--- title: 10 must-do items for Continuing Education CEOs description: Based on these top-short term to-do items, CEOs of continuing education programs are moving forward transitioning their programs into the Knowledge Age. image: https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-16572375-jpg/images/prod11.jpg --- [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/) [![lern-logo.png](https://blog.lern.com/hubfs/June-folder/lern-logo.png "lern-logo.png")](http://lern.org) ** # Articles # 10 must-do items for Continuing Education CEOs Tue, Sep 11,2012 @ 08:46 AM by Suzanne Kart | ![continuing education](https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-16572375-jpg/images/prod11.jpg?width=325&height=487&name=prod11.jpg)Based on these top-short term to-do items, CEOs of continuing education programs are moving forward transitioning their programs into the Knowledge Age. Here are the 10 must-do items: ## **1. Have staff do a weekly outcomes report.** ## **2. Do telecommuting oneself one day a week.** ## **3. Contract out for new staff rather than hiring.** ## **4. Review financial ratios and benchmarks.** ## **5. Register for an online course to see what an online course is like.** ## **6. Determine the data for benchmarks you have, and the data for benchmarks you need.** ## **7. Rewrite job descriptions to being outcomes-based rather than time activities.** ## **8. Write a one-year marketing plan.** ## **9. Use the free LERN software tools.** ## **10. Create experts for new curriculum, and review one’s program portfolio for experts** **and intellectual capital.** [![Top five values lifelong learning brings to the table Download FREE tip sheet](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/119076/080ac01e-f862-4a5a-a981-a35ff696d45d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/119076/080ac01e-f862-4a5a-a981-a35ff696d45d)       ### LATEST NEWS Video: How to Get the Most From a LERN Membership LERN Video - The LERN Program Review: Position Your Unit for Success LERN Cancellation Rates and New Programs: A Lesson From Netflix Kathryn Lynch-Morin Ready for Liftoff: Drones and Drone Courses are More Popular Than Ever Kathryn Lynch-Morin Working with the University of Nebraska - Omaha LERN [Tweets by @LernUpdates](https://twitter.com/LernUpdates) [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/)