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How to Convince Employers to Pay for Professional Development

WBT Systems

The employers who are afraid people will leave after they’ve invested in their professional development are aware of the power of education—they just don’t know how to use that power for good. Review the employee handbook. Describe how the program will impact your job, department, and company. Talk to the HR department.

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How to Get Your Association to Support Staff’s Professional Development

WBT Systems

Review your employee handbook for policies on employee training. If it’s someone else and your boss is on your side, see if they have any ideas on how to approach the request in another way. The post How to Get Your Association to Support Staff’s Professional Development appeared first on WBT Systems.

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How to Leverage Mobility Strategies for Member Engagement

Association Adviser

So how can you go about leveraging mobility strategies to gain traction in member engagement? The first step to increasing engagement is defining what engagement actually means for your association and determining how to measure it. Define the Engagement Goals for your Organization. Boost year-round membership via mobile apps.

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New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

Beth Kanter

My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called “ Leading Systems Change.” That’s why I’ve keep a good list of meeting facilitation playbooks such as Leading Systems Change handy for inspiration.

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How to Sell Ads at Naylor in the Late 1990s

Association Adviser

There was no receptionist, no policy handbook, and no training manuals. I sent the t-shirt to production, who scanned it into their graphic design system and used the ad! At the end of the call, we would ask how the advertiser wanted to pay. Back in 1997, we operated out of a small office on Northwest 60th Street in Gainesville.

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Feeling stuck? Moving on is actually quite simple

Association Success

He reflected how encumbered everything had become as his small executive team created policies, procedures and a thick employee handbook. Named for John Gall, who wrote about systems engineering, Gall’s Law states that a working, complex system derives from a simple working system. . And he succeeded.

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Why You Need Remote Workforce Onboarding

Achurch

Did you get an employee handbook? If you’re unsure where to start or how to develop a successful onboarding program or process for your remote employees, contact us today for help. What was your onboarding process when you started your current job? Was it comprehensive? Did anyone welcome you?