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Where are the YPs?

Spark Consulting

“How can I recruit young professional members if there are no young professionals entering our industry?” Associations Now recently profiled an initiative by the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association focused on exactly this: recruiting young people into the industry.

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Your Member Recruiting Campaign Will Fail Without This

YourMembership

I recently attended a job fair and asked a job hunter if he thought about joining an association in his chosen industry to help him find a job and network since he was new to Florida. But it’s not just the millennials who are struggling with reasons to join their parents’ (or grandparents’) organizations.

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Can Disruptive Innovation Benefit Associations?

SCD Group

Rather than sitting around and talking about negative trends or "fussing" about Millennials, two businesses within these industrie shave refocused and created innovations designed to re/engage participants and recruit new ones. There''s nothing like it in Florida," said Mike Cannington, director of operations for Bowland Centers.