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Help Your Speakers Embrace Diversity and Inclusion

Idea Architects

Some also include basic tips on adult learning and how to create more engaging and interactive sessions. Guidance and Orientation LeadingAge Illinois , like some associations, includes a brief statement in their speaker guidelines “to sensitize speakers to the potential diversity in the audience.” Doing so is both art and science.

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Speaking from Experience: How to Be a More Confident and Competent Presenter

Idea Architects

18-year-old me getting a bit choked up as I deliver my final address as state president of the Illinois Association of Student Councils to about 1000 people at the convention closing banquet. That was the question a graduate student recently asked when interviewing me for one of his classes.

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Social Media Roundup: If Astrophysicists Can’t Solve Airplane Boarding, Who Can?

Associations Now

Also check out advice on how to narrow down your social media marketing options in today’s Social Media Roundup. "Endless quest for better boarding" [link] I'm a proponent of window-mid-aisle & boarding 1st class last. Herding Cats. Flying to #asae13 ? "Endless — Bill Walker (@billwalker7) August 1, 2013.

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Help Your Presenters Embrace Diversity and Inclusion

Idea Architects

Some also include basic tips on adult learning and how to create more engaging and interactive sessions. Guidance and Orientation LeadingAge Illinois , like some associations, includes a brief statement in their speaker guidelines “to sensitize speakers to the potential diversity in the audience.” Doing so is both art and science.

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MOOC as Promotion: Brewers Association Launches Beer Course

Associations Now

In an effort to draw attention to beer’s culinary role, the Brewers Association announced a five-day course on how to best pair the popular beverage with food. Another association, the Illinois HomeCare and Hospice Council, has found success with a similar strategy.). The first four days of the course are open to the public.

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The State of the MOOC: What Associations Should Know

Associations Now

The problem is that this model is so new that we’ve had little idea of how to gauge its effectiveness for both the student and the facility—not a lot of research has been released to the world concerning the education offerings that work the best.

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Association Brain Food: 10.21.22

Reid All About it

She explains how the request for proposal (RFP) has become a vehicle for the misappropriation of someone else’s work. WBT Systems explains how to eliminate and prevent learning content clutter. Discover how an effective transformation is led from the top and uncover critical tactics to accelerate your journey. They won’t.

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