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Report: Meeting Planners Anticipate Attendance Increase

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Meeting planners are troubled by escalating costs but remain optimistic about growing attendance in the coming years, according to a new survey. We got a lot of comments around F&B in the survey,” said Future Partners president and CEO Erin Francis-Cummings.

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Accessible, Affordable: The Strategy Behind One Group’s Online Learning Efforts

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This might sound like certification, but the association’s CEO, David Shearer, emphasizes that it goes beyond it—in part because the industry is one that’s always changing. These efforts, as well as post-event surveys and other data, helped inform the association’s approach. That led to the creation of its online-based format.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.11.16

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Webinar Surveys: How to Get Useful Feedback from Your Audience. A well-designed post-webinar survey can provide valuable feedback that you can use to incrementally improve your online presentations. Learn what questions to ask in a survey and how to structure those questions to get insightful, actionable feedback. Host: Informz.

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Best Learning Management Software in 2023: 15 Top Picks

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According to Marketing General , just after networking, the second most common reason members join an association is for continuing education or professional certification. Associations, educational institutions, chambers of commerce and corporations can all leverage an LMS to present online training and certification opportunities.

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Can associations bridge the skills-gap for their members?

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He teaches Humanities online at Seminole State College in Florida. Industry should be turning to associations for their continuing education and certification programs. These might consist of workshops, seminars, courses or perhaps complete certification programs.

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CPA Group’s Recognition Program Introduces Students to Accounting

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NAF runs STEM academies within high schools in five topic areas that allow students to earn a specialized certification, better preparing them for college and future careers. AICPA will run this new recognition program in schools that house NAF’s Academy of Finance, offering an AICPA-specific certification to accounting students.

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What the Doctor Ordered: Rest & Relaxation

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A 2014 Aon Hewitt survey, [PDF] which is cited in the AARP article, found that 25 percent of employers are considering adding an international medical-tourism feature to their plan offerings, with cost savings being a major motivator. And as this chart shows , the cost difference can be significant, depending on the procedure.

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