Our clients often ask us, “How should I price the CE courses that I provide to the professionals in the industry our organization serves?” Understanding our answer is typically the easy part. Executing upon our answer seems to be more of a challenge. This blog posting is intended to help you to establish the proper [...]
There’s an old technology riddle about the power of the networking effect. It goes something like this: What’s the value of one fax machine? Zero. What’s the value of many fax machines? Infinite. The network effect basically says the more network “nodes”, the more valuable the network, and it is NOT a linear equation, it’s [...]
From member education demands to TV series based CLE (we’re only half kidding), there are a lot of interesting reads out there for the continuing education professional. InReach Partners with proSHARE to Create Additional Revenue Stream for Association Customers InReach today announces a partnership with proSHARE, a joint project of the Ohio State Bar Association’s [...]
Continuing education accreditation, particularly continuing legal education accreditation, requires thorough knowledge of mandatory legal continuing education rules that affect the credit requirements in each state. It can take hours of research for a CLE provider to determine if their courses meet state requirements. Each course must be approved by accrediting bodies, and the approval process [...]
InReach held its first Annual User Group Meeting two weeks ago, following the ACLEA conference here in Austin. We were very pleased with the turnout, especially since it’s our first attempt. And even more pleased with the feedback we received as to the value it delivered. It was great to see a good cross section [...]
Congratulations to the Association of Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) on its 50th anniversary and 99thconference—a commendable achievement and remarkable milestone! Having been a member since 2000 and President since August of 2013, I’ve attended 17 conferences, but have to say that I found the 2014 Mid-year meeting especially notable. Perhaps it was the conference’s significance [...]
To date, we’ve looked at the big picture of online CE and examined the early stages of the maturity curve. Next we’ll dive into the intermediate stages. Online Live Events Most commonly referred to as webcasts or webinars, these online live events only exist online. They do not have a live in-person audience. Instead they [...]
In last month’s article, we looked at the overarching maturity curve of online continuing education (CE), from online registration all the way through to fully blended learning. Over the next few weeks, I’ll break the curve down to three segments to help you identify where your organization is and how you can progress up and to [...]
So, naturally, it MUST be time for a few New Year’s resolutions! I took a few best practices from our most successful clients and turned them into resolutions for you CE Directors out there that are looking for a way to make 2014 the best year ever. Drum roll… 1) I resolve to understand my [...]
Among our “must see” list this month is a bit of self-reflection. We discuss how to provide continuing education well to members, but what about for ourselves and our staffs? The last inclusion, “The Case for Professional Development in the Nonprofit Sector” reminds us that, as the expression goes, it is often the shoemaker’s children [...]
