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Title: Understanding and Communicating with the Millennial Student


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Understanding and Communicating with the
Millennial Student
  • Presentation for Joint NC/SC Conference
  • November 7, 2006
  • Asheville, NC

Presented by
Gina Lucente-Cole American Student Assistance
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AGENDA
  • Who are they?
  • What are their characteristics?
  • What are their expectations?
  • How can you meet their expectations?
  • How can you better communicate with them?

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When You Were Born Affects
  • VALUES (early years mold your values)
  • ATTITUDES (values shape your attitude)
  • CHOICES (attitude determine your choices)

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The Generational Cycle
  • Represent people moving through time with a
    distinct image of themselves
  • Each generation has a set of common beliefs and
    behaviors
  • Each generation has a common location in history

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COMMON GENERATIONS
  • GI/Veteran 1901 1924
  • Silent/Traditionalist 1925 1942
  • Baby Boomers 1943 - 1960
  • Generation X 1961 - 1981
  • Millennials 1982 - 2003

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WHO are the MILLENIALS?
  • Children of late boomers and early GenXers
  • Babies on Board of the early Reagan years
  • Have You Hugged Your Child Today sixth graders
    of the early Clinton years
  • Teens of Columbine

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What has SHAPED their times?
  • Focus on children and family
  • Scheduled, structured lives
  • Multiculturalism
  • Terrorism
  • Heroism
  • Patriotism
  • Parent advocacy
  • Globalism

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Growing Up Messages
  • Be smart you are special (Nickelodeon, Baby
    Gap, Sports Illustrated for Kids)
  • Leave no one behind (taught to be inclusive and
    tolerant of other religions and sexual
    orientations)
  • Connect 24/7 (learned to be interdependent-on
    family, friends, and teachers)
  • Achieve now! (right college, right preschool)
  • Serve your community think of the greater good

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MILLENIALS ARE
  • SPECIAL
  • SHELTERED
  • CONFIDENT
  • TEAM-ORIENTED
  • ACHIEVING
  • PRESSURED
  • CONVENTIONAL

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MILLENIALS ARE SPECIAL
  • Generation of wanted children
  • Central to their parents sense of purpose
  • Many Boomer parents delayed having children until
    financially secure

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MILLENIALS ARE SHELTERED
  • Baby on Board signs were created for this
    generation
  • Their well being has dominated legislation (child
    restraints, home products, movie/video ratings,
    campus security)
  • Boomer parents tend to be over-protective

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MILLENIALS ARE CONFIDENT
  • Raised by parents believing in the importance of
    self-esteem
  • Optimistic yet practical
  • Hopeful of the future
  • Enjoy strong connections with their parents

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MILLENIALS ARE TEAM-ORIENTED
  • They are used to being organized in teams
  • They have spent much of their time working and
    learning in groups
  • They have established tight peer bonds
  • They are inclusive

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MILLENIALS ARE ACHIEVING
  • They are very much into setting and meeting goals
  • They have the benefit of best-educated parents
  • They are the smartest ever with rising
    proficiency in math, science and standardized
    tests
  • They are subject to mandatory testing

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MILLENIALS ARE PRESSURED
  • They are pushed to study hard
  • They are pushed to succeed
  • They are pushed to attend college
  • They are pushed to choose careers that pay off
    nicely

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MILLENIALS ARE CONVENTIONAL
  • They identify with their parents values
  • They feel close to their parents
  • They are rule followers (if we give them clear
    rules they can understand)
  • They accept authority
  • Whatever passive approach to dissent

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OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
  • Technology and Multitasking are a way of life
  • Trial and error is the key learning strategy
    (Nintendo logic)
  • They are used to bits and bytes, flash and color
  • They are racially and ethnically diverse
  • They want their parents involved (really
    involved)
  • There is zero tolerance for delays

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Ways to Equip Yourself for the Millennial Student
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WEB USAGE
  • Informational vs. Transactional
  • Our usage vs. Students usage

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ONLINE HABITS AND BEHAVIOR
  • The younger the student, the more internet and
    computer savvy
  • 82 are online daily
  • Average 12 hours per week

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THE CLASS OF 2008 Preferences
  • Information must be individually tailored
  • Portability of information is critical
  • Content must be dynamically generated
  • Lag Time is a foreign concept
  • Web Surfing is passé

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WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS INFORMATION?
  • Know your students
  • - trend watching polls
  • Determine your solution
  • Can your web site compete?
  • - mobility, uniqueness, interactivity

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1 - Mobility
  • Mobile Web Sites
  • Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)
  • Palm
  • Pocket PC
  • Smart phones

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2 - Uniqueness
  • Look no further than your own browser
  • Content delivery must be relevant
  • Yahoo Amazon changed everything - for the
    better

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3 - Interactivity
  • Interactive award letters
  • Interactive calculators and estimators
  • Interactive forms and electronic signatures
  • http//www.formsite.com
  • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) forms are not interactive

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3 Interactivity (contd)
  • Engage with technology teach with content
  • Extend your customer service model (FAQs, email,
    phone, instant messaging)
  • Virtual Counseling Tools
  • http//www.liveperson.com
  • http//www.humanclick.com

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What We Talked About
  • Comparison of Generations
  • Millennial Student Expectations
  • Understanding YOUR Students
  • Areas of concentration for web sites
  • Mobility, uniqueness, interactivity

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Street, Suite 1600 Boston, MA 02114
(800) 999-9080 (617) 728-4265 F A X (800)
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