Spark Consulting

MARCH 13, 2015

I recently had the opportunity to read a review copy of When Millennials Take Over , a new book by Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant of Culture That Works designed to help us get past the freak out and to a “ridiculously optimistic” view of the future of work. Fortunately, the Millennials, the generation born between 1982 and 2004, can help us. Although GenX is currently the largest segment of the workforce, within the next three years, the Millennials will be taking over.

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Achurch

AUGUST 22, 2019

As even the most traditional workplaces are modernizing their technology systems and creating technology-based strategies, the lines between younger and older generations are clear. Millennials were the first wave of technologists, but many people from Gen Z are also entering the workforce. Their native understanding of technology widens the gap among a workforce even more. The post Technology in the Workplace: Merging Boomers and Millennials appeared first on Achurch.

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Aaron Wolowiec

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

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. At the same time, the report suggests mobile is the future of millennial-friendly meetings.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 16, 2015

What is it with those millennials and their connectedness? Features communication Facebook LinkedIn millennials mobile social media technology Twitter They always have their nose in a smartphone or tablet. could it be that they are using those devices to stay informed actively about. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I am not an expert on Millennials, but I have three daughters aged 22, 20 and 18 so I am definitely gaining some basic understanding of how they think. I have also studied, in a previous life as a designer, how technology changes the way that the generation react to the world around them. Technology sets certain expectations that young kids take for granted and apply to every instance where they encounter similar experiences. That growth came from the Millennials.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 10, 2014

Two millennials weigh in on the latest research findings. As two members of the millennial generation, we pay special attention to articles that claim to state the best ways to market to us. Ninety percent of millennials send and receive messages from their phones, so a text message campaign can be very effective for reaching this group. Millennials don’t want to interact with brands on social media the same way that they interact with friends or family.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

With millennials now representing the largest segment of the U.S. workforce, they’re bringing new ideas and preferences with them, setting the stage for changes in workplace behavior and technology use. As a younger generation who grew up using technology, millennials expect companies and organizations to be cutting-edge adopters, using the most up-to-date hardware and software to add flexibility and ease to their workflow, according to a new study from CompTIA.

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Association Adviser

MAY 20, 2014

” But, according to the association technology experts we consulted, if you don’t get some more features soon, you ain’t going to have more members. feature, you’ll see that our research shows association leaders are more likely to invest in new tools, technologies and processes than they are in hiring more people. Technology is no longer a siloed department. Common association technology mistakes. Technology success stories.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 10, 2013

This embrace of technology that makes association life easier should be applauded and further supported in 2014. Millennials (and most others) are not impressed by gimmicks, so a true customization of the membership experience is one of the few appropriate responses to this concern. Many , many articles in the blogosphere address the need to reach out to Millennials with an updated, more non-traditional membership experience. Kelly Donovan, Naylor.

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SCD Group

MAY 18, 2015

So many people limit the discussion of digital technology to that which millennials have adopted. And, as associations, we forget to recognize how much all members are using technology in their daily lives. Over the last few years, several authors have published good books about associations and millennials. Jamie Notter & Maddie Grant just published When Millennials Take Over.

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Association Adviser

JULY 7, 2016

Despite popular sentiment that millennials are disinterested in joining traditional professional associations, young people are uniquely positioned to benefit from association membership in important ways. Many of the things millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) value most, including connection, collaboration and community outreach, can be integral aspects of membership. Don’t make the mistake of lumping all millennials together or thinking they’re not joiners. .

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Association Adviser

MAY 20, 2014

Gen Y or Millennials. In spite of how smart I think I am, it has taken me a long time to adjust to all the technology inventions. In order to make the leap into the 21st century, I’ve had to work with several Gen X technology consultants. And, central to this article, they are often uncomfortable with technology and slow to adjust to it. The technological dynamic of instant and ubiquitous access to the Internet has caused what I would call a great technological divide.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Millennials are eager to connect, participate and give says the 2013 Millennial Impact Report by Achieve. Since 2009, the report has focused on Millennial behaviors that would interest many nonprofits and conference organizers including trends in communication, service and giving. One of the biggest report takeaways that conference organizers should capitalize on is that Millennials want to be actively involved and participate in an experience.

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WBT Systems

APRIL 19, 2017

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? Millennial learners are more likely to perform better when instructors connect their lessons to real life.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 27, 2014

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. It has to do with adapting to global social changes and Millennials’ needs to engage them as paying attendees. Angry Millennials love conferences with meaningful experiences. Angry Millennials love conferences that break the rules.

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Slice-Works

MARCH 6, 2014

What Millennials Want. Millennials have been called many names: the Always-On Generation, Gen Y and Digital Natives. All of the above designations are appropriate—they were born on the cusp of the 21st century (1977-1995); they are glued to their cell phones when not otherwise engaged; they are the next demographic to follow Gen X; and they have grown up with technology as a standard element of their environment. What they want is technology freedom. © Thinkstock.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 22, 2019

Millennials, tech, activism—a 10-year study shares how the plugged-in generation interacts with causes and social issues. A statement that should come as no surprise to anyone: Millennials are engaged in technology and leverage it as a tool for activism. Millennials and their friends consistently share and actively respond to information and opinions,” says Derrick Feldmann on the NTEN website. “To

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The marketing agency Zenith lays out a useful contrarian take on ad targeting: We might be past the point where millennials and Generation Z are worth all the attention. Hence why you feel like you can’t get away from reading about millennials and Generation Z. In other words, all this technology is changing our behavior, and it’s leading to different results from what we’ve been accustomed to in the past.

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Association Adviser

JULY 27, 2016

Our colleague Eryn Underwood’s recent article Why Millennials Join Associations and What Associations Can Do to Keep Them has been republished by a number of state society publications, so it appears we struck a nerve. Association Adviser: How is your organization connecting with millennials? Millennials don’t want to meet face-to-face. It’s been a good way to connect not only with millennials, but with others who may have come into coal later their careers.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

What millennials really want is more digital integration and to be included in all aspects of a meeting, says Jason Dorsey, president of The Center for Generational Kinetics, in an interview with BizBash. The best way to reach millennials is to create the foundation for a great event before the event happens,” he says. The post Daily Buzz: Attract Millennials and Gen Z to Meetings appeared first on Associations Now

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Associations Now

APRIL 29, 2019

From free food to a commitment to student loans, organizations looking to hire younger workers are learning to boost their millennial-friendly benefits, and when the time is right, let loose. When it comes to attracting millennials or generation Y, a lot of it comes down to added flexibility that gives them a degree of added control or freedom over their destinies. The post Five Millennial-Friendly Benefits to Offer Your Team appeared first on Associations Now

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.orgCommunity

JUNE 18, 2019

Generation Z and young Millennials are different. However, they will join and participate if they believe the ROI you offer is worth the short-term sacrifice to their budget—and you design and market programs that meet the education expectations of Millennials and Gen Z. The 4 Education Expectations of Millennials and Gen Z. But, here’s the bad news for associations: Personify surveyed 1,000 Millennial and Generation Z association members for their Young Members 2.0

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 18, 2015

Well, they are the things that Millennials look for in the workplace. Indeed, as the provocative book title suggests, they are not just the things Millennials look for, they are the way Millennials will shape and run things when they are in charge. To paraphrase Jamie and Maddie, despite its name, it is less about the use of technology and more about adopting a particular mindset. Technology certainly helps an organization accomplish these tasks.

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YourMembership Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

How do you go about making decisions involving the technology needs for your association that enable you to serve your members more effectively? We asked that question last week in our webinar, Make the Right Choice: Eva luating Technology for Your Association. There is no getting around the reality that many organizations are experiencing generational shifts within their membership as Boomers retire and Millennials enter the workforce.

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Association Adviser

MAY 14, 2013

You don’t have to be the first to market or the earliest adopter of new technology. Technology cuts both ways. In this 24/7 always-connected world, we have to figure out a way to stay up current with all the new technology available without becoming a slave to it and allowing it to drain valuable time and resources from our organizations. Regular Association Adviser readers may have noticed a plethora of instapolls about technology recently. By Hank Berkowitz.

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Associations Now

JUNE 27, 2014

Looking to get millennial attendees to your next event? There are 80 million millennials in the United States. Millennials want a true experience, something that is personalized, new, and enables them to meet the right people at the right time. In it, he offers nine tips on how to get millennials to attend your next conference or event. According to Schawbel, 85 percent of millennials want interesting and fun educational programs.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Millennials deal with work-disrupting mental health issues at nearly twice the U.S. And for millennials, the effects of feeling overwhelmed bleed deeper into work than older generations. For millennial and gen Z workers, that number jumps to 30 percent. Then again, many of the suggested causes for millennial distress truly are unique to this era, creating what some call a ‘sociological’ form of anxiety.”.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 3, 2017

Whether your association is planning to launch new education or certification programs, or revitalize and restructure existing programs, our suggestion for your new year resolution is to invest in association learning technology. Now you might think, of course a learning management system vendor is going to recommend investing in learning technology, but we are not talking about sales! New Year, New Goals, New Technology.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Did you know that texting is the number one form of writing today among Millennials? We would better serve students by helping them to solve the writing problems they encounter in their lives using the technologies appropriate for those tasks.”. Grabill says that Millennials today lead far more complex writing lives than any other generation. Cell phones have become the prominent writing tool for Millennials today. Millennials think email is for old people.

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Blue Sky eLearn

MAY 29, 2018

Podcasts have become increasingly popular over the past decade and as a millennial I am going to give my insights as to why. The first is a 2018 study conducted by Nielsen and Edison Research which found: 42% of millennials, ages 18-34, listen to at least one podcast a week. So, why do millennials and affluent individuals listen to more podcasts than the rest of America?

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Millennials have eschewed sending greeting cards, so the industry has gotten edgier in response—making room for different voices and different kinds of cards. Facing challenges with changing culture and constant competition from instant communication, the greeting card industry is developing new tactics to capture the growing millennial audience. However, the news isn’t terrible: According to GCA, about 60 percent of millennials have purchased a card over the last year.

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Blue Sky eLearn

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

But, with how rapidly things are changing when it comes to things like automation, artificial intelligence and technology in general, we should all be thinking about not just lifelong learning, but what some would call lifelong employability. . I find that we talk a lot about Millennials and Gen Z. As technology continues to evolve, the younger generations are becoming more and more tech-savvy, and are usually able to pick up new skills and training quickly.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

If you’ve heard one story about those weird, wacky millennials, you’ve heard them all, right? Programmer Eric Bailey created a web browser extension to parody the heavy use of certain buzzwords like “millennials.” A lot of these articles speak of [millennials] in terms of this weird, dehumanized, alien phenomenon.”. times that college students/millennials/”snake people” did the same thing in 2013. Then you think about millennials.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Now, PMA is trying it again—this time focusing on millennials. We need to nurture a new generation of leaders to ensure that the manufacturing industry continues to keep growing, embracing new technologies and adapting to a changing world,” PMA President Bill Gaskin said in a June news release. We want to be able to be a resource that they can suggest to their millennial and Gen X employees.”

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Want to get a glimpse into the minds of millennial employees and members? Barnes’ Android phone is the most advanced technology she owns and (barely) operates. These seamless advances in technology have had, and will continue to have, a profound impact on our day-to-day lives. The post Meet the Millennials: Young Professionals Are Pushing Associations Forward appeared first on Associations Now Hang out with them here for a few days.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2015

Despite what you’ve read about millennials and the impending decline of the meetings industry, a new report by the Meetings Mean Business Coalition found that this generation understands the importance of in-person events. Broken down by generation, 79 percent of millennials said they would attend more in-person events compared to 71 percent of gen Xers, 63 percent of baby boomers, and 46 percent of the greatest generation.

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Blue Sky eLearn

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

For years we’ve been talking about Millennials. While Millennials are still as important as ever, we can’t overlook the up and coming generation – Generation Z. How does Generation Z differ from Millennials? While Millennials grew up with parents living in a time of prosperity and opportunity, Generation Z grew up through a recession. While Millennials were pioneers, Generation Z was born into the Digital Age. How they are different from previous generations.

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Association Success

JUNE 5, 2017

Assume everyone under the age of 30 knows how (or wants) to run your social media and/or your office technology. You could always claim your page and do things like activity ask outgoing employees to leave a review, but it might result in unwanted Millennial attention. So to keep those dang Millennials away, don’t offer: Decent health insurance : A friend of mine pays $450 a month for healthcare through the Affordable Care Act because he works as a contractor.

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Slice-Works

MAY 2, 2013

As the parent of 5 millennials, it’s easy to identify with the stereotypes of this younger generation as entitled, spoiled and non-committal. The wedding is just over 5 weeks away. After marrying 3 sons off in the last three years, I FINALLY get to play the role “Mother-of-the-Bride!” Wedding planning is a great microcosm to [.].

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Associations Now

APRIL 7, 2017

Are private job boards hindering your ability to recruit millennials? Also: Three familiar association technology providers join together to create a new, unified brand. Many associations are struggling with millennial recruitment, so they need to use every tool in their arsenals to connect with young prospects and showcase their value. Ease of access is a priority for millennials. Community Brands will become the technology solution for more than 13,000 associations.

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