Guest Post by Michael Wilson
There’s a movement for civic engagement in higher education. University presidents, deans, and professors are committing to more responsive relationships between their campuses and surrounding communities. These leaders aim to mobilize their colleges and universities to serve outside of their walls and, in serving, to deepen and ground the learning of [...]
Category Archives: Generations
Partnering With Higher Education: Why and How to Get Started
April 30, 2008 – 7:31 am
Ignore Generation Y at your own risk
April 30, 2008 – 7:19 am
The baby boomer demographic is the hot topic in volunteer management these days, but we are missing an opportunity of equal proportions if we fail to consider the impact of millennials, those young adults born after 1980, in the volunteer sector.
The business magazine Fast Company offers an image that puts multi-generational demographics into perspective: picture [...]
When to Start Involving Your Family
April 15, 2008 – 7:28 am
by Jodi Freedman
My husband once worked for a company where every new employee had to spend a week in every department (he loved driving the forklift!) in order to truly understand the company. I think that this approach really makes sense. How could I really tell volunteers about the positions I was asking them to [...]
Boomer Managers, Ignore Millennials at Your Own Risk
April 8, 2008 – 7:04 am
The baby boomer demographic is the hot topic in volunteer management these days, but we are missing an opportunity of equal proportions if we fail to consider the impact of millennials, those young adults born after 1980, in the volunteer sector.
The business magazine Fast Company offers an image that puts multi-generational demographics into perspective: picture [...]
