Comments on GenerationYGive: Economic Crisis: Gen Y to the Rescue?

Very interesting take on this. I especially like y...

2009-04-03T13:00:00.000-04:00

Very interesting take on this. I especially like your dollars and cents argument. Gen Y has much less income, but probably does have a lot more disposable income--at least what they pereceive as disposable.

This is an excellent blog you have and an excellen...

2009-01-14T20:30:00.000-05:00

This is an excellent blog you have and an excellent posting. I consult a number of number non-profits (http://actionstrategies.blogspot.com) and I would definitely agree that Gen Ys and even Gen Xers are a source overlooked by NGOs.

Mark

Great points!I'd love to hear more of what you thi...

2008-12-12T11:45:00.000-05:00

Great points!

I'd love to hear more of what you think about volunteering -- my experience is that it takes a lot of planning to get actual "work" value out of volunteers; the paid-staff time involved in wrangling volunteers and their work output definitely undermines the "free" in "free labor."

That being said, I think that attracting young people as volunteers, particularly in substantive roles, is a great way to find future donors and to deepen their connections to the organization.

Well said Miriam - and you make the idea of target...

2008-12-10T09:54:00.000-05:00

Well said Miriam - and you make the idea of targeting Gen Y a "no brainer". Thanks for your thoughts on this.