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Where Does Your Association Fit in a Changing Postsecondary World?

Blue Sky eLearn

The internet and technology boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s were the major factors that drove the economy. I believe this is because the internet and evolutions of technology have created new desirable skill sets sought after by employers that you do not necessarily need a four-year college degree to acquire. .

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Flat Design: Millennials and Technology Impacting Web Design

Slice-Works

What Millennials Want. Millennials have been called many names: the Always-On Generation, Gen Y and Digital Natives. What they want is technology freedom. They want technology that blends seamlessly into their lifestyle. 3 Internet Explorer 9— In November 2013 Google announced they would discontinue support of IE9.

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What Associations Need to Know About Technology

Association Adviser

You don’t have to be the first to market or the earliest adopter of new technology. Technology cuts both ways. Regular Association Adviser readers may have noticed a plethora of instapolls about technology recently. You just have to be ready to catch the wave when the wave comes.

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What Smart Associations Do Differently

Association Adviser

Also look at learning preferences, technology adoption and topic interests. Technology is not synonymous for innovation; some associations are having breakthroughs by going back to old tech. 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.

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Is Your Association at a Crossroads?

Association Adviser

Cain, a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant who delivered the opening keynote presentation at the ASAE 2013 Annual Meeting & Expo in Atlanta, said that American business and American culture—even parents of young American children—tend to value extroverted personalities more than introverted personalities. Technology.

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Hear That Sound? It’s the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Engaging Members from Day One

Association Adviser

Since becoming Director, Membership for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 2013, Mike Skiados, CAE has enjoyed a 98 percent member retention rate. That’s not just a Millennial thing; that’s a societal thing. You couldn’t identify them based on age. They want to see value.