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Why is disengagement happening at associations?

YourMembership

Millennials and generation Y just feel they don’t belong. The year was 2000. The startup that launched in 1998 had outgrown the garage, relocating to a nondescript building in an office park a couple of miles off the highway. Outside that building, on an asphalt parking lot, yellow police tape marked off an area where.

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Why Millennials Join Associations and What Associations Can Do to Keep Them

Association Adviser

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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Attracting Millennials: Are you thinking age-appropriately?

Association Adviser

Attracting millennials to your association requires thinking about the different life stages they are living through – and marketing to them appropriately. A lot of articles out there dispense quick advice about how to attract millennials to your association’s membership: reach them on social media!

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Report: Millennials Rank Education, Healthcare and Employment as Top Election Issues

Achieve

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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5 Great Reads About Association Marketing & Engagement

SCD Group

Most are dealing with the transition from Boomers to Millennials. Snapchat Has Grown Up: What You Need To Know As A Marketer By Keith Quesenberry via Social Media Today Snapchat marketers have reached engagement rates of 80% compared to Facebook where a 1% engagement rate is now considered good. Think Millennials Are Tough?

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Reach Your Fundraising Goals By Embracing a Millennial Mindset

Achieve

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. Millennial mindset.

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The Young Professional – Tracking down the Future Leaders of Your Association

Association Adviser

If you’re not a millennial – loosely defined as people born between 1980 and 2000 (ages 18 to 38 years old today) – you may feel that you are unqualified to understand what motivates them. Elyce Gronseth is a marketing account specialist with Naylor Association Solutions. We wholeheartedly agree. Now it’s your turn.

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