Perhaps some of the best lessons around the importance of leadership and team-building can be learned through sports. Often the principles that create a winning team out on the field are the same that apply to create a winning team in business. Jamy Bechler, a former college basketball coach, decided to take what he learned from his years on the court and apply it to help … [Read more...]
12 Trends (Still) Disrupting the Market for Lifelong Learning and Continuing Education
There continue to be a wide variety of trends emerging in the market for lifelong learning and continuing education and it’s important to understand what impact, if any, each of these might have on your learning business. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff discuss twelve of the biggest trends they see (in no particular order) disrupting the … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Build Capacity for Your Learning Business
You can have the most inspiring vision in the world, a powerful mission, and a great strategy, but if you don’t have the capacity for executing, none of those things really matters very much. In this episode, Jeff and Celisa discuss why understanding capacity, and more importantly, building capacity, is one of the most critical activities an organization can pursue. They … [Read more...]
Facing and Embracing the Future of Learning
What's the future hold for learning and the business of learning? This was the question tackled in a session titled "Facing - and Embracing - the Future of Learning" at the Surge 2017 virtual summit, and this episode of the Leading Learning podcast offers a full replay of that session. In it, Amanda Beckner (AVIXA, formerly Infocomm International), Josh Goldman (Ohio Society … [Read more...]
New Business and Learning Models with Katie Hill of DIA
As associate director of DIA Learning at Drug Information Association, Katie Hill is responsible for the DIA Global Learning Strategy that drives the development and dissemination of curriculum for the global learning portfolio. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa talks with Katie about her efforts to revamp DIA's core curricula, incorporate new business … [Read more...]
Episode 100 with Guest Host Brian McGowan
It's hard for us to believe, but this is the 100th episode of the Leading Learning podcast. To help us mark the occasion, we invited two-time guest and our all-around favorite superfan Brian McGowan to guest host the show. He asks the questions, we provide the answers, and along the way, we highlight some of the episodes that we think best demonstrate what we are up to with … [Read more...]
Learning Technology Trends in the Association Sector
In 2009, Tagoras published Association E-learning: State of the Sector, the first report offering data about how trade and professional associations were using computers to deliver education to their audiences. Roll forward a decade and the report is now called Association Learning + Technology, but it still offers the most comprehensive information about how learning … [Read more...]
Capitalizing on Curation
With the constant flood of new content pouring through the Internet pipes these days, being aware of all of it and sorting it out in meaningful ways as in individual simply isn’t possible—which is why the process of curation is a concept all of us, particularly those of us in the learning business, definitely need to embrace. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, … [Read more...]
Emphatically Recommended Reading #2: Blue Ocean Strategy
As discussed in an earlier post, we are providing a short list of Emphatically Recommended Readings™ that we hope all Leading Learning Symposium participants will read in advance of attending the event. The idea behind these readings is to establish common points of reference and baseline knowledge that will help enhance the symposium experience for all involved. The … [Read more...]
Reach. Revenue. Impact.
We decided on "Reach. Revenue. Impact." as an overarching theme for the Leading Learning Symposium because it represents the balance successful organizations continually strive for in setting the strategy for their education businesses. Reach is about connecting with as many of the right learners as you can. It is not just about quantity, but also about quality. Revenue … [Read more...]
Effective Pricing Practices for Your Educational Products
This episode of the Leading Learning podcast features a Content Pod™ on effective pricing practices delivered by Tagoras managing director Jeff Cobb at the 2015 Leading Learning Symposium. We're grateful to YM Learning (formerly Digital Ignite) for being the executive sponsor for the symposium. To tune in, just click below. To make sure you catch all of the future episodes, … [Read more...]