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Certification pricing. If members complain or inquire about the price of your credentialing programs, follow the lead of the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification. They explained the reasoning behind their pricing in a post titled, Is Certification a Money Grab ? Small-staff technology. Bring your ideas.
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Since then we dubbed the Greatest Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha successively. For professional associations, things like the highest level of education or certifications earned – or asked for – are powerful. So why do we care? It can make sense to group people into age groups.
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To Millennial Leaders. Millennials make up the largest majority in the U.S. labor force and those on the upper end of this generational spectrum are beginning to take on leadership roles within their respective organizations. Millennials make up the largest majority in the U.S.
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Soon Gen Z and Millennials will dominate most of the job force, impacting the future of work as we know it. When young professionals join your organization and meet their professional or personal goals, it maximizes member engagement, accelerating your own association goals. Volunteering.
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We hope by sharing the ideas below, that you’ll be inspired to try some of these out within your own organization. Offer online practice tests for certificate/certification examinations. Mentor and coaching programs, including reverse or reciprocal mentoring programs (for example, Millennials mentoring Baby Boomers).
Your organization needs to bring in new members to meet revenue goals, and often, this includes increasing the young member base. The goal: If your organization offers certifications, continued education, or trainings as membership benefits, your leadership may want to boost involvement in these areas to grow non-dues revenue.
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Therefore many of the trends that are being predicted for other industries, such as corporate learning and development or training organizations may not impact associations in the same way, or at the same time. The paper outlines that there will be: “greater emphasis on education and online learning across the entire organization.
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The demand for knowledge will continue to grow this year, specifically the focus on certification programs. In fact, Abila predicts certification revenue will surpass membership revenue in 2016. For many members, certification has greater perceived value and affords a significant career edge that mere membership can’t provide. “For
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We figure out how we are going to sell more widgets, or design better widgets, or partner with others in the widget industry, or create a better performance review system, or train our managers to deal with Millennials more effectively, or break down our internal silos, etc. All problems in search of answers/solutions. Best practices!
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