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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

Before the rise of social media and cloud computing, associations competed to attract new members — but only in a subtle “non-profit” sort of way. Sometimes called digital credentials or micro-credentials, digital badges are a graphical representation of competencies earned through learning. It’s different now.

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Social Media Roundup: Do You Know the Difference Between LMS and LCMS?

Associations Now

If you’re stumbling over two of the biggest acronyms in e-learning, you’re in luck. Can’t tell a learning management system from a learning content management system? You’re not alone, and today’s Social Media Roundup is here to help you distinguish between the two.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

What’s happened over the past 15 years, of course, is that social media has become a deeply ingrained part of everyday life for billions of people globally. Impact on the Learning Business Landscape. As with video, it would be hard to underestimate the impact of social media. The E-learning Cost Cliff.

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11 Elements of a Winning Member Engagement Strategy

Higher Logic

This way, you can create a single sign-on (SSO) for your members so that they can easily log into your website and all the associated benefits, like your learning management system, your online community, or your mentoring program. Editor’s note: This post was originally published on August 28, 2014 by Joshua Paul.

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The Visual Shift: The Ultimate Guide to Video Marketing for Associations

MemberClicks

We’ll cover the best video marketing strategy for associations and how you can take advantage of video in social media marketing to drive the results and widen your impact. Since 2014, Google has been including video in search engine result pages. This presents a crucial opportunity for your organization. Currently, 137.4K

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Leverage Technology; Don’t Be a Slave to IT

Association Adviser

To help your figure out where to devote your tech energies for 2014 and beyond, we reached out to some of the association world’s best technology minds for guidance. Social Media 2.0. If you’re not fired up about social media, then find someone on your staff who is.” Sound familiar? Your fans do.

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How To Design a Digital Badge Strategy

WBT Systems

These are the platforms that your users (earners) will use to display their badge, e.g. your online learning environment, LMS/LCMS, social media, Mozilla Open Badges Backpack , etc. Some questions you might want to ask are: How easy is it to add and display badges in your online learning environment? References.

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