1. BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN ALL GENERATIONS Sue Schlichtemeier-Nutzman, Ph.D. Director, Business Leadership Program * College of Saint Mary (402) 416-8599 sschlichtemeier@csm.edu

2. Fastest Football Activity You will be divided into teams. The person who receives the football is your team captain.

3. Fastest Football Rules: The object: Get the ball from the captain to every other team member and back to the captain faster than the other teams. Captain has to touch it first and last– but only has to touch it with one hand. Every other team member must touch it at least once– with both hands. Only one person can touch it at a time. The ball must be in the air or touching a team member at all times.

4. Do You Know Someone Who …..? Just started high school? Would like to retire in the next 5 years? Watched Sesame Street as a child? Watched Ding Dong School as a child? Has gone Cow-Tipping or Snipe Hunting? Has Eaten Spam? Grew Up Operating a Mouse? Sings Hannah Montana songs?

5. REMINDERS: Generational Differences Only one dimension of human diversity More apparent when other dimensions are held constant There is more diversity within each generation than between generations Patterns are strongest in the middle of each generation Those who grew up around older adults, may be “spanners”

6. Generations Working Together Birth Years Generation Age ’09 % Euro-Am 1903 or Before Centenarian 100+ 1904-1924 Matures 85-105 95% 1925-1945 WWII Gen 64-84 85% 1946-1964 Baby Boomers 45-63 75% 1965-1981 Gen X 28-44 65% 1982-1994 Gen Y 15-27 55% 1995 or Later Gen Z 0-14 45%

7. The World Has Changed! Find a partner who is at least 10 years older or younger than you. Together, think of at least 3 things about school that have changed in the past 10 years. Together, think of at least 3 things about our homes that have changed in the past 10 years.

8. When Did Blackberries …

9. … Become Blackberries?!!

10. When Did “Being Green”…

11. Become “Being Green”?!!

12. When Did Closing Windows…

13. Become Closing Windows?!!

14. When Did Getting Serious…

15. Become Getting Sirius?!!

16. When Did Boot…

17. …Become Boot?!!

18. When Did Twitter and Tweets… Twitter Tweet, tweet… Twitter, twitter

19. …Become Twitter and Tweets?!!

20. When Did Bail Out…

21. …Become Bail Out?!! US Senate passes Wall Street bailout bill

22. REMINDER… The older the generation, the more change they have experienced.