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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

million open jobs in this country and only 98,000 were added in March 2017. Many solutions have been proposed to address this disconnect, including expansion of apprenticeships and online continuing education. Prior to the digital revolution, these credentials were called certificates of completion. According to the U.S.

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ASAE Launches Challenge to Recognize Power of Digital Credentials

Associations Now

With a new competition and the help of other organizations, ASAE is asking the public to submit proposals on how to use digital credentials to help close the skills gap. The challenge is open now through December 30, and the winner will be awarded up to $10,000 and a speaking slot at ASAE’s 2017 Great Ideas Conference.

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Use Sponsored Grants to Strengthen Your Membership and Events

Association Adviser

Receiving a grant has traditionally meant spending hours researching details that justify your need for the grant, writing a detailed proposal that outlines how you would use the grant money and then waiting and hoping you’re chosen to receive the grant. But, grants aren’t just for academics or community planners. Lonnie Parizek, MHCA.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.19.19

Reid All About it

Billhighway shares the stories of three associations that took a successful and innovative chapter program, put resources into it, scaled it up, and then gave it back to all their chapters— trickling up chapter innovation. Presenters: Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman.