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New Year Resolution: Invest in Association Learning Technology

WBT Systems

Back at the office, this process is paralleled as the new year kick-starts strategic planning sessions to set goals for association management, covering everything from membership growth and retention to updating education and certification programs. Economies of Scale – reduce costs of delivering education programs.

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Why are Associations missing from the Digital Credentials conversation?

WBT Systems

Interestingly, since January 2017 there has been a proliferation of well-researched articles, opinion pieces, and whitepapers which echo the sentiment behind this stark indictment of the current education-to-employment system. “There is unprecedented demand for — and recognition of — non-degree credentials. .

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Association eLearning vs Free Online Courses

WBT Systems

There are a multitude of blogs and articles outlining the benefits of taking free online courses for professional development to advance your career, but do these courses actually deliver the value and opportunity they profess to provide to adult learners? Lower fees for learners due to the lower costs of delivering education online.

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Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources

WBT Systems

Every association wants to recruit millennial members, but the cost of membership may exceed a millennial’s budget. And that’s just the cost of joining. In a recent Associations Now article , they referred to their strategy as “priming the pump.” Student loan debt isn’t their only problem, credit card debt is a huge burden too.

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Strategies for driving non-dues revenue for your association

Nimble AMS

When memberships are flat or declining, raising the cost of membership dues is not the answer. You can sell multiple items to your members – everything from events to subscriptions to branded merchandise to training and certification courses. Invest in your training and certification programs. Offer an online career center.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.7.22

Reid All About it

I keep seeing articles advising managers to coach, not command. Stowe Boyd shares excerpts from a Harvard Business Review article about three creativity fallacies , including practical advice for preventing brainstorming sessions from going off the rails. A site that lets you access articles behind paywalls. Chapter coaching.

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OpenBadges: Increasing Visibility of Association Education

WBT Systems

There has been much discussion lately about the value of digital badges for both association education and certification programs. This article in Associations Now magazine suggests that “digital badging can strengthen an association’s community by making its members’ accomplishments more visible”. Request a Demo Today.

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