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Title: Talking About My Generation


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Talking About My Generation
  • The Power of Four

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Confession
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What Do We Know?
  • The events and conditions each of us experience
    during our formative years help define who we are
    and how we view the world.
  • True
  • False

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What Do We Know?
  • Which of the following most accurately identifies
    the four generations in the workplace?
  • Traditionalists, Boomers, Xers and
    Generationalists
  • Boomers, Traditionalists, Millennials, and
    Socialists
  • Traditionalists, Boomers, Xers and Millennials
  • None of the above

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What Do We Know?
  • Over the next five years, approximately what
    percentage of the population will be eligible for
    retirement, causing a potential brain drain of
    daunting proportions?
  • 33
  • 47
  • 50
  • 26

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What Do We Know?
  • There are differences in the way different
    generations gather information, solve problems
    and learn new information/tasks.
  • True
  • False

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The Power of Four
  • Veterans/Matures/Traditionalists
  • Baby Boomers
  • Generation X
  • Baby Busters
  • Millennials/Gen Y
  • Echo Boomers
  • Generation Next
  • Net Generation
  • Net-Gen

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Matures
  • Born before 1946
  • Ultra-conservative and conscientious
  • Great Depression aftermath
  • World War II
  • Accustomed to sacrifice
  • Wanted to create a better world for their
    children (Boomers)

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Matures (continued)
  • Valued financial security, teamwork, delayed
    gratification, and the government
  • Respect for authority, conforming
  • Duty before fun
  • Adhere to the rules
  • Interaction style individual
  • Communicate formally

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The Baby Boomers
  • Born from 1946 1964
  • Arrived to postwar affluence and indulgent
    parents
  • More aware of political and social issues
  • Values impacted by increasing divorce rate,
    working mothers and sexual revolution
  • Values of self-fulfillment, individualism and
    material wealth
  • Optimism and involvement are core values

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The Boomers (cont.)
  • Live to work may become workaholics
  • Work is an exciting adventure
  • Team player love to have meetings
  • Communicate in person
  • About 77 million strong
  • Want respect from younger workers

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Generation X
  • Born 1965 1980
  • Grew up in a difficult time financially and
    socially
  • Latch key kids
  • Tend to be skeptical
  • Like to have fun
  • Prefer informality
  • Strong sense of entitlement in the workplace

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Generation X (cont)
  • Want structure and direction in the workplace
  • Want feedback
  • Communications must be direct and immediate
  • Forget the rules do things your own way
  • Proper work-life balance

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Millennials (Gen Y)
  • Born 1981 2000/2002
  • Grew up with the Internet
  • Skilled in accessing and applying information
  • Just starting to enter and impact the workplace
  • Value realism, confidence, extreme fun and tend
    to be social

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Millennials (cont.)
  • Self-absorbed
  • Hotly competitive
  • Eager to spend money
  • Stronger sense of entitlement
  • Fiercely independent
  • Enjoying life comes before work
  • Communicate via technology

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The New Facilitator
  • Paradigm shift!!!
  • Lifelong learning
  • Tailor your training to
  • the needs of your audience!
  • What might you do?

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Shifting Gears
  • Pick up the pace
  • Increase interaction
  • Link to the learner meaning
  • Offer options for non-linear learning
  • Make it fun
  • Rattle your own paradigms
  • DO YOU..?

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  • Start with immediate, dynamic activity?
  • Maintain a quick, lively pace?
  • Provide many opportunities for interaction?
  • Use a variety of electronic technologies?
  • Stimulate all senses of learners?
  • Use themes? Give prizes?

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Im So Glad We Had This Time Together
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