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Debbie Willis3/6/23 12:00 AM

How to Use ChatGPT to Manage and Market Your Association’s Education Programs

Have you ever dreamed of having an assistant who lessens your workload? And does it for ...
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Debbie Willis2/13/23 12:00 AM

A Justification Toolkit Helps Persuade Employers to Pay for Learning

As long as the economy’s direction is uncertain, some employers will be reluctant to ...
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Debbie Willis1/23/23 12:00 AM

How to Sell Education to Hard-to-Reach Employees of Member Companies

Associations have a hard time making employees of member companies aware of and ...
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Debbie Willis1/9/23 12:00 AM

Recession-Proof Your Association’s Learning Business

“Learning business” is the phrase used by Tagoras to describe organizations that deliver ...
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Debbie Willis11/28/22 8:00 AM

How to Emulate the Word-of-Mouth Marketing Success of USF’s Popular DEI Certificate Program

In early 2021, I saw dozens of my LinkedIn connections share information about attending ...
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Debbie Willis9/26/22 12:00 AM

What Your Learners Are Really Buying

Seth Godin has a way of crystallizing the complexity of human behavior in one or two ...
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Debbie Willis4/11/22 12:00 AM

What’s Working for the Top Fundraising Nonprofits in 2022

The ‘nonprofit’ descriptor bothers many in the association community because ‘profit’ is ...
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Debbie Willis4/4/22 12:00 AM

7 Ideas Worth Stealing from For-Profit Professional Development Brands

This week, we’re looking at news in the for-profit professional development market. Why? ...
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Debbie Willis3/21/22 12:00 AM

Do You Think the Corporate C-Suite Finally Understands the Value of Professional Development?

It took a pandemic, an acceleration of unceasing change, and a surprising Great ...
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Debbie Willis1/24/22 12:00 AM

Why People Aren’t Registering for Educational Programs—and What You Can Do About It

Work is constantly in the news these days with stories about The Great Resignation, ...
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Debbie Willis11/1/21 12:00 AM

Pricing Decisions for Education Programs: When Is Free Okay?

Looking back, what do you think of these two decisions made by many associations during ...
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Debbie Willis6/21/21 12:00 AM

13 Ways to Differentiate Your Online Learning Programs from the Competition

The barriers to entry in the online learning business are minimal. Any individual or ...
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