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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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Strategies To Create Conferences That Angry Millennials Love To Attend

Velvet Chainsaw

Millennials are angry, vocal and hungry for social change says Nancy Lublin , CEO of dosomething.org and Umair Haque , director of Havas Media Labs in a September 2013 Fast Company article. Attracting Angry Millennials. Angry Millennials love conferences with meaningful experiences.

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Mission Driven Volunteer Q&A

Spark Consulting

Volunteer Match’s 2012 Millennial Impact Report. Leading Associations: How Individual Characteristics and Team Dynamics Generate Committed Leaders , an August 2013 report out of the American Sociological Association. As an aside, Associations Now just reported on the latest CNCS reports that indicate that volunteering is down in 2013.

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New Survey Highlights Challenges Facing Small-Membership Associations

Associations Now

Among the challenges that respondents said they face were attracting and engaging millennials and getting their boards and members to adopt new technologies. Our survey report offers an opportunity to benchmark against other similar organizations in terms of budgets, membership recruitment, and retention strategies and more.

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Blurred Lines: Leisure Travel Trends Affect Business Travel

Associations Now

And now a new report sheds more light on how leisure travel technology is changing business traveler expectations. As the pace of technological change is accelerating, so is market readiness for new ways of buying, managing, and experiencing travel. Customization. Sharing economy. Two of the most well-known: Airbnb and Uber.

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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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Could BYOD Signal the End of the Desk Phone?

Associations Now

Call it a potluck party for office technology. A 2013 report by Forrester Research, “Mobile Workforce Adoption Trends” [PDF], found that 64 percent of 10,000 information workers surveyed said they use smartphones while sitting at their desks—the same percentage as those who said they use them while commuting. Tell us in the comments.