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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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Debbie Willis1/13/20 12:00 AM

11 Issues to Keep on Your Association’s Radar for 2020 and Beyond

Over the past year, we’ve filled notebooks with ideas about issues that could affect ...
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Debbie Willis1/6/20 12:00 AM

What Association Learning Professionals Read in 2019 & Plan to Do in 2020

If you want a clue as to where professional development programs are headed in 2020, take ...
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Debbie Willis12/22/19 12:00 AM

16 Strategies to Improve Focus, Minimize Busywork & Find Time for Deep Work

How do you start your day at work? Do you ease in by checking email and other platforms? ...
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Debbie Willis12/16/19 12:00 AM

In 2020, Stop Busywork and Concentrate on Deep Work

Make a vow to stop being so productive in 2020. That’s not as strange as it sounds, allow ...
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Debbie Willis12/10/19 12:00 AM

How Your Association Can Support Women on the Path to Leadership

Last month, presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar asked whether a woman with the ...
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Debbie Willis12/2/19 12:00 AM

Is It Time to Consider a More Sustainable Professional Development Strategy?

Every year around this time, a slew of articles are published about trends for the year ...
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