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Opportunity Knocks – Are You There?

YourMembership

When the Great Recession hit in 2007, the impact on the job market was felt immediately and unemployment peaked at 10 percent only a couple years later in 2009. According to Shelly Alcorn, CAE, many certifications offered by associations, will play a bigger role than traditional college degrees in the future.

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Shaking Up Patterns

Jamie Notter

This weekend I taught a three-hour session on Systems to students in Georgetown’s Organization Development and Change Leadership Certificate program. December 2007 (8). November 2007 (14). October 2007 (12). September 2007 (17). August 2007 (18). July 2007 (13). June 2007 (17).

System 70
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Management specialist: CAI celebrates milestone designation

Ungrated

She has worked in community association management since 2007. In addition, they must have already earned the entry-level certification for managers— the CMCA credential from the Community Association Managers International Certification Board (CAMICB).

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Do We Need Social Media Certification? - BlogClump

BlogClump

Do We Need Social Media Certification? My friend Maddie Grant tweeted this post the other day about Social Media Certification. I bet these folks doing the certifications are trying to become the authority by offering them. I am not advocating a certification, but there might be a way to do one that wasnt totally full of fluff.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

Tagoras , the parent company of Leading Learning, recently turned 15 years old – we were founded in May 2007. At this point, smart phones and tablets seem so entrenched in our lives that it may be hard to believe that the iPhone was not actually introduced until 2007, only a month or so after Tagoras was founded. The SaaS Explosion.

Course 101
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Profiting from Green Meeting Strategy ? Beyond the Feel Good.

GlowGlobally

Businesswire – According to a new survey by the AMC Institute, four out of five meetings in 2008 were “greener” than in 2007. An effective green meeting strategy includes: education, supply chain management, measurement, marketing, certification and community action. by Peter Turner. Establish clear KPI’s.

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Knowledge Application Gap Still Exists in Some Emerging Markets.

GlowGlobally

But if the brothers exemplify the engineering gap, the firm they started together in 2007, Aspiring Minds, is busy debunking it. Some associations are using this opportunity to sell into these private corporate “universities” with their certification and training product portfolios. According to the company, only 4.2%