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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:12:06 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>a blog &amp; resource centre for NFP organizations</title><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:09:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>The Nintendo Generation?</title><category>Association Trends</category><category>Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges</category><category>Multigenerational workplace</category><category>Nintendo generation</category><category>association leadership</category><category>baby boomers</category><category>challenges</category><category>generation shift</category><category>generation y</category><category>leadership</category><category>non-profit leadership</category><category>not-for-profit trends</category><dc:creator>Carol-Anne Moutinho</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:18:21 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/5/the-nintendo-generation.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">443003:4942727:6913073</guid><description><![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.’”]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/rss-comments-entry-6913073.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Listen Up! Series on Member Needs &amp; Satisfaction #3: Effective Communication a Bellwether for Member Satisfaction</title><category>ARC</category><category>Association Resource Centre</category><category>Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges</category><category>Research</category><category>The ARC Listen Up!Series on Member Needs &amp; Satisfaction</category><category>association</category><category>benchmarking</category><category>member satisfaction</category><category>members</category><category>needs</category><category>not-for-profit</category><category>philanthropy</category><category>research</category><category>satisfaction</category><category>stakeholder</category><dc:creator>Carol-Anne Moutinho</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/18/listen-up-series-on-member-needs-satisfaction-3-effective-co.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">443003:4942727:6728967</guid><description><![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.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/rss-comments-entry-6728967.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Keep Track of the Medals at Vancouver 2010!</title><category>2010</category><category>ARC</category><category>Association Resource Centre</category><category>canada olympics</category><category>medal counter</category><category>medal tracker</category><category>olympics</category><category>vancouver</category><dc:creator>Carol-Anne Moutinho</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:27:10 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/15/keep-track-of-the-medals-at-vancouver-2010.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">443003:4942727:6700271</guid><wfw:commentRss>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/rss-comments-entry-6700271.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>NPO's Neither Panicked Nor Overly Prepared for the Generation Shift</title><category>Association Resource Centre</category><category>Association Trends</category><category>Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges</category><category>NFP Pulse</category><category>aging</category><category>association demographics</category><category>association research</category><category>baby boomers</category><category>demographic shift</category><category>generation shift</category><category>generation x</category><category>generation y</category><category>not-for-profit pulse results</category><category>not-for-profit research</category><dc:creator>Carol-Anne Moutinho</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:13:26 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/9/npos-neither-panicked-nor-overly-prepared-for-the-generation.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">443003:4942727:6551396</guid><wfw:commentRss>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/rss-comments-entry-6551396.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Even Dilbert Thinks the Generation Shift is Important...2 More Days to Participate in This Month's NFP Pulse!</title><category>Association Trends</category><category>Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges</category><category>NFP Pulse</category><category>NFP pulse</category><category>Research</category><category>association demographics</category><category>association research</category><category>baby boomer</category><category>generation x</category><category>not-for-profit</category><category>not-for-profit shortage</category><category>not-for-profit statistics</category><dc:creator>Carol-Anne Moutinho</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/21/even-dilbert-thinks-the-generation-shift-is-important2-more.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">443003:4942727:6372822</guid><wfw:commentRss>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/rss-comments-entry-6372822.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Ready or Not, Here it Comes: How Will The Generation Shift Affect Your NFP?</title><category>ARC</category><category>Age of Canadian population</category><category>Association Resource Centre</category><category>Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges</category><category>Canadian population</category><category>NFP Pulse</category><category>Not-for-profit pulse</category><category>Research</category><category>association demographics</category><category>association research</category><category>baby boomers</category><category>generation x</category><category>generation y</category><category>not-for-profit demographics</category><category>not-for-profit research</category><dc:creator>Carol-Anne Moutinho</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/19/ready-or-not-here-it-comes-how-will-the-generation-shift-aff.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">443003:4942727:6276733</guid><wfw:commentRss>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/rss-comments-entry-6276733.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>And the Winner Is....</title><category>ARC</category><category>Association Resource Centre</category><category>Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges</category><category>NFP Pulse</category><category>NFP pulse</category><category>NFP research</category><category>Not-for-profit pulse</category><category>Research</category><category>association demographics</category><category>association research</category><category>baby boomers</category><category>generation</category><dc:creator>Carol-Anne Moutinho</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:59:31 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/18/and-the-winner-is.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">443003:4942727:6276724</guid><wfw:commentRss>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/rss-comments-entry-6276724.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Just Who Do You Think you’re Talking To?</title><category>ARC</category><category>ARC Blog</category><category>Association Resource Centre</category><category>Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges</category><category>NFP Pulse</category><category>NFP pulse</category><category>Research</category><category>Social Media</category><category>Social Media</category><category>association</category><category>association research</category><category>canadian association</category><category>nfp social media research</category><category>non-profit</category><category>not-for-profit</category><category>not-for-profit research</category><dc:creator>Carol-Anne Moutinho</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:50:49 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/12/just-who-do-you-think-youre-talking-to.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">443003:4942727:6257361</guid><wfw:commentRss>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/rss-comments-entry-6257361.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Three Things To Help Your NFP Go From Good to Great in 2010</title><category>ARC</category><category>ARC Blog</category><category>Association Resource Centre</category><category>Association Trends</category><category>Association Trends, Issues &amp; 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