Sun.Dec 14, 2014

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The One Way to Deliver Unwelcome News

Idea Architects

'Imagine you are leaders of an important community institution, one some might even describe as beloved. You have a difficult policy change to announce, one presumably driven by relevant data and reflecting the best option from among many that were thoughtfully considered. Despite the case you can make for it, the decision is not going to be popular with many.

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Flipping the Classroom of Association Education

SCD Group

'AP Photo from The Wall Street Journal A week ago, the Wall Street Journal wrote a football story that offers ideas for association education programming. Headlined Taking the Buckeyes to School outlines some of the innovative coaching methods of Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer. The theory behind it is that introducing students to new material through short video lectures, screencasts or online slideshows outside of class time allows for the lower levels of cognitive work—gaining knowledge