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Debbie Willis5/4/20 12:00 AM

Virtual Fraternal Chapters Help Students Make the Best of Their College Experience

Imagine being a college student right now. You’ve been kicked off campus and torn from ...
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Debbie Willis4/27/20 12:00 AM

Tips for New Online Instructors and Virtual Presenters

Right now, someone you know (maybe you!) is bummed because the conference (workshop or ...
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Debbie Willis4/20/20 12:00 AM

How Your Association Can Use Zoom for Professional Development

During this prolonged coronavirus crisis, associations are having to ramp up their ...
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Debbie Willis4/13/20 12:00 AM

Lessons from NIGP: How to Quickly Convert In-Person Courses to Online Courses

NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement had more than 100 in-person, one- to three-day ...
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Debbie Willis4/6/20 12:00 AM

Advice for Engaging Virtual Conference Attendees

Remember what attending a conference was really like? If you looked around the room ...
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Debbie Willis3/30/20 12:00 AM

How to Prepare Attendees for a Virtual Conference—and Other Online Learning Options

The modus operandi these days is making the best of a bad situation. Many associations ...
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Debbie Willis3/23/20 12:00 AM

Help Members Cope with the Economic Impact of COVID-19

In the association community, talk of a recession had crept up a few times in the past ...
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Debbie Willis3/16/20 12:00 AM

Prepare for a Different Set of Member Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis

Cancelled events, remote working, government guidelines, mandates, and legislation—every ...
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Debbie Willis3/9/20 12:00 AM

Adulting Programs Help Young Professionals Survive & Thrive in Their Careers

“Adulting is hard.”
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Debbie Willis3/2/20 12:00 AM

How to Use Learner Journey Mapping to Improve the Educational Experience

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get inside a learner’s head and see their entire ...
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Debbie Willis2/24/20 12:00 AM

How Your Association Can Encourage Learner Self-Reliance

For liberal arts majors, the phrase “self-reliance” might bring back memories of Ralph ...
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Debbie Willis2/17/20 12:00 AM

How to Keep Your Association Out of Technical Debt

One of the first lessons of responsible ‘adulting’ is staying out of credit card debt, ...
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