Walking the Line of Success at ACLEA’s Mid-Year Meeting
ACLEA’s 53rd Mid-Year Meeting is this weekend, and the Abila team is pulling on our cowboy boots and heading to Nashville. The theme for this year’s meeting is Walk the Line of Success, and there’s a packed schedule of informative sessions to help CLE professionals learn and grow. Here are some sessions that caught our …
2017 Prediction: Education as a Focal Point
It’s that time of year when our association experts here at Abila gaze into their crystal ball and make predictions about trends and changes they foresee for 2017. One prediction for this year is that education will be a focal point.
As an association professional, education may be somewhere on your radar, but as our 2017 …
Use Nano Learning for Approachable, Scalable, Meaningful Online Learning
Nano learning, or as it’s sometimes called, “micro learning,” is all the rage. Fun fact from Wiki: Nano is a unit prefix meaning “one billionth,” used in science and electronics for prefixing units of time and length. And, while certainly not new, nano learning is increasingly making its presence known in the online learning community …
Personalize Your Members’ Online Learning Experience
2016 had its highs and lows, and while some may want to never look back, association professionals shouldn’t move on just yet. With the close of the year comes a complete 12 months of data on how your members interacted with your association. It’s crucial to reflect on the year and review all the information …
What Trends Will Have the Biggest Impact on Associations in 2017?
We dusted off the old crystal ball and peered deeply into its depths to see what 2017 holds in store for associations. Education, technology, and advocacy take center stage.
To help demystify these trends and more, our Abila association experts have compiled our 2017 Association Predictions. Below is a sneak peek:
For a deeper look, download our 2017 Association …
Give Your Association Members What They Want
Not sure what to get your members this holiday season?
How about what they’ve asked for?
Last week, as I was finalizing my holiday gift list, I came across an article in The New York Times with the headline, “The Perfect Gift? It’s the One They Asked For.” The article got me thinking about gift …
4 Steps to Unraveling the Secrets of Integration Success
Buzzword bingo is a joke for a reason.
When I first started working for a technology company, the acronyms and buzzwords were flying. There were terms unique to the nonprofit sector, others that spoke to specific features, functions or types of code but, over and over, the one I heard the most was “integration.”
Seems straightforward enough, …
Bringing Community and Online Learning Together to Engage Members
While associations are offering more online education than ever before, in-person seminars are still very popular among learners. Why? The opportunity to spend time with peers is still a big draw for members.
In Abila’s Member Engagement Study, we discovered that professional development and networking are some of the top ways members feel engaged with an …
How Online Educators Can Capitalize on Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
With Thanksgiving a mere 10 days away, the time for holiday shopping is upon us! Retailers across the country will be offering Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales to their shoppers, and there’s no reason online education providers shouldn’t do the same.
Advertising discounts this time of year can help to differentiate you from your competitors …
