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One of the areas we are focusing on more as we progress into the new year is helping our clients with sourcing talent for their learning initiatives. We’ll be offering a variety of resources in the coming months, but as I am currently in the midst of preparing to speak to a group of professional …
No, I don’t mean your education should suck. Rather, I have in mind that obvious and yet amazing claim for a vacuum cleaner manufacturer to make: Our vacuums have strong suction and they don’t lose it. How could you claim the same for the educational experiences you offer? It might be something along the lines …
Here’s something I hear far too often from association board members: “Well, I haven’t really participated in any of the ______ myself.” You can fill in the blank with “online courses,” “Webinars,” or even, in far too many cases, “conferences,” “seminars,” or “continuing education” in general. Unfortunately, the same is often true of executives and …
As we round the corner to the end of the year, many organizations are thinking about what they can do to reinvigorate their continuing education and professional development offerings in the new year and beyond. Here are five approaches to consider:
I’ve known for as long as I can remember that the Panama Canal ranks among the great feats of human engineering. Upon visiting the Canal for the first time recently, I discovered that it is also a shining example of a rock solid value proposition. As I watched a skyscraper-sized freighter full of Japanese automobiles …
Update, April 2018: The Freelancer’s Union currently puts the number of freelancers in the U.S. at 57 million. Up by more than 10 million since this post was originally published in 2011. ** The Atlantic has been running a series over the past several weeks on the surge of independent, freelance workers in our current …
The following post, written by Celisa, was the main article in the August issue of our monthly Association Learning/Technology Digest. Each digest also includes a wealth of links to news and resources. We put a new issue out today. It’s free, and if you aren’t already subscribed, you can get the latest issue sent to …
One of the issues with which we routinely see organizations struggle is how to compete with free Webinars in their market place, or related, how to justify charging for some Webinars while offering others for free. One of the strategies we often suggest is to make use of the distinction between inform and perform training …
I’ve been catching up on my reading and in the process noted that the March edition of Associations Now highlights research showing a disconnect between the revenue growth association CEO’s anticipate they can achieve from online education and what they actually experienced. Here’s the rundown for the past two years for the percentage of CEOs …