Leading Learning
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If you are wondering who will be at the Leading Learning Symposium and what they expect to get out of it, you’ll appreciate these brief videos from three attendees. (And also check out Who’s Coming.) Help with the “Sea Change” Like many learning leaders, Valerie Parks, Director of Learning Strategies at the National Rural Electric Cooperative …
As we prepare for the Leading Learning Symposium, the pace of change in learning markets remains brisk. Whether online or off, there are new opportunities and challenges to be found everywhere, and in many ways, what happens over the course of the next few years will shape how we think about lifelong learning for a …
Unlike most conferences, we are strictly limiting the number of vendor-sponsors who will be involved with Leading Learning, and are striving to work with companies that we feel will really contribute to the intellectual substance of the event. Digital Ignite (now a part of YourMembership), the executive sponsor of the event, is one of those companies. In …
I posted this same entry over on the Tagoras blog, but given that it seems so applicable to the symposium, I thought I’d post it here as well. – Jeff On Friday we held our Leading Learning Spring Summit in DC, a lunch event for leaders in the business of continuing education and professional development. …
We recently held our Leading Learning Spring Summit in DC (see the videos here), a lunch event for leaders in the business of continuing education and professional development. The event marked yet another occasion for reflecting on what it means to lead in the current market for lifelong learning. The following are seven questions I think …
We’re thrilled to have Seth Kahan, one of the true visionaries of the association sector, as part of the Leading Learning faculty. While we don’t really plan to use this blog as a place to post testimonials, I wanted to share this one because I thought Seth captures the spirit of the event so well in it. Jeff
What drives decisions to participate in your organization’s educational programming? There’s one major factor that was highlighted years ago, and I’ve gotten the sense over the years that not enough learning business leaders know about it. As a result, their strategy for growing (or reviving) their education programs may be significantly less effective than it …
In the last edition of the Leading Learning newsletter we asked subscribers to share some of their toughest pricing questions. Here – with a little bit of editing to remove identifying information – are responses we provided to some of those questions. 1. Does a significant price reduction normally enhance sales? Do price reductions communicate …
Most education businesses, in our experience, need to spend more time reflecting on and clearly communicating value. “Quality” in the abstract is not value. Nor is “interactivity.” These are features. They speak to the nature of the experience, but not the impact. Convenience may represent value. Timeliness may as well. But these are not strongly …
Before he left on a trip to the state of Zhao, Pang Cong, an official of the state of Wei, asked the King of Wei whether he would hypothetically believe in a single person’s report that a tiger was roaming the markets in the capital city. “No,” replied the King. Pang Cong then asked what …
Using the flipped classroom for professional development and continuing education represents an opportunity for organizations in the business of lifelong learning to deliver more value and create much greater impact. This article provides an overview and examples. Other posts in this series: Leveraging MOOCs for Professional Development and Continuing Education Leveraging Microlearning for Professional Development and …
MOOCS for professional development get significantly less attention than MOOCs as a disruptor of higher education. Nonetheless, professional development – both formally and informally – may be the area where the real opportunity lies. This article provides resources for learning business leaders who are interested in the potential of MOOCs for professional development. Additional posts …