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#ThankYouWednesday After A Successful #GivingTuesday

Beth Kanter

Zuckerberg’s giving blows me away because he is a millennial and the amount of zeros …(45,000,000,000 billion). The money will be channeled into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative , a newly formed group that will initially focus on education and health.

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Membership Wakeup Call for Associations

Association Adviser

If you look back at our most popular reader polls of the past three years it’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012). In response, NYSSA started monthly gatherings at local pubs in New York City. Carol Khoury, NYSSA.

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You’re Never Too Old to Learn Something New

Association Adviser

That may not seem surprising, but consider as recently as 2012, career/professional development was barely in the top 5. On the other hand, Dunham said a millennial will tell him, “I don’t have time to sit in a 10-hour class, I’m going to watch this thing every night for an hour on video until I knock it out.”. Conclusion.

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The Hourglass Blog: Generational Herd Mentalities

The Hourglass Blog

A little while ago, Neil Howe called attention on his blog to a New York Times feature story about a 24-year-old Millennial who, even amidst the Great Recession, is living at home and turning down $40K job offers until just the right opportunity comes along. Why should Millennials be spared that difficulty and humiliation?

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What Smart Associations Do Differently

Association Adviser

New Orleans Saints. New York Giants. A new study from Iris Mobile and The Center for Media Research found that 75 percent of millennials (Gen Y) access the Internet via their phones. I checked in with two of my millennial colleagues to get their take. A snapshot of how times have changed since 2010: 2010.

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