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Enhance Your Association’s Online Courses & Cohorts with Mentoring

With remote and hybrid work, people don’t have the same formal or informal mentoring opportunities as they did before lockdown. Young professionals,...

15 Attention Hacks to Improve Online Attendee and Learner Engagement

Even when people pay for online education programs—and especially when they don’t—they still sometimes let themselves get distracted. These 16...

Shift from Transactions to Relationships with Learning Subscriptions

When a speaker’s topic gets the audience excited, the conversation in the chat box flows by too quickly to read. Jack Coursen, senior director of...

Post-Program Campaigns That Help Build Relationships With & Between Participants

You go out on a date, have a great time, there’s a good feeling all around, and nice memories when you replay the highlights in your head.

19 Ways to Make Asynchronous Online Courses More Engaging and Effective

When taking an online asynchronous (on-demand) course, learners don’t have to worry about sticking to a schedule if travel or work gets in the way....

Add Coaching Sessions to Online Learning Programs for a Market Advantage

Until recently, executives or aspiring leaders were usually the only people you knew who worked with coaches, but that’s changing. According to a ...

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 spend money on their employees’ professional development....

Hybrid Online Courses: The Secret Formula for Enhancing the Learner Experience & Increasing Revenue

When online learners experience the benefits of both synchronous and asynchronous instruction, your association is rewarded with increased customer...

Association Learning Subscriptions Increase Your Audience and Revenue

Membership is stagnant or declining for many associations. Only 38% of associations participating in MGI’s 2022 membership benchmarking survey...

Convince Industry Employers to Eliminate Unnecessary Paper Ceiling Requirements for Hiring

In September 2022, common sense will hopefully prevail. A national advertising campaign will challenge the hiring status quo by championing...

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