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State Restaurant Group Backs Transgender Workplace Project

Associations Now

The California Restaurant Association put its support behind a member-launched project that helps to connect transgender people with jobs in the restaurant industry. The California Restaurant Association is backing a project started by one of its members that will help reduce the high rate of unemployment among the transgender community.

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Meet Gen Z Philanthropist Sejal Makheja, Founder Elevator Project

Beth Kanter

When she was 14, Sejal founded the Elevator Project , an organization that aims to lift people out of poverty through apprenticeship, vocational training and job placement. She said she went to the Gen Z Conference because she wanted to cultivate the skills she’ll need to take the Elevator Project to a national scale.

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9 Strategies for Marketing Membership to Gen Z

Membersuite

Born between 1997 and 2012, they’re the largest generation in the U.S. That might mean a slight remodel to your value proposition or a complete renovation project. Promote your practical skills-based credential programs that award digital badges, microcredentials, and certificates. No thank you, they say, life is tough enough.

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CXPA Elevates the Customer Experience with Community

Higher Logic

The CXPA Community has seen success for its members in multiple areas – a few resources have stood out as especially useful and often member-driven initiatives: Mentor Match program, Community Blogging, CCXP Certification, and In-Person Networking. Leveraging education and certification. A growing mentoring program. Check it out here.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification. There are other projects underway to solve it, including the MedBiquitous Activity Report standard and (in a sense) the Mozilla Open Badges project. Plateau of Productivity.

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Mission Driven Volunteer Q&A

Spark Consulting

What is the certification for volunteers at c3 organizations? PH: It’s the Certification in Volunteer Administration (CVA). Some of the best sources we found include: The Corporation for National and Community Service’s Volunteering America database , a federal government data gathering project that is continuously updated.

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In the Cloud, Many Jobs Go Unfilled

Associations Now

million cloud computing jobs remained unfilled at the end of 2012. Therefore, training and certification is essential for preparing prospective job candidates to work in cloud-related jobs.”. Participants can work on real cases and real projects similar to what they are engaged in.