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Use the Behavioral Science Principles of Gaming, Not Gamification, to Motivate Learners

“Gamification makes about as much sense as chocolate-dipped broccoli,” said Adrian Segar at Conferences That Work. A controversial statement,...

New Ideas for Online Learning Programs When You Don’t Have the Resources to Design a Course

This past year, what you need to know as an association professional changed unexpectedly. You had to quickly wrap your mind around new non-dues...

How to Use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Marketing Your Education Programs

When members and non-members want to find information, explore a topic or scratch an intellectual itch, they turn to a search engine, usually Google....

7 Skills for Managing Remote Teams

The transition to remote work was like the transition to emergency remote instruction for schoolkids. Neither companies nor schools were prepared for...

How to Recruit & Engage Volunteers in a Time of Virtual Fatigue

Members are strapped for time and burnt out by virtual fatigue. The last thing they want is another online commitment, like regular committee or...

Let Go of “Getting Back to Normal” and Cultivate a New Mindset Instead

“Getting back to normal” has been the refrain for the past ten months. In the early months of the pandemic, we thought we just had to hold on until...

Demonstrate Empathy in Action to Your Members, Attendees and Colleagues

Words represent ideas. When a word become overused and cliché, a good idea is easily dismissed. Lately, “empathy” is showing up everywhere—conference...

Your Holiday Reading List: Our Top 10 Blog Posts of 2020

What’s on your mind? One way for us to find out is by seeing which of our blog posts are most popular with website visitors. This year, our list of...

Don’t Ghost Your Attendees: How to Close a Virtual Conference

In the closing days of 2020, we need to talk about the closing moments of virtual conferences. I recently read The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and...

12 Digital Marketing Channels for Your Association’s Education Programs

Everyone’s life has changed to some extent in the past nine months. You’ve probably changed how you market your association’s education programs too....

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