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Association Leaders Weigh in About Member Challenges, Millennials, Talent Development and Pivoting for the Future

Association Adviser

Our colleague Eryn Underwood’s recent article Why Millennials Join Associations and What Associations Can Do to Keep Them has been republished by a number of state society publications, so it appears we struck a nerve. Association Adviser: How is your organization connecting with millennials? Mike Dunham, AGC Georgia.

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Best of the Web: April 2014

Association Adviser

We Can’t All Blame Ourselves: Why Millennials Need to Pull Their Own Weight. Regardless of change and differences in generation styles, there are areas where it’s still appropriate to expect Millennials to conform to traditional ethics and hard work. Georgia Society of Association Executives Annual Conference.

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Associations Work to Tackle Industry Workforce Shortages Head-On

Associations Now

ASLA is also collecting information from those who have made request, so that they can follow-up with them to glean the success of the supplement and use it to shape its career-discovery initiatives going forward. They hope to attract 100,000 millennials to the workforce by 2020.

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Print is Alive and Kicking

Association Adviser

Forbes.com: Millennials: A Generation of Page-Turners, Jan. If you want to reach your members with valuable industry information, you should consider the printed word. A primary service associations deliver to members is industry information. “Wait…print isn’t dead? While print media’s role has evolved over time, it is not dead.

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Study Debunks Myths About Generations’ Workplace Preferences

Associations Now

Does your office really need to change much to become more appealing to the fast-growing millennial workforce? Variety, choice, access, and transparency—attributes typically associated with what millennials want—are indeed important, but not only for millennials. Perhaps not.

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National Park Foundation Campaign Targets Younger Generation of Park Goers

Associations Now

Specifically, NPF wants tech-savvy millennials to get back in touch with the great outdoors. National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia, and exploring what the park has to offer in real time.”. A Virtual View.

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What Smart Associations Do Differently

Association Adviser

But many of the legacy challenges remain: information overload, communication clutter, attracting and retaining younger members, maintaining their position as their industry’s No. 1 source of information, and succession planning as record numbers of boomers reach retirement age. A snapshot of how times have changed since 2010: 2010.

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