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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… “May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.” TopClass LMS explains why, instead of competing, associations should partner with their chapters to design and/or deliver online education programs. More info/register.
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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Throughout March, Mary Byers, CAE, and the Loyalty Research Center are sharing stories about highly innovative organizations, their best practices, interviews with innovators, and challenge questions about innovation to ponder. More info/register.
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This way, your team won’t send out communications with outdated information and have to deal with manually changing it themselves. Allow your members to communicate seamlessly through a messaging system, as well as more public forums that they can contribute to. Investing in an LMS lets your association offer classes online.
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