1 / 12

We Are… The Millennial Generation

We Are… The Millennial Generation. By: Andrew Irick Bill King Jenna Magistro Joe Swain Ryan Sellman. Overview. 1980’s – 1990’s Greatly influenced by technology and celebrities “Generation Y” or “The Good News Generation” Went through many hard times Created our own slang.

svea
Download Presentation

We Are… The Millennial Generation

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. We Are… The Millennial Generation By: Andrew Irick Bill King Jenna Magistro Joe Swain Ryan Sellman

  2. Overview • 1980’s – 1990’s • Greatly influenced by technology and celebrities • “Generation Y” or “The Good News Generation” • Went through many hard times • Created our own slang

  3. Traits Of The Millennial Generation • Open to change/willing to go against the grain • Liberal • Non-religious • Confident • Over-achieving • “Special” • Our parents raised us to believe this.

  4. How Do We See Ourselves • Able to change the world • Raised to believe in ourselves • See change as a worth working for • Always capable of rising to the occasion • Pushed to take on extra responsibility and workload • Happy • Good self image

  5. Unique Language Patterns • Slang version of English • Short hand writing • Ex.) BRB, LOL • Brought upon by technology • Texting • AIM • Twitter • Facebook

  6. People Of The Millennial Generation • Anyone who is involved with technology is involved in the millennial generation • Steve Jobs • Bill Gates • Mark Zuckerberg • Celebrities

  7. A Unique History • 9-11: a day that will forever be in our minds • Recession: the panic for jobs • War In Iraq: the result of 9-11 has stuck with us and has caused devastation to our generation.

  8. Arts & Entertainment • Technology Change • Harry Potter • Video games • TV- nickelodeon • Boy Bands To Rappers • Pop to Rap • Starts with boy bands • Pixar and Disney

  9. People Of Faith • Roughly 25% of Millennials do not belong to a specific religion. • People will have their own morals. • We do not have people sway us in our moral obligations.

  10. “The Good News Generation” • We strive for excellence • Most are not content with good enough • If we do not reach our goal, we do not stop

  11. And So Forth… • TV was an important part of our growing up • Learned many lessons from TV shows such as Full House, Saved by the Bell, and Boy Meets World • entertained us and taught us morals

  12. Works Cited • Agency, AMP. "The Millennial Generation: Pro-Social and Empowered to Change the World." n.d.Green Book. 1 December 2011 <http://www.greenbook.org/marketing-research.cfm/millennial-cause-study>. • Coates, Julie. "Generation Y-The Millennial Generation." 2007. Generational Learning Styles. 1 December 2011 <http://www2.honolulu.hawaii.edu/facdev/guidebk/teachtip/GenY.htm>. • Goodman, Vivian. "Millennials Language & Slang." 10 December 2004. Teenagers: The Millennial Generation. 1 December 2011 <http://www.wksu.org/news/features/adolescence/story/10>. • "Here Comes The Millennial Generation." 10 July 1998. The Concord Coalition. 1 December 2011 <http://www.concordcoalition.org/issues/facing-facts/here-comes-millennial-generation>. • Howe, Neil and William Strauss. "Millennials Go To College." 2003. 1 December 2011 <http://eubie.com/millennials.pdf>. • "Religion Among the Millennials." 17 February 2010. The Pew Forum on Religion & Publice Life. 1 December 2011 <http://pewforum.org/Age/Religion-Among-the-Millennials.aspx>. • Thielfoldt, Diane and Devon Scheef. Law Practice Today. August 2004. 1 December 2011 <http://apps.americanbar.org/lpm/lpt/articles/mgt08044.html>. • Welcome to 90s 411. 2011. 1 December 2011 http://www.90s411.com/index.html.

More Related