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What If Your Association Can’t Afford an Instructional Designer?

Great news: you got the go-ahead to offer a new online course. Now, the bad news: you didn’t get the budget to hire a professional to design and...

10 Benefits of Outsourcing Instructional Design for eLearning Programs

Everyone knows “the way we’ve always done it” is not usually the best way to move forward. Yet, many associations continue to have staff and...

8 New Ideas for Engaging Online Students

For many adults, taking a class online is a new learning experience. Even learners with the best intentions can get distracted when they’re supposed...

The Best Marketing for Educational Programs is Content Marketing

How many promotions and advertisements do your members see each day? By any count, too many. Yet you count on them seeing, opening, and clicking on...

How to Sunset an Educational Program

A note for the meeting planner: please order decaf for the next committee meeting. Only 30 minutes in and your highly energetic committee members...

How to Validate an Online Course Idea

New players in the online learning market are bringing fresh ideas to online course development and marketing. They’re making millions of dollars in...

What to Do If Your Association’s Online Course Failed

You were so proud. You really thought you had a great idea for an online course. The curriculum, instructor, and materials were all top-notch. But...

6 “Non-Obvious” Online Learning Trends for 2018

Rohit Bhargava spends thousands of hours each year spotting “non-obvious” trends he believes will change the world. We’re bringing six of them to...

How to Build an Online Learning Program with a Limited Budget

It’s frustrating when you’re the only one in your office who can see the future. You know your association should provide online learning programs to...

Learning Pathways: How to Fill Your Industry’s Skills Gap

If you ever hiked up a mountain without the help of a trail, you know how frustrating and, sometimes, dangerous it can be. You might head off along a...

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