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7 Ideas Worth Stealing from For-Profit Professional Development Brands

This week, we’re looking at news in the for-profit professional development market. Why? Some of these companies might be your competition—it’s...

How to Welcome & Help Career Changers Entering Your Association’s Industry

Job-hopping is in the air right now. Career-hopping too. After two years of the pandemic, no wonder we’re more reflective about how we want to spend...

Do You Think the Corporate C-Suite Finally Understands the Value of Professional Development?

It took a pandemic, an acceleration of unceasing change, and a surprising Great Resignation, but it looks like the C-suite finally understands and...

What Your Association Might Be Getting Wrong with Your Digital Transformation Strategy

No matter how tired you are of the phrase, you probably agree that the pandemic accelerated personal and organizational “digital transformation.”...

Is Your Virtual Conference Engaging Enough to Prevent Multitasking?

After two years of living in pandemic mode, we look at time differently. Because many people rearranged their lives so they could spend more time on...

Learning Science Made Easy: Use Action Mapping to Help Learners Improve Job Performance

We’re big on differentiators. We’re always on the lookout for ideas to help you design and deliver educational programs that will stand out from your...

Compliance Training Programs Bring Triple Digit Revenue Growth to the Texas Restaurant Association

In the Great Reshuffle going on now, people are moving in and out of jobs and industries. Organizations are adapting to new business models and...

Learning Science Made Easy: Fast & Furious Instructional Design with SAM

It doesn’t take long for anyone working in professional development to hear about ADDIE and SAM. Who are these uppercase people? You quickly learn...

Keep the Conference Buzz Going with a Year-Round Learning Community

After two years of disruption, many of you have been rethinking events. Maybe in-person events don’t have to focus so heavily on content since their...

Learning Science Made Easy: Merrill’s Principles of Instruction

If you manage educational programs, a knowledge of learning science can help you understand how program design makes a difference in how learners...

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