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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:01:45 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>a blog &amp; resource centre for NFP organizations</title><subtitle>a blog &amp; resource centre for NFP organizations</subtitle><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-03-05T17:09:04Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>The Nintendo Generation?</title><category term="Association Trends"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="Multigenerational workplace"/><category term="Nintendo generation"/><category term="association leadership"/><category term="baby boomers"/><category term="challenges"/><category term="generation shift"/><category term="generation y"/><category term="leadership"/><category term="non-profit leadership"/><category term="not-for-profit trends"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/5/the-nintendo-generation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/5/the-nintendo-generation.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-03-05T08:18:21Z</published><updated>2010-03-05T08:18:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Not too long ago, I was at a dinner where I found myself in a conversation with a senior association leader.  He chaired the board at one of a model non-profit and had been around the block more than a few times in the business world.  So, needless to say, I was all ears when he decided to share with me his theory on young professionals.

He said: “I like to think of young people today as the ‘Nintendo Generation.’”]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Listen Up! Series on Member Needs &amp; Satisfaction #3: Effective Communication a Bellwether for Member Satisfaction</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="Research"/><category term="The ARC Listen Up!Series on Member Needs &amp; Satisfaction"/><category term="association"/><category term="benchmarking"/><category term="member satisfaction"/><category term="members"/><category term="needs"/><category term="not-for-profit"/><category term="philanthropy"/><category term="research"/><category term="satisfaction"/><category term="stakeholder"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/18/listen-up-series-on-member-needs-satisfaction-3-effective-co.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/18/listen-up-series-on-member-needs-satisfaction-3-effective-co.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-02-18T14:00:47Z</published><updated>2010-02-18T14:00:47Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA["What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate"

If you take a minute to think about it, communication is at the root of so many of the world’s problems. Over time, lack of communication and miscommunication has led to many a sore back from sleeping on the couch. It has made people miss appointments and has left them waiting awkwardly in the wrong restaurants. It has battered and broken up the most iron-clad of relationships and caused people to lose their jobs. It has created civil and social strife and it has even led to and exacerbated wars.

Well, communication issues are also a major challenge for a lot of not-for-profits.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Keep Track of the Medals at Vancouver 2010!</title><category term="2010"/><category term="ARC"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="canada olympics"/><category term="medal counter"/><category term="medal tracker"/><category term="olympics"/><category term="vancouver"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/15/keep-track-of-the-medals-at-vancouver-2010.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/15/keep-track-of-the-medals-at-vancouver-2010.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-02-15T17:27:10Z</published><updated>2010-02-15T17:27:10Z</updated></entry><entry><title>NPO's Neither Panicked Nor Overly Prepared for the Generation Shift</title><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="aging"/><category term="association demographics"/><category term="association research"/><category term="baby boomers"/><category term="demographic shift"/><category term="generation shift"/><category term="generation x"/><category term="generation y"/><category term="not-for-profit pulse results"/><category term="not-for-profit research"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/9/npos-neither-panicked-nor-overly-prepared-for-the-generation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/9/npos-neither-panicked-nor-overly-prepared-for-the-generation.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-02-09T20:13:26Z</published><updated>2010-02-09T20:13:26Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Even Dilbert Thinks the Generation Shift is Important...2 More Days to Participate in This Month's NFP Pulse!</title><category term="Association Trends"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="NFP pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="association demographics"/><category term="association research"/><category term="baby boomer"/><category term="generation x"/><category term="not-for-profit"/><category term="not-for-profit shortage"/><category term="not-for-profit statistics"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/21/even-dilbert-thinks-the-generation-shift-is-important2-more.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/21/even-dilbert-thinks-the-generation-shift-is-important2-more.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-01-21T14:05:00Z</published><updated>2010-01-21T14:05:00Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Ready or Not, Here it Comes: How Will The Generation Shift Affect Your NFP?</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="Age of Canadian population"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="Canadian population"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="Not-for-profit pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="association demographics"/><category term="association research"/><category term="baby boomers"/><category term="generation x"/><category term="generation y"/><category term="not-for-profit demographics"/><category term="not-for-profit research"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/19/ready-or-not-here-it-comes-how-will-the-generation-shift-aff.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/19/ready-or-not-here-it-comes-how-will-the-generation-shift-aff.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-01-19T20:33:00Z</published><updated>2010-01-19T20:33:00Z</updated></entry><entry><title>And the Winner Is....</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="NFP pulse"/><category term="NFP research"/><category term="Not-for-profit pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="association demographics"/><category term="association research"/><category term="baby boomers"/><category term="generation"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/18/and-the-winner-is.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/18/and-the-winner-is.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-01-18T16:59:31Z</published><updated>2010-01-18T16:59:31Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Just Who Do You Think you’re Talking To?</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="ARC Blog"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="NFP pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="Social Media"/><category term="Social Media"/><category term="association"/><category term="association research"/><category term="canadian association"/><category term="nfp social media research"/><category term="non-profit"/><category term="not-for-profit"/><category term="not-for-profit research"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/12/just-who-do-you-think-youre-talking-to.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/12/just-who-do-you-think-youre-talking-to.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-01-12T21:50:49Z</published><updated>2010-01-12T21:50:49Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Three Things To Help Your NFP Go From Good to Great in 2010</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="ARC Blog"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="Co-Creation"/><category term="Engagement"/><category term="Social Media"/><category term="Social Media"/><category term="association membership"/><category term="association research"/><category term="co-creation"/><category term="member driven strategy"/><category term="new years' resolutions"/><category term="not-for-profit challenges"/><category term="not-for-profit trends"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2009/12/31/three-things-to-help-your-nfp-go-from-good-to-great-in-2010.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2009/12/31/three-things-to-help-your-nfp-go-from-good-to-great-in-2010.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2009-12-31T22:38:42Z</published><updated>2009-12-31T22:38:42Z</updated></entry><entry><title>An ARC Christmas Tale</title><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2009/12/22/an-arc-christmas-tale.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2009/12/22/an-arc-christmas-tale.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2009-12-22T21:56:47Z</published><updated>2009-12-22T21:56:47Z</updated></entry></feed>