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Should Associations Care About Blockchain?

Spark Consulting

Credentialing (degrees of all types, licenses, certifications, certificates, digital badges) is possibly, next to cryptocurrency, the most mature application of blockchain technology (and it’s certainly far more beneficial from a social good perspective). Nobody’s dying on the operating table here.”

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.4.22

Reid All About it

in agreement because that’s what I did and I haven’t applied for a job since 2004. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. The certifications, licenses, certificates, and other credentials offered by your learning business can address the needs of both learners and employers.

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Happy Birthday to Us

Virtual

The NFC Forum incorporated in October of 2004 to advance adoption of Near Field Communication technology, a short-range, wireless connectivity technology that allows consumers to perform contactless transactions, access digital content, and connect electronic devices quickly and intuitively.

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Recording Industry Group Adapts to Changing Technologies

Associations Now

Good As Gold (or Platinum) For music junkies interested in how the new “Combined” Digital Single Award will be calculated, here are the general requirements as defined by the Recording Industry Association of America : • Each permanent digital download (such as purchasing a song on iTunes) counts as one unit for certification purposes. •

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

Facebook (founded 2004), LinkedIn (2002), and Twitter (2006) were still in their infancy at the point when we founded Tagoras, and sites like Instagram (2010) and TikTok (2016) had yet to come along. The Spread of Social.

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Are You Still Providing Education Opportunities Based On The Industrial Revolution Model?

Velvet Chainsaw

Certification was a one-time learning process for permanent qualification. They identified three distinct learning stages during those fifty-one years. They also distinguished the trends for those periods and offered a set of recommendations for future progress. Learning 1.0 Learning 2.0 Learning 3.0 This post will discuss Learning 1.0

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5 Effective Web Design Strategies to Attract New Members

Fonteva

Top AMS platforms facilitate the creation of comprehensive member profiles containing their contact information, records of their involvement with your association, and additional information such as certifications they have earned. Since its inception in 2004, Murad has acted as Creative Director, Technologist and creative problem solver.