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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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Debbie Willis2/10/20 12:00 AM

Teach Members & Customers How to Succeed as an Online Learner

Is learning like riding a bike? You just get going and it all comes back to you before ...
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Debbie Willis2/3/20 12:00 AM

The Growing Member Need for Self-Care & Wellbeing Education

“It’s easier to care for the community, once you’ve taken care of yourself,” says The ...
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Debbie Willis1/27/20 12:00 AM

The Exciting Impact of Digital Transformation on Professional Development

“You need to deliver knowledge that you aren’t yet aware of, for jobs that don’t yet ...
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Debbie Willis1/20/20 12:00 AM

9 Ways to Gain the Trust of Members and Customers

For 18 years running, nursing has been the most trusted profession in the U.S. In a ...
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