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Millennial-friendly meetings: Bring on the couches and big screens

Aaron Wolowiec

Google images of millennials and you’ll find young professionals connected to their smart phones and tablets. All this aside, while millennials crave technology, they still value face-to-face meetings – albeit with a different flare – and understand the importance of networking, according to a new report by Skift and Meetings Mean Business.

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Association Brain Food: 3.1.24

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Education programs. They describe how to apply best practices in cognitive, learning and behavioral sciences when designing education programs, so learners are more likely to retain and apply new competencies on the job. AI for associations.

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Where are the YPs?

Spark Consulting

Their industry is blue collar, but it is also one with excellent career and salary prospects and a clear educational track. The fact of the matter is that GenerationX, currently in their prime career and, thus, association membership target, years, is a smaller cohort than the retiring Baby Boomers and up and coming Millennials.

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Association Brain Food: 7.21.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association Brain Food is taking off next Friday, July 28 because I’m away all week at my state SAE conference and a family beach vacation. Member education. Good eats Skip down to the list of free educational events if you prefer takeout.

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Steal This Idea!

Spark Consulting

Attracting Millennial/young professional supporters. The whitepaper also features contributions from Beth Kanter , John Haydon , and Shonali Burke and case studies from: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (donor relationship-building). CFA Society Minnesota (attracting Millennials). Creating and running outstanding campaigns.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.21.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Niche conferences. The riches are in the niches, says WBT Systems. Host: Socio.

San Jose 369
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Case Study: Virtual Mentoring Using LinkedIn

Associations Now

Electronic mentoring is a trend growing in the education industry , and several associations such as the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Society for Civil Engineers offer virtual mentoring programs to connect their members. The post Case Study: Virtual Mentoring Using LinkedIn appeared first on Associations Now.'