Generation Y employees will challenge the way organizations train. The addition of this generation to our workforce will change businesses and, the reality is, HOW businesses manage their employees and their talent within the organization. While WLP’s will need to ensure that Gen Y employees have the right skills to meet strategic challenges of the organization, companies will need to explore different platforms and smaller segments to meet both the individual and organizational needs. They need to learn, but training modules will use new modalities, including downloads to a Blackberry, iPod, or computer. Text messaging, the communication of choice of the next generation will be integrated into business communications with employees. This session will discuss how to offer career tracks and development opportunities to maximize Generation Y employee's skills and meet your organizations needs. The changes to learning systems will be reviewed, and participants will learn how to change the way they communicate with their Gen-Y employees. This program supports the ASTD Competencies Delivering Training and Career and Talent Management.

1. RU offering the best training for Gen Y? Training 2 meet the skills and needs of the next generation of leaders ©2009 Price Consulting Group Dr. Kella B. Price, SPHR, CPLP National Advisors for Chapters, ASTD Price Consulting Group

4. What do you want to take from this session? ©2009 Price Consulting Group

7. Workforce by Generation ©2009 Price Consulting Group (Tulgan, 2009)

17. Researching Generation Y ©2009 Price Consulting Group

18. Generational Workplace Conflicts ©2009 Price Consulting Group

20. Perceptions of Gen Y Peers ©2009 Price Consulting Group (Corbett, 2008).

22. Training offered ©2009 Price Consulting Group

31. Learning Innovation Meetup ©2009 Price Consulting Group

32. Second Life Capabilities in Training ©2009 Price Consulting Group

33. Second Life User Demographics ©2009 Price Consulting Group (Source: Abrams, 2009)