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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

The drop in the cost and effort required to capture, edit, and deliver video has dramatically increased our ability to use it for developing educational content. For learning businesses, the rise of SaaS has meant better, lower-cost access to a wider variety of learning platform options. The E-learning Cost Cliff.

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Leveraging strategy to amplify education initiatives

Aaron Wolowiec

Despite bad press, Detroit offers countless examples of what’s working. In an article I wrote in June 2002 for Associations Now , I encouraged readers to take a break from the daily firefighting we’ve come to expect and instead approach tasks with more reflection, strategy and collaboration.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Crowdsourcing.

Idea Architects

In this edition, explore examples of crowdsourcing in action, experiments in new forms of management, and a case of learning driven by a behind-the-scenes look at conference planning. Other examples include M y Starbucks Idea and Dells IdeaStorm. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3).

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Conferences Aren't Serious About Networking Unless

Idea Architects

Here are a few woefully obvious, yet still underutilized, tactics for doing so that cost next to no time or money. Great examples, and while they may not be particularly novel, it's remarkable how often we overlook these kinds of touches when organizing events. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2).

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Labor Tensions Cause Port Headaches for Retail, Manufacturing Industries

Associations Now

The projected cost, per day, of a 10-day port shutdown on the West Coast, according to an estimate supplied by global management consulting firm Kurt Salmon on behalf of the National Retail Federation and the National Association of Manufacturers. In 2002, after a 10-day work stoppage at the ports, President George W.

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Opening the Door to Government Members

Associations Now

Take, for example, the National Defense Industrial Association, which has more than 85,000 members in the defense and national security community. In 2002, NIDA set a goal to bulk up government membership by piloting a free, three-year government membership category with the option to renew as a dues-paying member. “We

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Email Marketing Trends: What’s Hot in 2017

Associations Now

You pay for the ease of use that comes with Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor, for example. Amazon’s Simple Email Service (SES) , for example, offers an API-based interface for sending emails, much like you might use Amazon Web Services for other cloud offerings. Problem is, SES isn’t easy to use on its own.