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The State of Virtual Events
Lately, we have been driving home the idea that offering a comprehensive learning program, complete with a variety of mediums, is key to engaging today’s multimodal learners. As we have mentioned, part of that content delivery strategy should absolutely include live...

4 Reasons to Take Your In-Person Learning Events Online
If your member-based organization is like most, your members look to you for learning opportunities. Discover how you can successfully leverage your in person events to deliver engaging and revenue generating online content.

Meeting the Needs of Multimodal Learners
In Community Brands newly released 2018 Member Education and Career Development Report we’ve uncovered a shift in why members are joining professional organizations. Fifty-one percent of members surveyed report they joined their current organizations for benefits like...

Intersection Between Professional Development and Career Advancement
See a snapshot of the 2018 Professional Education and Career Advancement report in this infographic based on research from over 1000 association members.

Tips for Successful Event Capture
Between the venue, speakers, catering, and marketing, associations spend millions of dollars each year hosting continuing education events and conferences. So, why not get more bang for all those bucks? You can do just that when you capture your live presentations and...

Trailblazing to ACLEA’s annual meeting.
This post originally appeared on the Abila blog Forward Together, another member of the Community Brands family. The Community Brands team is gearing up for our trip to ACLEA's 54th Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. The theme this year for the Association for...

How to deliver the right in-person learning experience online.
Today, in-person courses and multi-day conferences are the top two leading learning formats for association members, according to our 2017 Member Professional Development Study. Trailing slightly behind is online learning and webinars, with online taking the number...

How to Deliver the In-Person Learning Experience Online
In-person courses and multi-day conferences are the top two leading formats for learning for association members today, according to the 2017 Member Professional Development Study. Trailing behind just slightly is online learning and webinars, with online actually...

Protecting Members From Their Skills’ Short Shelf Life
This post originally appeared on #Onward, the blog of YourMembership, another member of the Community Brands family. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report tells us many of today’s most in-demand skills didn’t exist 20 years ago. The report cites 65 percent...
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