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How to Continue the Conference Learning Experience

WBT Systems

Conferences consume a great deal of your association’s time and financial resources. The truth is: conferences are not the most effective method of transferring knowledge. In most associations, only a small percentage of members attend conferences. Why Continue the Conference Learning Experience. It doesn’t happen.

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Remember the 3 E’s When Marketing Educational Programs

WBT Systems

An effective online learning marketing plan has three phases. The three E’s of marketing educational programs will help you succeed with each of these three phases of marketing. Expeditionary Marketing. Colleges and universities have also identified the lifelong learning market as a promising source of new revenue.

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Wednesday Buzz: Use MOOCs to Build Community

Associations Now

Does your association provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) or virtual continuing education courses to members? But if your conference has an advocacy component, you may want to invite groups that are typically on the other side of your policy issues. Perhaps you should suggest that your members do their learning together.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective. Value-based accreditation: Continuing with the CE credit economy, we note that many CE providers are concerned with competition in the market, which we can describe in economic terms as deflation of the price of CE credit.

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. Associations provide niche education – via credentialing and certification – something most grads won’t have entering the market. trillion market (the current level of student debt in the U.S.)

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Associations play an important role in higher education

Aaron Wolowiec

But with credentialing programs, MOOCs, conferences and other online offerings, associations can fill the skills gap. Associations provide niche education – via credentialing and certification – something most grads won’t have entering the market. trillion market (the current level of student debt in the U.S.)

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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

I love the idea of a small, focused conference where you can actually get to know people, so I hope to meet many of you there. WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. The corporate market is a growing profit center for them—and could be for your association too.

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