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Community, Loyalty and Learning: Steps for Engagement

Community, Loyalty and Learning: Steps for Engagement

Every day, each of us makes many decisions on how we spend our time and money. Some of these decisions require careful consideration and can take weeks or months, while others happen almost unconsciously, based on a feeling of comfort, expectations and trust. All...

Bridging the Gap: The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm

Bridging the Gap: The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm

Because associations serve a dual bottom line, they are always looking for ways to do well while doing good. As mission-driven organizations, they are called to serve those missions, but “no money – no mission.” There is a constant search for programs, products, and...

How Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) leverages Elevate LMS

How Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) leverages Elevate LMS

Katherine Shamapande, Director of Education explains how CHAP seamlessly implemented the learning management system (LMS) Elevate, yielding unprecedented results. Through Elevate's detailed reporting and tracking , CHAP can fully measure and understand their members'...

Convert Your Competitors into Distribution Channels

Convert Your Competitors into Distribution Channels

We see it frequently, that is, associations being threatened by new, innovative and well-funded competitors of all shapes and sizes. Indeed, it’s daunting to witness new players encroaching in our territory, challenging the relevancy of our once well-insulated...

Rise of the Learning Management System

Rise of the Learning Management System

For many of you, offering a professional learning portfolio is core to your association’s mission. In fact, it’s one of the main reasons our community exists in the first place. Your members need to remain abreast of what’s happening in their profession, and they...

Taking Inspirations from Thanksgiving in Thinking About LMS Design

Taking Inspirations from Thanksgiving in Thinking About LMS Design

You know what’s almost as delicious as Thanksgiving dinner? Designing an LMS. Ok wait, that metaphor doesn’t really work. How about this, planning a Thanksgiving dinner may provide some insights in developing an engaging, impactful, and delicious…ok, maybe not...

Authenticate to Create Relevant Learning Experiences

Authenticate to Create Relevant Learning Experiences

Technology has done something interesting to the word “authenticate.” Once meaning “to establish as genuine,” today, authenticate is typically associated with a correct matching-up of codes or reference numbers to permit access. It signals who the participant is and...

CommPartners Launches Event Producer Live Learning Platform

CommPartners Launches Event Producer Live Learning Platform

(Columbia, MD –  August 10, 2015) CommPartners, a leader in online learning and events, is pleased to announce the launch of Event Producer, our second education platform from the Elevate Learning Management Suite. Event Producer was designed specifically to build...

Developing a Culture of Empathy

Developing a Culture of Empathy

A recent article in The New York Times presented a simple yet bold statement, empathy is a choice. The article, prepared by researchers in the field of cognitive science, and viewable here, shared a multitude of studies that suggest that a lack of empathy to the...

The Hidden Value of AMS-LMS Integration

The Hidden Value of AMS-LMS Integration

There are so many AMS offerings available. Most of us know the companies serving the association community. Names like: Abila, Personify, iMIS, Aptify, Association Anywhere and Protech, to list a few. Why is integration with these systems and others so critical to the...

Social Learning, Backed by Science

Social Learning, Backed by Science

“Social learning” is quite the buzzword today, isn’t it? With access to information on literally any topic, and the immediate thoughts and reactions of our friends, family, influencers, and favorite strangers all contained in a device we carry around in our back...