I don’t frequent McDonald’s much anymore now that my kids have outgrown Happy Meals. But I happened to be in there yesterday (buying a gift card) and witnessed a befuddled youngster turn to mom in desperation after 5 menu questions (yes, 5) and say “why do I have to make so many decisions?” McDonald’s new [...]
Georgetown Law Chooses InReach to Deliver Online Continuing Legal Education —InReach Technology Tapped to Expand the Reach and Availability of Georgetown Law’s Premier CLE Programs— AUSTIN, Texas – December 23, 2013 – InReach, a leading provider of online continuing education (CE) management solutions, today announces that Georgetown Law, one of the world’s premier law schools, has [...]
This article originally appeared in the International Association of Continuing Education & Training newsletter. In the past decade, continuing education (CE) has experienced a distinct trend with respect to the stages of maturity CE providers go through to bring the benefit of online CE to their members and participants. Most member organizations started at the [...]
When I saw the recent post about Healthcare.gov on the Tagoras blog, I braced myself for an overly political article. I was pleasantly surprised though when instead I read a practical piece on the increasingly strong tie between service delivery, specifically for education, and technology. For many associations, successful delivery of continuing education is dependent [...]
Selling the value of your organization’s membership can sometimes be tricky. What are potential members looking for? What will retain them? What will keep them actively engaged? Earlier this month on Forbes.com, Patrick Hull gives professionals four reasons they should join trade and professional associations. Conversely, as one of the associations professionals are considering joining, [...]
Editorial: The Future is Now, Meetings.net As a recent survey by Elsevier’s Office of Continuing Medical Education, Academic CME, and ArcheMedX recently found, clinicians are moving away from their traditional reliance on live activities and toward getting more of their education online. Forbes makes move into online MBAs, Financial Times “The opportunity to bring business [...]
Ghosts, Goblins and 2014 Planning....which is scariest? I’ll have to go with 2014 planning on this one, as ghosts and goblins are largely fictional, and everybody knows annual planning is a harsh reality. I have been constructing annual plans for a LONG time and it never gets any easier. The process improves, for sure, [...]
“The education of a man is never completed until he dies.” - Robert E. Lee The term mandatory continuing professional education bothers me. Given what I do for a living, saying that may constitute heresy. So let me explain. For many, including members of the public that professionals serve, the word mandatory implies that [...]
Doctors Use Social For Continuous Medical Education, InformationWeek "We've actively managed to engage a large group of researchers and significant academics who are moving away from writing textbooks and journal articles to doing more in the online arena," [Mike] Cadogan said. Inside a 29-Month Membership Growth Streak, Associations Now So, what’s in the water at [...]
It is back-to-school season, and the kids are not the only ones gearing up to dive back into educational pursuits. Adult professionals in just about every industry are thinking about school as well. Some are seeking out courses because they are mandated by their state and/or industry, and some because they want the next promotion, [...]
