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Community for Career Development: A Look Inside One NAVUG Community Member’s Journey

Higher Logic

In 1980, I left high school and began the next chapter of my life as a productive member of the American working class. With a vocational accounting certificate in my hand, I began working as an intern for the company CFO and loved both working and getting paid. 2017 brought a promotion and title change.

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Which Association Learning Trends Predictions Came True in 2016?

WBT Systems

Which association learning trends will still be important as we move forward into 2017? As the year has unfolded, it has been interesting to watch which of these association learning trends have manifested themselves and become important to associations that are looking to enhance and extend their education and certification programs.

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Daily Buzz: Bridge Your Industry’s Soft Skills Gap

Associations Now

In the 2017 edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ CEO Survey [PDF], 77 percent said the biggest threat to their businesses stems from underdeveloped soft skills. They can attempt to offer effective training in human skills or send their employees to generic training classes in leadership, communication, negotiation, or conflict resolution.

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Report: Women Underrepresented in Cybersecurity

Associations Now

While women comprise 43 percent of the global workforce, they only fill 11 percent of cybersecurity positions, according to the new 2017 Women in Cybersecurity Report from the Executive Women’s Forum on Information Security, Risk Management and Privacy (EWF) and the Center for Cyber Safety and Education.

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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. One case study a week paired with a multiple-choice question makes a ton of sense, perhaps even as a replacement for high stakes certification. Plateau of Productivity.

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Increase Your Membership ROI – Return on Involvement

Association Adviser

Preliminary findings were released this week from the 2017 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report , which will be released later this summer at ASAE’s Annual Meeting & Exposition in Toronto. Do you know if they offer a certification? But consider the rest of the “class.” The same holds true for association membership.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.21.16

Reid All About it

After completing the survey, you’ll have the chance to win one of five registrations to Learning • Technology • Design 2017 – and, if you win, I’ll be very envious. Several people in ASAE’s Professional Development section are auditing this 5-week online class on design thinking. Here’s another link to the survey. 1 CAE credit.

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