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Get to the LERN Best Practices Summit at Kirkwood Community College - Without Breaking the Bank

Wed, Mar 30,2016 @ 04:03 PM
by Kathryn Lynch-Morin |

The LERN Best Practices Summit at Kirkwood Community College, June 14-17 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a unique event that's taking place at a unique location.

Staffing Structure Questions

Mon, Mar 21,2016 @ 02:21 PM
by Greg Marsello |

This past week most of my consulting time was spent providing feedback and recommendations on staffing structure technical assistance questions.

National Council for Continuing Education & Training features Best Practices Summit at Kirkwood Community College

Wed, Mar 16,2016 @ 12:48 PM
by Kathryn Lynch-Morin |

The Kirkwood Community College Continuing Education & Training Services (CETS) Division and the LERN Best Practices Summit were both recently featured in Catalyst - the official publication of the National Council for Continuing Education & Training.

New Webinar: Succession Planning for Lifelong Learning

Fri, Mar 11,2016 @ 02:46 PM
by Kathryn Lynch-Morin |

Today, your program's biggest asset is its talent.This webinar will focus on the creation of a Succession Plan within a lifelong learning program.

New Webinar: Get students to return, engage and convert with Retargeting

Mon, Feb 15,2016 @ 10:42 AM
by Kathryn Will |

Ever visit a website and then start seeing their ads everywhere you go online? Wish you could make your ads follow your potential customers once they leave your site? YOU CAN – it’s called “Retargeting.”

Join Susan Hurrell, instructor of LERN’s eMarketing..

Oh, Canada

Fri, Feb 12,2016 @ 08:30 AM
by Greg Marsello |

This week I finished up my three-week Canadian road trip. What a great time traveling in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Alberta Adventures

Mon, Feb 08,2016 @ 08:35 AM
by Greg Marsello |
Last week was lots of fun in Alberta. A great presentation to the Edmonton Public Schools Metro Continuing Education Team. They do great work! Then two Program Reviews…One at Lakeland College in Lloydminster and another at Northern Lakes College in Slave Lake. Both programs are..

First Things First

Thu, Jan 21,2016 @ 01:08 PM
by Dr. Layne J. Harpine |

Hey! First things first. If you’re a Contract Training sales person your first thing is to make some money. So every day, sit down with your day planner and decide what you’ll do the next day to make some money. Making a little money every day will help you make the “12 times..

46 Mantras

Mon, Jan 18,2016 @ 12:56 PM
by Greg Marsello |

The last week or so I have been thinking about the most important mantras a lifelong learning program should be chanting. Examples are a) you can’t be everything to everybody, b) one new initiative a year, c) follow the AID Principle, and so on. I came up with 46 of them and I..

The three secrets to successfully managing a multi-generational staff (They're not what you think)

Mon, Jan 11,2016 @ 02:30 PM
by Suzanne Kart |

Lifelong learning and continuing education leaders are worry about how to manage different age groups with widely different expectations. With Gen Y taking over as the largest demographic in the workplace, understanding generational differences and motivations is more important..

 
 
 

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