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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

billion in 2006—about a year and a half after YouTube was founded—we all should have known something big was a foot. 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 Surge of Video.

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The Long Road to Standards Adoption

Virtual

This is despite the fact that NFC is already in hundreds of millions of mobile phones worldwide and first appeared in a Nokia “feature phone” in 2006. And, of course, for consumers to become aware of and embrace new technologies as part of their daily lives.

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Long Live Your Education Sessions: How To Repurpose, Reuse and Recoup Meeting Costs

Tom Morrison

Our association had a five module course that included a thick 3-ring bound Instructor’s Guide, five student handbooks and written tests. What if we also gave an option for members to take the course online and call it the Qualified Furnace Operator Program? Let me give you an example of how this looks in the real world. Yes overheads.

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A Primer on the Middle East Region for Association Executives

GlowGlobally

Others rely more on membership fees and revenue generated out of their certification programmes. International associations with certifications and strong professional development courses will find many takers in the region. Increasing Role of Women in the Workforce.