Understanding Millennial & Gen Z with Sarah Sladek #generationaldifferences #millenials

14 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Marc Haine. This content was uploaded by Marc Haine. This is a YouTube discussion titled "Understanding Millennial & Gen Z with Sarah Sladek #generationaldifferences #millenials" (created 2025-01-14T13:00:59Z). The excerpt is a short conversational transcript (in English) between Marc Haine and another participant (labelled SPEAKER A, likely Sarah Sladek based on the title). They discuss engaging Millennials and Gen Z in associations—emphasizing that younger members want hands-on participation, prefer options for involvement rather than being immediately pushed into heavy commitments like board service, and the importance of not overwhelming new members.

Millennials and younger, they will immediately disengage if there is not an opportunity for them to participate. So it's very different. It's not a wallflower mentality. It's, if I'm going to be a part of this, I want to roll up my sleeves and I actually want to be a part of this. So you better make room for me.
To that point though, you know, one thing I see as a trend going on in associations now, the minute they get a brand new member, it's like, Oh, hey, you're brand new.
Great. Hey, would you like to join our board?
And I have a sneaking suspicion that that's a scary thing to do to somebody who's a millennial or a Gen Zer first stepping into an association.
Right. No, that is. We don't want to overwhelm, but we want to have options for getting involved. We often hear again from people that I wanted the opportunity to learn Lead. Make a difference.