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How to Engage Learners in Your LMS: Tips and Tricks
Your learners will get out of your Learning Management System (LMS) what they put into it. To make the most of any online learning platform, you need to engage learners virtually. LMS engagement initiatives will make the difference between an all-star elearning...
Hybrid Event Safety: A Brief Guide
The events industry is at a crossroads. We can see the end of COVID-19, but we can still feel its sting. A return to in-person events has begun. Still, we have to remember: the pandemic isn’t over yet. A growing body of evidence indicates that SARS-CoV-2 will become...
Untangling Hybrid Event Synonyms
The events industry is changing. With the first rumblings of effective vaccines and the end of COVID-19, the world began to look forward to a new era of events. Now, with vaccines proving to be effective and widespread, the future is now. You may have noticed that the...
How to Create Microlearning with Elevate LMS
Microlearning is one of the biggest buzzwords in online learning. If you’re already familiar with the e-learning space, you don’t need us to tell you that. Breaking learning down into bite-sized chunks is intuitive, fun, and—most importantly—it gets results. You don’t...
Virtual Audience Engagement at Hybrid Events: A Guide for Speakers
Hybrid events are on the rise, and this should come as no surprise. They allow you to roll all the perks of a purely in-person or virtual approach into one unified educational experience. But they do come with a potential pitfall: failing to deliver on virtual...
Feeding the Dragon: Five Reasons Why Your LMS is the Ideal Home for Your Hybrid Events
The website English Language and Usage defines “feeding the dragon” as the pouring of resources into a self-perpetuating situation. In business terms, organizations develop self-perpetuating resources that we nurture and evolve to provide continuity and...
Embracing the Future While Appreciating the Past
By Rich FinsteinPast: CEO of CommPartners Present: President, LMS and Managed Services Divisions, Cadmium “Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop anew where few have dared to go.“ - Steven Jeffes, Marketing and Business Expert As you...
CommPartners Announces Acquisition By Symphony Technology Group (STG)
Symphony Technology Group Acquires CommPartners, a Leading SaaS Provider of Learning Management System Software and Virtual Events PALO ALTO, CA — Symphony Technology Group (“STG”), a leading Palo Alto-based private equity firm focused on investing...
LLS Provides Safe and Intuitive Virtual Conferences for Patients
Find out how The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) provided a safe learning environment for their patients during COVID-19 while creating a virtual education experience that was just as rewarding as their in-person conferences by partnering with CommPartners....
CommPartners Announces New Suite of Virtual Conference Features for 2021
Columbia, MD – CommPartners, a leading provider of online education and event solutions to associations, is pleased to announce the next generation of Elevate Conference Platform features. CommPartners developed these updates in consultation with clients after...
2020 LMS Considerations: Wrap-Up
This year we took a deeper look at several considerations that providers should apply to their LMS to support their learning community while increasing impact and reach in 2020. These ideas will help LMS providers think critically about their LMS, how it meets their...
2020: What We’ve Learned and How We’ve Grown
After a year of great challenges and great success, CommPartners staff reflect on 2020.
Hybrid Events 101
Find out how to choose the right hybrid event platform for your organization. Then, how to make that event impactful.
2020 Considerations: Personalization
As we continue to dive into CommPartners, CEO Rich Finstein's The Evolution of the Association LMS: 10 Considerations for 2020, we learn that personalization means identifying, tracking, and educating your learners in a personal and individualized way. A great way to...
The Lottery Effect
This is a guest post written by Mallory Gott MA, CAE, founder + creative director of G+A | An Experiential Design Firm. Mallory has traveled the globe designing amazing experiences for people from all walks of life and across a breadth of industries and...
2020 Considerations: Certification and Digital Credentialing
As more and more learners migrate online and associations expand their LMS offerings, it’s time to consider creating a robust professional development experience by rewarding learners for accomplishing courses or personalized learning paths. Digital badges and...
Learning Strategies for New Members: Microcredentialing
This is a guest post written by Tracy King, CAE. As CEO of InspirEd, Tracy King leverages her more than 20 years in workforce development consulting with organizations on education strategy and learning design. Tracy is the author of Competitive Advantage: Create...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Badging
When running a marathon or 5K, there is usually something that pulls you towards the finish line. Something that keeps you going to the next mile when you feel like giving up. Something that makes you want to do it all over again. For some, it may be the health...