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Creating Personalized Learning Journeys
Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 09/24/2020 at 1:00 PM (EDT)Hear Event Garde, CEO, Aaron Wolowiec and CommPartners, CEO, Rich Finstein, share how important it is for learners to receive more personalized learning recommendations. These pathways could be for stand-alone courses or a clear path comprising of a series of learning interventions, resulting in greater engagement and a higher return on their investment.
Associations offer a lot of educational opportunities. Start by counting the in-person and digital offerings. Then add in the publications and other association assets that deliver instruction, and you’ll see it adds up quickly. Most of us organize this content chronologically: When did it last occur or what registration opens next? But what if we adopted the characteristics of a university advisor? Individualized assessments, hand-picked courses, a clear pathway to graduation, course corrections along the way, and, ultimately, a certificate to demonstrate achievement.
Hear Event Garde, CEO, Aaron Wolowiec and CommPartners, CEO, Rich Finstein, share how important it is for learners to receive more personalized learning recommendations. These pathways could be for stand-alone courses or a clear path comprising of a series of learning interventions, resulting in greater engagement and a higher return on their investment.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Identify your association’s current education assets.
- Evaluate your association’s current organization of education assets.
- Examine segmentation as a means of better organizing education assets
- Explore better organizing of education assets for a sample segments.
- Consider the marketing implications associated with reorganizing content.
Richard Finstein
CEO, CommPartners
Rich founded CommPartners as a provider of online learning services and events in 1994. His vision was to create a culture where people could learn, advance their careers and have fun. He has a passion for helping clients connect with their communities through education. Rich graduated from the University of Maryland and did his graduate work at Marymount University in instructional design. He now lives in Columbia, Md., with his wife of over 35 years. He has two grown children. Rich enjoys marathon running, biking, tennis and rooting for Baltimore sports teams.
Aaron Wolowiec
CEO, Event Garde
Aaron Wolowiec is a learning strategist and meetings coach for leading trade associations and individual membership societies across the United States. Committed to the latest research and trends on learning, intentional networking environments and meaningful transfer exercises, he launched Event Garde, a professional development consultancy, in 2011.
Aaron earned a master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University (CMU). He’s also a certified association executive (CAE), a certified meeting professional (CMP) and a certified tourism ambassador (CTA), as well as an Association for Talent Development (ATD) master instructional designer. Aaron currently lives in Dallas, TX.
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Social Learning in a Virtual World: Tips for Higher LMS and Community Engagement
Contains 3 Component(s)Why do we like learning in a fun, interactive setting with classmates rather than learning alone at a computer? The key is in the psychology of social learning. We learn better when we can interact with and collaborate with others.
Why do we like learning in a fun, interactive setting with classmates rather than learning alone at a computer? The key is in the psychology of social learning. We learn better when we can interact with and collaborate with others.
Join CommPartners’ Sam Hirsch and Higher Logic's Michael Davenport on Wednesday, August 19 at 1 p.m. ET to hear how you can recreate the interactive, fun, and enjoyable experience of social learning with an online community and learning management system.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Provide more valuable, satisfying virtual learning experiences
- Increase member engagement and encourage repeat learning
- Build new revenue streams with an integrated, interactive educational program for members
Michael Davenport
Sales Engineer
Michael Davenport is a Sales Engineer with Higher Logic who previously worked on implementing communities and LMS systems for a multitude of organizations. Michael has a deep understanding from a strategic standpoint on how to setup and launch education programs while applying them to a collaborative engagement platform such as Higher Logic.
Sam Hirsch
Account Manager
Sam is a Baltimore native who graduated from University of Maryland. Sam joined CommPartners in 2017 as an Account Manager to help develop new business. His background is in account management and sales and he feels fortunate to work for a company that provides excellent customer service. Outside of the office, Sam enjoys traveling, mini-golf, bowling and spending time with family and friends. He resides in Arlington, VA.
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Make Your Virtual Event More Interesting Than What’s Inside the Refrigerator
Contains 1 Component(s)One of the benefits of attending conferences and other in-person events is connecting with colleagues whom you can share ideas and challenges. Moving to a virtual venue doesn’t have to mean all of that is lost. You can still deliver an engaging experience to your attendees, complete with opportunities to interact with presenters, network with peers, and even get the competitive spirit going with scavenger hunts. Higher Logic's Heather McNair will share ideas on how to keep your audience engaged throughout the conference, not sneaking away to the fridge for a snack.
One of the benefits of attending conferences and other in-person events is connecting with colleagues whom you can share ideas and challenges.
Moving to a virtual venue doesn’t have to mean all of that is lost.
You can still deliver an engaging experience to your attendees, complete with opportunities to interact with presenters, network with peers, and even get the competitive spirit going with scavenger hunts.
Higher Logic's Heather McNair will share ideas on how to keep your audience engaged throughout the conference, not sneaking away to the fridge for a snack.
As a result of this program learners will:
- Get attendees discussing key topics before and after live sessions
- Enlist speakers’ help in providing added value
- Encourage interaction, connection and sharing between attendees throughout the conference
Heather McNair
Chief Community Officer, Higher Logic
Heather McNair is Chief Community Officer at Higher Logic, a software company that takes a data-driven approach to engagement. Heather leads a recently-formed Applied Research Team that studies behavior patterns on thousands of communities to enable the creation of data-backed engagement strategies and user experience improvements in a field largely driven, to date, by anecdotal evidence and gut instinct. Prior to her current role, Heather built and expanded the Managed Services and Education teams. Starting with just one in-house consultant, Heather developed and grew one of the largest community management teams in the industry.
A pioneer in the industry, Heather has over 13 years of experience in building and launching successful communities. She’s created and developed many of the techniques and foundational best practices that Higher Logic uses today. Heather has been a champion of an emerging customer success model, elevating community to a keystone of the customer experience and a conduit for customer engagement and meaningful conversations. Her efforts over the last year have tied community interactions to improved customer loyalty, retention, engagement and risk mitigation.
Heather is an active thought leader in the industry and shares her knowledge frequently through blog posts, panels and presentations. She is well known and respected within the community industry and often looked to for insight on the subject.
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Ask Me Anything, How to Transition Your In-Person Event to a Virtual Event
Contains 1 Component(s)Tracy King, CEO and Chief Learning Strategist of InspirEd, and Kate Ratcliffe, CommPartners Marketing Manager, Certified Meeting Professional, and former virtual event producer will answer any questions you have, from re-purposing content to meet the needs of your learners to translating your on-site experience to an online platform.
Many organizations are being forced to transition their in-person events into virtual ones. Event organizers and education leaders may have questions about how to pull off this switch effectively and smoothly. CommPartners and InspirEd are here to provide answers in a free, 60-minute live virtual conversation hosted by industry experts.
Tracy King, CEO and Chief Learning Strategist of InspirEd, and Kate Ratcliffe, CommPartners Marketing Manager, Certified Meeting Professional, and former virtual event producer will answer any questions you have, from re-purposing content to meet the needs of your learners to translating your on-site experience to an online platform.
Bring your questions for a rich Q&A with industry experts, such as:
- How to re-purpose and audit content for a virtual audience
- How to take your in-person event and make it a valuable virtual experience
- Designing virtual learning for an optimal experience
- Working with speakers to deliver engaging virtual events
Tracy King, MA, CAE
Chief Learning Strategist & Founder, InspirEd
As Chief Learning Strategist & Founder of InspirEd, Tracy leverages her more than 17 years in the education industry for associations interested in increasing their relevance and revenue with meaningful live, online, and mobile learning programs. Tracy specializes in the intersection of learning science and technology. She's a thought leader in education strategy and learning experience design. She consults with associations on integrated education strategy to remain sustainable and competitive. For more information, please visit www.inspired-ed.com or www.tracy-king.com
Kate Ratcliffe, CWEP, CMP
Marketing Manager, CommPartners
Kate Ratcliffe is currently the Marketing Manager for CommPartners. Previously, she was an Event Producer for CommPartners, specializing in Virtual Conferences, Livestreams, and Webinars.
Before joining CommPartners in 2018, Kate was an Event Services Coordinator at the University of Maryland, College Park, a Jr. Event Designer in Washington D.C. and an Event Manager for NCSI, Inc., a company that specializes in trade shows and conferences for the DoD.
After graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2013 with her degree in Sociology, Kate also earned her Certified Wedding and Event Planner (CWEP) designation from George Mason University. After gaining professional experience with on-site events, she earned her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 2018.
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Predicting Education Trends and Opportunities for Transformation
Contains 3 Product(s)A Webinar Series with Tracy King, CAE
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Results by Design
Contains 1 Component(s)What must we do to deliver results by design? Let’s talk about connecting the dots between intention and outcome in our learning portfolio.
The new value proposition in the continuing education market is not information - its transformation. It's learning that translates into results. And given the fact industry analysts are projecting the eLearning industry to more than double in North America alone, we've got to get this right. What must we do to deliver results by design? Let’s talk about connecting the dots between intention and outcome in our learning portfolio.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover the key differentiators between information-based programming and transformational learning
- Explore five program design decisions that generate the kinds of results your learners are hungry for
- Discuss options for measuring outcomes and full-circle marketing to tell the hero story of your education programs
Tracy King, MA, CAE
Chief Learning Strategist & Founder, InspirEd
As Chief Learning Strategist & Founder of InspirEd, Tracy leverages her more than 17 years in the education industry for associations interested in increasing their relevance and revenue with meaningful live, online, and mobile learning programs. Tracy specializes in the intersection of learning science and technology. She's a thought leader in education strategy and learning experience design. She consults with associations on integrated education strategy to remain sustainable and competitive. For more information, please visit www.inspired-ed.com or www.tracy-king.com
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2020 eLearning Formats
Contains 1 Component(s)What are the new trends in learning formats? How can you create content that is engaging and effective in supporting your community?
Options to learn online are rapidly expanding giving professionals more choice than ever to meet their mastery and growth goals. How do yours stand up against the competition? Join us for a tour of 2020 learning trends that are shaping expectations of your members and prospects and eLearning format options you can begin creating today that will rock their world.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore 2020 trends (not just out-of-reach AI) that impact learner expectations of your online programs
- Try on learning formats you can create in your LMS right now
- Take away key criteria for selecting the right format for the right content
Tracy King, MA, CAE
Chief Learning Strategist & Founder, InspirEd
As Chief Learning Strategist & Founder of InspirEd, Tracy leverages her more than 17 years in the education industry for associations interested in increasing their relevance and revenue with meaningful live, online, and mobile learning programs. Tracy specializes in the intersection of learning science and technology. She's a thought leader in education strategy and learning experience design. She consults with associations on integrated education strategy to remain sustainable and competitive. For more information, please visit www.inspired-ed.com or www.tracy-king.com
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Recession Ready PD
Contains 1 Component(s)In this session we’ll explore three key strategic shifts to consider to ensure your learning portfolio is recession ready.
Recession indicators are inspiring CEOs to run scenarios on their options should the economy take a dip. As a membership and professional development organization, what’s your plan? How will your learning programs fare should members feel the economic pinch? In this session we’ll explore three key strategic shifts to consider to ensure your learning portfolio is recession ready.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact a recession can have on the CE marketplace and how to plan to minimize its impact.
- Examine how three key shifts can strengthen your strategic position.
- Learn how to facilitate stakeholder conversations to plan for challenging conditions.
Tracy King, MA, CAE
Chief Learning Strategist & Founder, InspirEd
As Chief Learning Strategist & Founder of InspirEd, Tracy leverages her more than 17 years in the education industry for associations interested in increasing their relevance and revenue with meaningful live, online, and mobile learning programs. Tracy specializes in the intersection of learning science and technology. She's a thought leader in education strategy and learning experience design. She consults with associations on integrated education strategy to remain sustainable and competitive. For more information, please visit www.inspired-ed.com or www.tracy-king.com
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LMS Success: Keys to Building Participation and Revenue
Contains 1 Component(s)In this webinar we will delve into strategies to create and evolve your LMS to ensure it becomes a strong foundation to grow your online education. We will review platform strategies, content strategies, design and workflow. Finally we will consider how to leverage your ecosystem of applications to support your online education goals.
Do you have a defined engagement strategy for your LMS?
How do you attract your member and extended community to participate in your LMS content? Are you using your platform to transcend your membership and reach new participants to your organization? We often will create strategic plans for online education but neglect to have an LMS engagement plan?
In this webinar we will delve into strategies to create and evolve your LMS to ensure it becomes a strong foundation to grow your online education. We will review platform strategies, content strategies, design and workflow. Finally we will consider how to leverage your ecosystem of applications to support your online education goals.
Key takeaways include:
- Develop a framework to organize and present LMS hosted experiences
- Discuss contextual learning and its impact on your platform’s success
- Learn new LMS monetization strategies.
Sam Hirsch
Account Manager
Sam is a Baltimore native who graduated from University of Maryland. Sam joined CommPartners in 2017 as an Account Manager to help develop new business. His background is in account management and sales and he feels fortunate to work for a company that provides excellent customer service. Outside of the office, Sam enjoys traveling, mini-golf, bowling and spending time with family and friends. He resides in Arlington, VA.
Arianne Urena
Implementation Manager
Richard Finstein
CEO, CommPartners
Rich founded CommPartners as a provider of online learning services and events in 1994. His vision was to create a culture where people could learn, advance their careers and have fun. He has a passion for helping clients connect with their communities through education. Rich graduated from the University of Maryland and did his graduate work at Marymount University in instructional design. He now lives in Columbia, Md., with his wife of over 35 years. He has two grown children. Rich enjoys marathon running, biking, tennis and rooting for Baltimore sports teams.
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Digital Badging: Recognizing Stakeholders' Accomplishments
Contains 1 Component(s)Digital badges have become increasingly important as a verifiable way to measure competency and share levels of expertise. During this webinar, attendees will learn how your organization can verifiably recognize stakeholders' accomplishments through the use of digital badging.
Digital Badges have become increasingly important as a verifiable way to measure competency and share levels of expertise. Through the integration with Elevate, host organizations will be able to offer digital badges with detailed metadata for stackable or micro credential programs. Badges can be custom designed through standard templates or organizations can upload their own designs. Each learner will have a universal portfolio to manage and share earned badges.
As a result of this program learners will:
- Learn to apply best practices for digital badging
- Learn ways to customize digital badging for your organization
Ginger Malin
Founder & EVP Business Development, BadgeCert
Ginger Malin is a recognized leader in employing cutting-edge virtual learning technologies to create engaged professional learning communities. As an award-winning Professor and technology entrepreneur, she leverages her expertise in learner engagement, particularly as it applies to the implementation of digital badge programs, to help organizations build exceptional learning environments that educate, inspire and recognize their stakeholders' accomplishments. She has published widely on the subjects of digital credentialing, learner engagement, and educational technology and have held faculty appointments at Lake Forest College and DePaul University.
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