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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. The corporate market is a growing profit center for them—and could be for your association too. WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. Learning business. Membership tiers.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

If you need a little inspiration—the kind that makes you feel blessed “to have been alive and well back then”—then read The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm , a white paper from Elizabeth Engel, CAE and Shelly Alcorn, CAE. The paper introduces you to a few associations that are stepping up to this challenge.

Education 150
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Mastering Your Craft

Thanks For Playing

She gets assigned to a senior professional in a field that's of interest to her - medicine, law, carpentry, association management, whatever - and starts learning her trade on the job and while drawing a paycheck. Enter MOOCs ( massive open online courses ). Right now, MOOCs are great - take classes from an Ivy for free!

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A Big Course From a Small Association

Associations Now

One executive at a state association has taken the lead on educating healthcare workers on a pressing national issue via a MOOC. How do you get more attention for your association? Healthcare workers receive information from many associations, and Grimes noticed that people often focus on just one to avoid information overload.

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Association Disruption: What’s your Educational Moonshot?

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Thinking small isn’t going to turn your association into a market leader and innovator, but an educational moonshot will. Then, they could participate in association programs that teach human (soft) skills. If necessary, learners could supplement your programs with college courses offered by MOOCs.

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Association Disruption: What’s your Educational Moonshot?

.orgCommunity

Thinking small isn’t going to turn your association into a market leader and innovator, but an educational moonshot will. Then, they could participate in association programs that teach human (soft) skills. If necessary, learners could supplement your programs with college courses offered by MOOCs.