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How to ask someone to be your mentor

Association Success

I know personally every time that I’ve asked someone (to be a mentor), I have been scared to death,” Lauren Harley , Assistant Director of Education and Certification at MCI-USA, said in a recent SURGE Connect session. “In a conversation I will let them know I view them as an informal mentor and see how they react.

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How to Prepare a Business Case for a New LMS

WBT Systems

Your argument for a new LMS has to be rock solid, so first we’re going to explain how to prepare a business case for a new LMS. Then, in our next post, we’ll explain how to make a compelling presentation of that case. Certification programs and digital badges. Map out how you’ll get to that brighter future. Sponsorships.

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Association Brain Food: 8.18.23

Reid All About it

The Art of Mentoring’s new guide on mentoring in professional associations explains how to address potential pitfalls and design issues you might encounter around chapter relations, funding, code of conduct, CE credits, matching, and success metrics. They’re a harmful practice for young people who need to learn how to cope in the real world.

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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

Associations around the world face a common challenge — how to remain relevant and expand their footprint in their particular domain. Many solutions have been proposed to address this disconnect, including expansion of apprenticeships and online continuing education. Success depends on the ability to create value for their brand.

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FAA’s Drone Proposal Forged With Stakeholder Help

Associations Now

The result represents a compromise among a variety of industry stakeholders, some of whom didn’t get everything they wanted out of the final proposal. The post FAA’s Drone Proposal Forged With Stakeholder Help appeared first on Associations Now.

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Association Brain Food: 3.8.24

Reid All About it

The Art of Mentoring’s guide on association mentoring programs explains how to address potential pitfalls and design issues you might encounter around chapter relations, funding, code of conduct, CE credits, matching and success metrics. Humans… so persuadable! Mentoring programs. Opportunity or doom. . More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

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Building Buy-In for an Online Community at Your Association

Higher Logic

How to Align with Your Board and Executive Team's Priorities. Here are five examples of priorities you might find in your association’s strategic plan, along with key points for how community helps. Price is always a valid concern – but what you’re proposing is worth the investment. Growing Non-Dues Revenue. Objection 1: Price.