Reid All About it

MARCH 4, 2022

Sounds like a practical approach to session and course design, doesn’t it? are reevaluating why, where and how they work—the disruption caused by a two-year pandemic will do that to you. Achurch Consulting explains how people working remotely can take a strategic approach to enhancing their career wellness. . Useful learning.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 17, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Online learning. With for-profit and higher ed competition growing, your association’s online courses must stand out in the crowd. But where and how do you start improving culture? But where and how do you start improving culture?

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Revenue Certificate Committee Leadership 205

Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

WBT Systems explains how to market your association’s credentialing programs in a crappy economy. At Associations Now , Lindsay Currie, CAE shares some low-cost ideas from for engaging and retaining members. How to teach an old blog new SEO tricks. Virtual conferences. Member engagement. Constantine and Anne K. Open Culture ).

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Reid All About it

MARCH 24, 2023

WBT Systems describes how associations can support women professionals by providing professional development, leadership training and networking opportunities, and educating employers about eliminating workplace challenges. Instead, recent AMS data reflects more accurately how your members and prospect attendees are living now.

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Revenue Chicago Leadership Education 227

Reid All About it

JUNE 23, 2023

WBT Systems goes over some ChatGPT basics, brings up some concerns—like why you shouldn’t rely upon it to do all your work, and explains how association professionals, including education teams, are using ChatGPT to save time and jump-start the creative process. Nearly seven months ago, ChatGPT entered our world. Our AI future. What the heck?

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Metro Strategy Technology Marketing 195

WBT Systems

JANUARY 30, 2018

Worried your online learning programs might be losing their edge? Intrapreneurs come up with ideas for new programs and products, or new ways of doing things. And, they even have their own association, of course, the League of Intrapreneurs. Are you feeling restless at work? The drive, the passion, why can’t I have that?”

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WBT Systems

MARCH 28, 2017

“A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre showed that a mere 16% of Americans think that a four-year degree course prepares students very well for a high-paying job in the modern economy.” The report outlines practical measures for aligning education and training with future job requirements.

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Certificate Education System Industry 150

WBT Systems

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The recent whitepaper, “ The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm ”, has generated significant conversation online about how associations need to lead change with education programs , as associations are uniquely poised to help bridge the growing gap between academic training and employers needs.

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Education Learning Management System System Course 150

Reid All About it

JUNE 11, 2021

If members are burnt out on virtual everything, how do you convince them to make time for online education? WBT Systems shares ideas for microlearning programs and samples of marketing messages that will persuade members to schedule time for professional development. Make time for microlearning. Chapter benchmarking. Quick hits.

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Reid All About it

MAY 1, 2020

Then, see what Aaron Frank at Singularity Hub has to say about the spiking interest in virtual worlds for online collaboration. WBT Systems describes some of what they’ve learned as an LMS provider over the years about online teaching in their tips for new virtual presenters and instructors. Virtual worlds for association events.

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Association Success

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The question remained: how do we apply these concepts in a real-life challenge facing associations? The scenario: A trade association (with organizational membership) holds three week-long, in-person training institutes in a year — offering a range of business and operations courses that lead to certification in different areas.

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Certificate Process Revenue Marketing 60

WBT Systems

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

We have come across several interesting articles in the past couple of weeks, which discuss some of the social, political and economic changes that are currently impacting how we work and learn. Six Issues Associations Are Having Difficulty Responding To. Mobile technology changes everything, and makes associations nervous.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 17, 2017

How can you motivate certification candidates and keep them on the credential path? You can get a synopsis of the ideas presented in Drive in this short video. How will this course and/or certification program help them at work? How will it help them serve their clients, customers, or members?

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Congratulations, you’ve got a great idea for a new online course. How do you know it will work? WBT Systems explains how to validate an online course idea to make sure there’s market demand for it. When choosing technology, one of the criteria is always user experience. You must click.

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Higher Logic

MAY 2, 2019

Crowdsource Design Ideas from Your Association’s Community. If your association is interested in maximizing the educational value its offering members, you might already know that having a publication is a great asset to your content strategy. But what if you aren’t seeing the results you want to see? What if your readers aren't engaged?

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Higher Logic

JULY 17, 2018

This is a huge opportunity for community managers : if you can develop the skills to present that kind of value, you can not only validate the existence of your community program; you can secure more resources to grow your team, your resources, and, hopefully, your salary. So how do we break this feedback loop? And we’re not alone.

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SOS Association

MAY 1, 2020

In response to numerous comments by several close friends and clients about how concerned they are, and the fact that their anxiety levels keep rising, I’ve put together these tips on how to cope. Read: Start or join an online book club! Most books are now online. A friend led me Great Courses Plus. Keep engaged!

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Association Adviser

JULY 23, 2018

Think about it- we shop, stream TV, send countless texts and emails, take classes and telecommute – all online. Twenty-first century business culture no longer supports the idea that once you earn your degree your learning career is complete. Our jobs, and how we do them, are evolving- meaning our skillsets should be too.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This, of course, depends on the purpose of your email. Trends from heat mapping (you can generally find one of these in your email and marketing automation platform) and research, based on the concept of F-Shaped pattern , support this idea. Whoa, that’s right – per day. Email Marketing is Not Dead: Design and Automate Accordingly.

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Tips Email Marketing Newsletter Content 89

SOS Association

MAY 1, 2020

In response to numerous comments by several close friends and clients about how concerned they are, and the fact that their anxiety levels keep rising, I’ve put together these tips on how to cope. Read: Start or join an online book club! Most books are now online. A friend led me Great Courses Plus. Keep engaged!

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Tips Video Library Class 40

Spark Consulting

APRIL 21, 2015

So we’re hitting the rest now: How do you find out what rewards the volunteers like/want? But hopefully you – or someone else on your staff – are getting to know them at least a little during the course of their volunteer service, so you’ll have some insight into their personalities, hobbies, and key issues. EWE: Ask them!

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This makes sense if you pause to consider Merriam-Webster’s definition of social media: “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content” (emphasis is mine). One session covered the steps needed to become a social media hero.

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Social Media Atlanta Course Content 60

Reid All About it

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Association Briefings explains how podcasts benefit associations and their audiences, provides tips for starting an association podcast , and reviews the planning process and issues to consider before you dive in. “If your association is serious about inclusion and diversity, make sure you know what ‘going back to normal’ really means.”

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Associations Now

AUGUST 21, 2015

Here’s how that happened. The pop-culture website Inverse reports on how a relationship between Bob Fay, then the executive director of the American Amusement Machine Association , and his former employer led to arcade machines around the country displaying the phrase “Winners Don’t Use Drugs” throughout the 1990s.

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Industry Video Course Report 40

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Hybrid online courses. WBT Systems shares examples of hybrid online courses from the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) and two other associations. Blended learning is another type of hybrid—a mix of in-person and online learning. AMS warning signs. Instructional design. Instructional design.

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Blended Learning Email Marketing Revenue Technology 39

Reid All About it

APRIL 10, 2020

Because so many associations are quickly converting their in-person conferences to virtual conferences, WBT Systems shares advice on engaging virtual conference attendees with the right kind of content design, networking ideas, and other extracurricular activities. How to have a successful virtual happy hour—priorities, right?

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North Carolina Content Montana Social Media 74

Reid All About it

JULY 8, 2022

WBT describes why and how associations, where appropriate, can join this movement. WBT Systems writes about a new ad campaign coming in September from Opportunity@Work, a coalition asking employers to get rid of unnecessary bachelor’s degree requirements for hiring. This ‘ paper ceiling ’ holds back half the U.S. Member engagement.

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San Francisco Certificate Technology LMS 39

Reid All About it

JUNE 10, 2022

He says, “If you want people to change how they work, you need to be prepared to tell them why”—and those reasons should be based in fact, not myths. If you’re not a security expert, how do you know if your IT team is following the best data security practices ? Office myths. Meetings are broken, says Rebecca Hinds at Inc., Quick hits.

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Arlington Revenue Content Team 39

Leading Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The term curation , of course, comes from the museum world, where it means selecting and arranging the objects in an exhibit in a way that helps to accentuate their meaning and their value and to help museum visitors understand not just the individual object better, but also the greater context to which the object belongs.

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Conference How To Content Examples 52

Associations Now

MARCH 11, 2014

It reminds us that there’s still a ton of room for originality in online education. Last week was a massive win for the Khan Academy —and a sign of how the seas are changing for the education process. Replacing an in-person lecture with an online one doesn’t add much value for some people.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 3, 2015

This is a valid point—if an association finds itself in an economic hole, it’s a bad idea to keep digging with the same suite of “member engagement opportunities.” Consider the online retailer Zappos, whose recent moved to a self-management structure prompted many of its employees to abandon ship.

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Tips Proposal Team Social Media 40

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 21, 2022

How will you identify and prepare them for this role? Association Briefings explains how podcasts benefit associations and their audience, provides tips for starting an association podcast , and reviews the planning process and issues to consider before you dive in. Event idea theft. Online community. Survey invite.

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Revenue Email Marketing Education Review 44

Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The Best Comprehensive Lean Startup Course: The Lean Startup Online Course , by Eric Ries. Whether or not you have read Eric Ries’ book, The Lean Startup , you should definitely check Eric’s The Lean Startup Online Course. He told me he makes every start up in his lab read it.

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San Francisco Resources Organization New York 28

Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I believe there is validity in looking at commonality of experience and attitude in generational terms. And Gen Y - stop talking about how "afraid" we are that you want our jobs - weve been waiting for you! (And And Gen Y - stop talking about how "afraid" we are that you want our jobs - weve been waiting for you!

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Associations Now

MAY 12, 2014

As the NCTA held its annual meeting in Los Angeles late last month, executives from various cable companies took to the stage to discuss their frustration with a technology that’s getting disrupted by the online options and has a reputation for sloppy, snoozy customer service. But knowing yourself is a crucial part of the solution.

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ChatterBachs

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Here are several ways to make sure you’re reaching this optimal level of community engagement, whether online or offline: Demonstrate value. If you are, it’s more likely the community members will be bringing their best ideas and involvement too. How they grow up is determined by you. What are they getting from it?

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 13, 2011

But we tend to forget that there are very valid and important reasons for having silos. So how do we make this work? The different parts of the system need to be able to see how what they are doing is causing in impact in another part of the system, even if it’s delayed or somewhat indirect. Posted October 13, 2011.

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