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Three Things To Do Now To Prepare For Next-Gen Members

Associations Now

After starting a Young Professionals Taskforce for his local state society, a YP shares three things organizations can do today to get ready for next-gen members. This is a great thing considering millennials and Gen Z will make up nearly 59 percent of the workforce by 2020. You’ll be amazed with what we can do. <bio>

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

The police, healthcare organizations, religious groups, financial institutions, and news outlets are all subject to greater scrutiny and skepticism. Experiences like the following make Millennials and GenX, groups that associations are seeking to engage, consider even long-standing organizations with a dose of suspicion.

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Chose Your Dimensions of Diversity and Get Started

Eric Lanke

Research demonstrates that millennials think about and define diversity in significantly different ways than members of previous generations. Millennials are more focused on "cognitive diversity, or diversity of thoughts, ideas, and philosophies." For me, there were several key concepts. Here's one. One final word.

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You’re Never Too Young to Conquer New Challenges

Association Adviser

Christina graciously took time to speak with Association Adviser about the excitement of building a career that is larger than working for just one organization, becoming a better association manager, and why everyone should kick the stereotyped “millennial” label to the curb. Association Adviser: How did you get into association work?

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Tuesday Buzz: Membership Lessons From Social Clubs

Associations Now

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel highlights the current success of the Wisconsin Club , which will celebrate its 125th anniversary next year. The organization is reaching new financial highs and is maintaining a strong handle on membership—which currently stands around 1,500. They Want to Belong.

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The Hourglass Blog: The Role of Trust in Innovation

The Hourglass Blog

If you didnt see it, Maddie Grant asked me to do a guest post on her SocialFish blog last week, and I shamelessly used it as an opportunity to promote the innovation project Im spearheading for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Communication. Encore Careers. Governance.

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The Hourglass Blog: Real-World Innovation for Associations

The Hourglass Blog

I had a fantastic opportunity this past Friday—an opportunity to take the principles and ideas about innovation that are being developed through my work with the Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives , and apply them in a real-world situation with a real-world organization.