On this page you will find our collection of Executive Briefings and Reports. Just click to download the ones that interest you.
Association-Specific
- The Strategic Outlook for Association Learning Businesses 2026
This report draws on data from our annual learning business strategic outlook survey to provide data and strategics insights for associations seeking to grow their continuing education and professional development businesses in 2026. - “Where Mission and Margin Meet: How Association CEOs Think About Learning and Education”
documents insights and perspectives from 27 association CEOs and executive directors interviewed throughout 2025. Collectively, these leaders serve millions of members and learners and oversee educational portfolios that span online and in-person offerings, in-depth certifications and microcredentials, and formal and informal learning opportunities.
All Learning Businesses
- “Unlock Growth: Strategies and Frameworks for Your Learning Business”
A great resource for making the case for growth within your learning business. Avoid the pitfalls of “growth for growth’s sake” and learn four approaches to growth along with the the two factors that drive four growth approaches – and the related risks.
- “Practice Makes Profit: The Business and Learning Case for Practice”
This briefing lays out how the right types of practice dramatically boost learning and long-term retention; how practice opportunities can increase your reach, revenue, and impact; and how to integrate more practice opportunities into your portfolio of offerings. - “Why and How to Build Your Blended Learning Playbook”
An overview of the opportunity of blended learning for learning businesses with examples of how others have implemented blended learning and a framework for creating effective blended experiences. - “Content, Practice, and Credentials: Building a Virtuous Learning Cycle”
Learning is a process, not an event—and that process is rarely linear. This briefing explores how to support learning’s recurring nature and strengthen its outcomes by connecting content with practice and validation, creating a virtuous cycle that benefits both your learning business and your learners. - “Conquering the Confusion: The Role of the LMS in the Evolving Learntech Landscape”
Inisghts and examples to help learning businesses understand the current learning technology landscape and the role of the learning management system in relation to other key learning platform technologies.