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Do Millennials Define Engagement Differently?

Jamie Notter

Her Millennial daughter came home from work and told the mother that she had quit her job. When the mom asked why, the Millennial daughter replied, “because they wouldn’t listen to my ideas.” But the Millennials are not down at that level, and, honestly, it’s through no fault of their own. So you have a choice.

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Eric Lanke: Millennials Are the New Slackers

Eric Lanke

Millennials Are the New Slackers. In this case, the blogger is Andrew McAfee and his target is the "entitlement mentality" of many Millennials. Its horrific, McAfee says, and he goes on to detail out how Millennials should be acting in this dismal economy. Millennials are the new kids on the block when it comes to the workplace.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.3.17

Reid All About it

How Millennials and Baby Boomers Can Work Together. Although millennials and baby boomers can be very different in their interests and values, a few simple strategies will help you facilitate communication and collaboration between these influential generations. More info/register. Host: VolunteerMatch. Tue 3/7 at 2 p.m. – Host: 4Good.

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Building Buy-In for an Online Community at Your Association

Higher Logic

While the way you align your proposed member community with your executives’ goals will vary by association, five of the most common priorities you might find in the strategic plan include new member acquisition, member engagement and retention, non-dues revenue growth, advocacy and legislation, and maintaining relevance. Objection 1: Price.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.16.16

Reid All About it

– How to Move Past the “Millennial” Conversation & Actually Change Your Association. The Millennial generation are now the largest segment of the workforce–a title they’ll hold for decades. Here’s a topic you need to stay on top of: the proposed U.S. Thu 5/19 at 12 p.m. Fri 5/20 at 11:30 a.m. AENC CEO Luncheon.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 04.26.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Millennials and Gen Z are joiners but only if they believe the ROI your association offers is worth the short-term sacrifice to their budget. How to Save Time Making Conference Education & Proposal Management Systems Work Together.

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Mission possible: Finding and keeping volunteers

Aaron Wolowiec

Part of the problem is traditional committee structure doesn’t allow for quick decision making, Engel said, and that doesn’t work when GenXers and millennials are accustomed to 24-7 information and networking. Are you seeing a surge in GenX and millennial volunteers? We get impatient.

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