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My company is a leading provider of technology and services that enable online continuing education (CE). From that perspective, you could assume a bias towards certain kinds of CE. On the other (less cynical) hand, I have been exposed to a tremendous amount of online professional continuing education over the years. From this perspective, I would like to offer a few things to consider when shopping for professional continuing education: Tip 1: You get what you pay for (and sometimes you get much more than you pay for) I was doing a bit of online research this week and I came [...]

Recently, the Harvard Business Review sent an email promoting a book called “Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz” by Frank J. Barrett. The title alone grabbed my attention, and then I remembered a few Jazz musicians I knew, who talked about improvisation and experimentation as key elements of creating music. Not only is it a creative and complicated genre, more than anything it is a brave one. For the most part, Jazz musicians have to be willing to try something new, something that may in fact be outside of their comfort zone. Yet, it is this experimentation that [...]

Now that it is February I just have to ask: How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? No doubt many of you are still plugging away and achieving success, but for most folks that go through the resolution exercise that is not the case. The concept of New Year’s resolutions has always been a little baffling to me—not the resolution part but the New Year’s part. My morning routine includes resolutions of the day. Often the daily resolutions address a failed attempt to do something from the day before. This makes me sound like a short-term thinker, which I am [...]

When is the last time you made a significant purchase without looking at the reviews, or testing it out? These days we don’t even go to the movies without first seeing a preview. And now’s your chance to get a preview of the InReach continuing education management system. Join our Product Tour tomorrow at 2pm CT for an overview of our software and services. Since 1999, state bars, hospitals, medical societies and associations, schools, businesses, associations and non-profits have relied on us to provide the software, services and expertise needed to deliver education programs online. Our platform is designed to drive [...]

The New Year is a time for new beginnings, new resolutions, and new ways of thinking that will ensure your resolutions reach fruition. We all start the year with a long list of resolutions and a desire to enact real change. However, as we sift through inboxes cluttered with old holiday offers or deal with crises that blew-up over the holiday break, it’s easy for our resolutions to become lost in the day-to-day mundanity. So this year, instead of a list of resolutions, resolve to start your new year with a new way of thinking. Use the natural refresh a new [...]

“Marketing owns our homepage, so it’s tough to get real estate for our online education.” “Our membership team owns email communication, and continuing education won’t be included this month.” “We don’t have budget to advertise our upcoming webinar series, all resources are allocated to next month’s annual conference.” Do any of these sound familiar within your organization? With the hundreds of continuing education pros we work with, we hear these phrases all too often and it’s time to flip the script. Here are five tips to work with your marketing and membership teams and make sure your education is getting the [...]

It’s that time of year again—annual planning. With October almost over, we’re on the downhill coast (or breakneck race…depending on your organization) to the end of 2015. With a new year comes new resolutions, new plans and new budgets, and updating your online continuing education should be an important initiative. Now is the time to start preparing to ensure your plan covers these critical components. The world of online learning is ever-changing so preparation involves lots of things. It means knowing what you want and need, knowing what the logical next steps are, what is available in the market, what’s new [...]