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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 sad state of higher education. Come to the rescue of young adults and lifelong learners.

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Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources

WBT Systems

Skills gap assessments—along with continuing education recommendations to fill in gaps. Continuing education for millennials. Include industry-relevant business management classes in your online programs. A learning pathway is a designated route through online classes, courses, and other educational programs.

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Togetherwork Acquires Protech Associates, the Leading Association Software Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365

Protech

As part of Togetherwork, Protech will continue to focus on its core expertise – combining world-class Microsoft business applications and member-focused features in its powerful Association Management Platform to help associations deliver remarkable member experiences. . For more information, visit www.protechassociates.com. .

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Conferences Are Providing Inferior Education Through Lectures

Velvet Chainsaw

Conferences are providing inferior education if all they provide is didactic, presenter monologue lectures. If all your attendees do is sit and listen passively to speakers, you’re providing bad conference education! Weiman goes on to say that the public needs to know and understand that lectures are an inferior method of education.

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How Associations Can Lead on Education

Associations Now

Associations have the infrastructure to help remake the education industry, according to a new white paper. That might be the case when it comes to education. Associations don’t expect our audiences to put their entire lives on hold for multiple years while they attend in-person classes for months at a time.”.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.21.16

Reid All About it

Tagoras , a consulting and education firm specializing in the market for lifelong learning, invites you to participate in a survey that will help our community better understand how membership organizations use or don’t use social technologies to deliver learning. *All Location: Maryland Psychological Association, Columbia, MD.

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CPA Group’s Recognition Program Introduces Students to Accounting

Associations Now

Building off an existing relationship, the American Institute of CPAs and NAF, an educational organization, developed a program that introduces high school students to the accounting profession to diversify the next generation of industry professionals.