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Association Brain Food: 4.19.24

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Chapter relations gathering. Education + mentoring. Gain an edge on professional development competitors by adding mentoring to your online courses and cohort programs as a free or premium service. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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Help Your Speakers Embrace Diversity and Inclusion

Idea Architects

A full commitment to diversity and inclusion means that an association’s educational programming—and the speakers providing it—reflect the learning community. Note: I wrote the following article for ASAE-The Center for Association Leadership, and it was originally published in their Associations Now Plus members-only resource.

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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. For Jan Grimes, it’s meant building a lot of partnerships and putting together a must-attend online course. Since 2012 Grimes has been the executive director of the Illinois HomeCare and Hospice Council.

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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. The first four days of the course are open to the public. Another association, the Illinois HomeCare and Hospice Council, has found success with a similar strategy.).

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Essential Medical Association Software That Grows Your Organization

MemberClicks

Medical associations are also responsible for promoting medical standards and ethics, medical education, and practice. Professional associations are responsible for education standards, exams, training, and certifications. LMS As mentioned, education, training, and certifications are a large draw for members of medical associations.

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Learners Want Transformation—What Does It Take to Deliver?

.orgCommunity

She sees education from a holistic perspective that is both unique in the association space and critical to our future success. To put educational programming in the sweet spot, begin by considering these socio/economic impacts: The freelance economy. Educate around maximizing the potential of this new workforce. Acceleration.

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The State of the MOOC: What Associations Should Know

Associations Now

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, have been around long enough that some strong takeaways are starting to show themselves. The buzz around massive open online courses, or MOOCs, hasn’t dissipated in the years since the trend has picked up. million people that accessed content in a course, just 16.6

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