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Debbie Willis7/15/19 12:00 AM

What Depop Can Teach Associations About Attracting the Next Generation

If you haven’t yet heard of Depop, the social shopping and resale app, you will. In the ...
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Debbie Willis7/8/19 12:00 AM

How to Spot Emerging Educational Needs Your Competitors Are Overlooking

Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s general manager made famous by the movie Moneyball, paid ...
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Debbie Willis6/3/19 12:00 AM

An Educational Moonshot: Association-Style Disruption

How grand is your association’s vision for your educational programs? With all the ...
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Debbie Willis3/18/19 12:00 AM

Six Elements of a Useful Educational Needs Assessment

How things change. What were once considered “best practices” in association management ...
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Debbie Willis12/3/18 12:00 AM

How to Manage When You’re an Education Department of One

Survey after survey says people join associations because they want to learn and connect ...
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Debbie Willis10/30/18 12:00 AM

How to Get Board Approval (and a Budget) for Online Learning

Everyone wants a piece of the pie when it comes to your association’s budget. If your ...
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Debbie Willis10/23/18 12:00 AM

Take an Integrated Approach to Education with a Learning Strategy

You would never let a contractor remodel your kitchen without a blueprint, or drive to a ...
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Debbie Willis6/11/18 12:00 AM

How to Get Useful Student Feedback on Online Courses

When you collect useful student feedback on online courses, you can confidently assess ...
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Debbie Willis4/30/18 12:00 AM

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 ...
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Debbie Willis4/9/18 12:00 AM

How to Present a Business Case for a New LMS

Do you ever daydream about having a new learning platform? Your wish can come true if you ...
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Debbie Willis4/2/18 12:00 AM

How to Prepare a Business Case for a New LMS

Do you feel like giving your learning platform a heave-ho out the door? But you can’t, ...
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Debbie Willis3/5/18 12:00 AM

How to Build an Online Learning Sponsorship Program

When associations think about sponsorship opportunities, events usually come to mind ...
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