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A Futurist’s View: On The Amazon Of Certifications

Association Success

Associations are stronger together, how can they collaborate to create a place to develop, provide, and update certifications? What if that competitor also had a simple way to sell valuable certifications “in bulk” to your member’s employers? If you happen to work for LinkedIn, please stop reading this article and close this window.

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Emotional rover coaster: Accommodating emotional support animal requests

Ungrated

But they may request documentation generally linking their disability with “the assistance or therapeutic emotional support provided by the animal,” HUD says. Who provides that documentation? Critics consider these operations certificate mills. Mike Ramsey, a Chicago-based freelance writer, contributed to this article.

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Membership 101: Life Time Value

Spark Consulting

A large company that pays a large sum for dues, and is likely to be with you for many years, send teams of people to your meeting every year, and require their managers to earn your certification merits a much larger investment than a mom-and-pop business that’s likely to be acquired by a larger competition within the next three years.

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Connecting Brands, Clearing Inboxes, and Cultivating Employee Engagement with an Intranet Community

Higher Logic

The home page and main community is an open forum that connects Ascend Learning’s 12+ brands through discussions and a resource hub with hundreds of documents. Teams now post business information, such as meeting notes, in community discussions, or upload documents to file libraries instead of using email. About Ascend Learning.

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3 Ways Your LMS Facilitates Reflective Learning

WBT Systems

In a recent New York Times article, The End of Reflection , the author looks at the negative impact of the ever-present smartphone in reducing time spent on individual reflection. The article notes that speedy access to information is of the utmost importance to adults, but this can distract us from the act of reflection.

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Minding mental illness: Solving community conflict that involves psychological disorders

Ungrated

Fortunately, in the case described above, the association followed its enforcement procedures and governing documents but did so with empathy and compassion. Hicks is an attorney with the firm’s Houston office and serves on the Community Association Managers International Certification Board of Commissioners. . COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.

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Connecting Brands, Clearing Inboxes, and Cultivating Employee Engagement with an Intranet Community

Higher Logic

The home page and main community is an open forum that connects Ascend Learning’s 12+ brands through discussions and a resource hub with hundreds of documents. Teams now post business information, such as meeting notes, in community discussions, or upload documents to file libraries instead of using email. About Ascend Learning.