Tue.Mar 27, 2018

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8 New Ideas for Engaging Online Students

WBT Systems

For many adults, taking a class online is a new learning experience. Even learners with the best intentions can get distracted when they’re supposed to be paying attention. They procrastinate when it’s time to log in and do their classwork. You can anticipate and prevent these issues by implementing these new strategies we found for engaging online students. #1: Train instructors in online learning.

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Are Your Teams Cooperating or Collaborating?

Higher Logic

Imagine you’re customizing a product for a client. Managers from different teams work together to determine the requirements, and each team works on the customizations in their area. But when some changes are implemented, it triggers adjustments for other teams. The project’s deadline is extended and the workload increases. This is one of the scenarios Ron Ashkenas wrote about in Harvard Business Review a few years ago.

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3 Strategies to Recruit Members Through Association Software

Blue Sky eLearn

When it comes to recruitment for your association, you have to walk a thin line. You need to actively encourage members to join without driving them away by being too pushy. The trick to striking the right balance? Instead of creating a plan just to promote your program, focus on promoting the value of your program whenever prospective members naturally encounter it.

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How to Set Realistic Goals for Associations

GrowthZone

Goal setting isn’t always easy. And achieving goals is even trickier. There are broad goals and short-term goals. Often times a broad goal can be achieved with a series of short-term goals. The key to success is to set a solid foundation from the beginning. Enter the SMART goal process. S = Specific What do I want to accomplish? The goal should be clear and concise.

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Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Association Member Education

Unlock More Profit and Smarter Packaging for Member Learning Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your association’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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No More No-Shows: How to Increase Attendance at Free Events

Association Success

Minimize no-shows at your next free event with these strategies. So you are planning a free educational event. You’ve developed top notch education, opened registration and before you know it, the event is sold out. Work over, right? Not exactly. There are things you can do now to reduce the number of empty seats on the day of the event. Why should you care about empty seats?

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Will Virtual Reality Be an Association Eating Monster?

Smooth The Path

Up until about a second ago, I thought about virtual reality as a program. Much like Microsoft Word. Virtual reality will be one more tool in the toolbox professionals can use to communicate, teach, connect, and learn. As professionals move to virtual reality and augmented reality associations will jump on board and deliver training and other products through this new medium.

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Third-Party Partners: An Essential Tool for Better Association Business

Association Adviser

Third-party partnerships are an especially valuable tool in the multifaceted world of association management. Such arrangements enable associations to focus their attention and efforts on doing what they do best: serving their members and advocating for their industries. One particularly powerful and profitable area to utilize third party partners is member communications.

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