Questions

Q: Several years ago, the college eliminated its printed catalog. Programs now have individual glossy brochures and information sheets that are handed out or mailed to prospective students, but these materials do not contain a registration form. Instead, people are “pushed” to..

Q: What IS the best term to use for Continuing Education?Lifelong Learning Non Credit Credit Free Continuing Education Workforce Development ......the list goes on.

Q: What are LERN’s recommendations in relation to the efficiencies and output relative to a program planner? I think for a medium size market with an MSA of 290,000 and 80, 000 in the city but a traditional conservative mindset that managing 100 programs and 40-50 instructors is..

Q: We conduct education webinars that we produce for our learners. I have been asked to cut costs for webinars by cutting the assist portion of the webinar for our presenters. They are being asked to manage the webinar themselves. I need a resource for best practice or current..

Q: Our current class evaluation is in great need of revision. We currently use "Class Climate" from Scantron. Maybe I should say "under-use" it as we barely scratch the surface in terms of applications and reporting. In any case, does our LERN membership include assistance in..

Q: I’d like to know if LERN offers any advice on creating a video for marketing our programs. I see the link to videos in Ideas from the Field, eMarketing, however most of those links don’t work and they are old videos. I’ve been wanting to create a video for our unit for some..

Q: I am interested in finding out about how to Create a Certification Program for participants. I was just asked by another dept. on campus and I am not sure how to address this. I thought LERN would be a good resource to turn to. This would be a Non-Credit program based on the..

Q: We are looking to a timeline, planning checklist for all the program details “ToDo’s” that would help organize our 2 and a half day regional conference with about 400 attendees, 50 exhibitors and 40 speakers, any suggestions or places to look, This is in sponsored with a..

Q: The Rose State continuing education program has provided very popular aquatics classes and related swimming programs for years. The pool, however, is in a state of disrepair, and this summer will be closed for at least eight weeks for remodeling. During that time, scores – if..

Q: Can you tell me what LERN’s suggestions are in the following topic: marketing strategies that use Facebook (and other social media) vs. the print media.And LERN’s thoughts on linking our Facebook page to a Paypal / credit card account?To help answer the above, we are..