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Why (and How) to Design Association Education for Young Professionals

WBT Systems

Millennials will make up nearly half the U.S. Generational definitions vary but most characterize millennials (or Generation Y) as 21 to 35 year olds. Generation Z, usually described as those who are 21 and under, is already a bigger group than the millennials or the boomers. Millennials in the workplace. hours per week.

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Focus on Millennial Learners to Benefit Members of All Ages

WBT Systems

There are countless articles describing how we need to change the way we deliver learning to attract and engage millennial learners, but many of these articles seem to forget that organizations must deliver learning to learners across multiple generational groups. Do millennial learners prefer different types of training?

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Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources

WBT Systems

Millennials get their share of depressing headlines these days—like this one from NBC News : “Majority of millennials are in debt, hitting pause on major life events.”. A stunning sad fact: only 22 percent of millennials are debt-free. The state of millennial membership. The state of millennial membership.

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How to Recruit and Retain Millennial Employees (Hint: Start by Building Community)

Higher Logic

Some companies naturally attract millennials. If you can’t afford (or don’t want) distracting foosball tables, how do you appeal to young professionals? Lean on research, including studies and surveys, that flat-out asks millennials what they want. You don’t have to tell millennials how collaborative your organization is.

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Association Brain Food: 8.25.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. TopClass LMS highlights findings from MGI’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report that they think will interest association education teams. Gen Z and millennials.

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How to Convince Employers to Pay for Professional Development

WBT Systems

Here are three of the most common reasons professional development budgets are sparse (or non-existent) and what you can do to help employees get the money and education they need. A 10 percent increase in workforce education level led to an 8.6 Employers with this mindset have it backwards. People leave managers, not jobs.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

In this post, we have collected some articles that we think will be interesting for associations, and that touch on some of the challenges and opportunities for association education programs today. Connectivity is replacing knowledge – association education must facilitate feedback, understanding and application to provide true value.

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