter associations, which we viewed as being underserved by the association management software (AMS) providers of the day. It was our opinion that these associations were in the greatest need of the help the technology we were building could provide. The Roadblocks to Success.

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SCD Group

MARCH 8, 2016

Most are dealing with the transition from Boomers to Millennials. Some of these are courtesy of technology reviewer Joanna Stern from The Wall Street Journal – yes, that's how grown up this social channel has become. Think Millennials Are Tough? Some associations are struggling with maintaining and/or increasing membership.

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