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Keep Ahead of Higher Ed, the Professional Development Competition for Associations

WBT Systems

Meet the new professional development competition for associations: higher education. “If However, voices in higher education are making themselves heard. Coming to an industry near you: higher education bootcamps. Companies are creating new jobs so quickly that worker supply can’t keep up with demand.

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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. Through the program, 1.5

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Association Brain Food: 3.8.24

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… 2024 association trends. Education program marketing. Chapters should offer plenty of member-organized social meetups, not just education programs. As you might expect, AI is on the list, but they look beyond the usual discussion points.

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Supporting nonpartisan voter engagement to build a more inclusive democracy 

Candid

The case studies provide models for integrating voter engagement into any foundation’s priorities, including health, housing, environment, and education. Post-training surveys led to the creation of $5,000 to $25,000 grants, provided in partnership with two other foundations, to fill budget gaps.

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How the Events Industry Is Coming Together Amid COVID-19

Associations Now

The daylong, worldwide event focused on education, inspiration, and networking in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 12-hour event, hosted by Meeting Professionals International, connected members and nonmembers with personal and professional education, panel discussions, and conversations on recovery and meeting together again.

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Group Aims to Help School Counselors Face Growing Caseloads

Associations Now

Only New Hampshire, Vermont, Wyoming, and the U.S. We’re hoping we’re through the worst of that, and that as education budgets come back around, those cuts will be reinstated.”. California’s ratio was the highest in the U.S. The next closest were Arizona (861 to1), Minnesota (782 to 1), and Utah (726 to 1).

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8 must read articles for Association Executives

SCD Group

After reading about FastCompany’s Top 50 innovators, Lori captured 4 things that membership organizations could learn from the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies: Walk the talk (#1 Apple) Play the long game (#4 Amazon) Relentlessly reinvent (#12 Southern New Hampshire University) Make yourself useful(#30 LinkedIn).