Engaging with Millennials: A Crash Course for Baby Boomers by Dr. Brad Garner. Presented at the Emerging Trends in Nursing Conference at Indiana Wesleyan University on June 1, 2017.

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Engaging with Millennials:
A Crash Course for Baby Boomers
• To articulate a description of the
preferences, learning styles, and
interaction patterns of millennial
students.
• To translate current research on
millennials in relation to teaching
and learning

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An age
location
in history

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Common
Beliefs
and
Behaviors
Common
Perceived
Membership

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Commonly Ascribed Attributes
•Individually and collectively “special”
•Protected and sheltered
•Goal oriented, assertive, and confident
•Team oriented
•High achieving
•Conventional
•Accepting of varied lifestyles

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Responsive Strategies
•Rituals and traditions to build community
•Explain and re-explain procedures
•Clear expectations and explicit syllabi
•Long-term (over short-term) career planning
•Infrastructure for virtual communication
Mastrodicasa, 2015

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