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How to Motivate Certification Candidates

WBT Systems

The candidates for your association’s certification programs face the same challenges as CAE candidates: Finding time and money to earn the required continuing education credits. Dedicating mornings, nights, and weekends to reading books, understanding information, meeting with study groups, and preparing for the exam.

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The Association?s Pursuit for Relevance: What Role Do Certifications, Certificates and Micro-Credentials Play?

Blue Sky eLearn

They hold strong to their roots, of lending books and providing a space where people can come together to meet. Credentialing: This is an umbrella term, used to refer to concepts such as certification, licensure, certificate programs, micro-credentialing, accreditation, etc. I will leave that to the professionals.

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Lessons From a Certification Overhaul

Associations Now

SHRM’s shift to a new certification model points to associations’ need to better understand their members—and the people their members serve. Five years ago, the Society for Human Resource Management took a gamble: It decided to shift its certification exam from a knowledge-based model to a competency-based one.

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Walmart pledges $1 billion to pay employees’ college tuition, books

Candid

Walmart has announced a five-year, $1 billion commitment to cover 100 percent of the cost of college tuition and books for its employees through the company’s Live Better U (LBU) education program. Walmart to Pay 100 percent of college tuition and books for associates." . Through the program, 1.5 Through the program, 1.5

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Association Brain Food: 2.7.25

Reid All About it

Yeah, I said it and Im an introvert, so I get how tempting room service or a good book is when a reception or social outing is on the agenda. Earn up to 5 CAE credits by taking the SEO for Associations Certificate Course. Host: Certification Network Group Speakers: Dale Cyr, MBA, CAE, CEO, Inteleos Larry Lynch, CAE, FASAE, Sr.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.25.21

Reid All About it

Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Planners on Purpose July Book Club: Engaging Virtual Meetings by John Chen. Join Naomi Tucker and author John Chen for a discussion about his latest book, Engaging Virtual Meetings. Community Book Club: The Art of Gathering.

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Opportunities for Association Certification

Smooth The Path

Some professionals feel the same way about certification exams. They wonder how valid the exam is if it: Opposes all of your real-world experience or, only covers material in the book or prep-course and experience is an actual detriment. I’m proud to have my certification.” The 40-year-old association problem.