Essential Membership Services
Outcomes
We increase your registrations and income by 10%. This is the bottom line outcome of Essential Membership in LERN.
It is an ROI of 10:1 or more, often much more, on your investment.
*Professional staff. Your professional staff at LERN is the largest and leading consulting group in the field. We write the articles, present webinars, analyze the data and give you the best information.
*Practical how-to information. Get the benchmarks, data, ratios for success and best practices to increase your success and service to your community.
*Guaranteed. Get a 10:1 return, or more, on your investment (ROI).
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Services and Benefits
1.Free Webinars
2.Print Newsletters
3.Monthly Email Newsletter
4.Dashboard Analysis
5.Virtual Gatherings
6.Interest Groups
7.Survey Data
8.Benchmark Recommendations
9.Leadership and Presentation Opportunities
10.Member Discounts
At least six individuals with your program are eligible to receive benefits.
More Information on benefits
1.Free Webinars.
Monthly webinars, averaging six a year, have practical how-to information with both LERN professional staff presenters and also the leading practitioners in the field. As many individual members associated with the organization’s membership may attend.
2.Print Newsletters.
Specific to a theme or focus, the print newsletters are how-to, with both articles and fundamental articles. Six times a year. Recent issues have included Pricing, Latest Brochure Trends, Writing Course Descriptions, Needs Assessments, and New Successful Courses.
Each member organization receives two copies, one for the Primary Contact, and one to share with other staff.
3.Monthly Email Newsletter.
Survey results, tips and news happen quickly and are delivered quickly to all individuals included in the organization’s membership.
4.Dashboard Analysis.
New! Pioneering! The LERN Dashboard has the 6 most important data points for your organization. Each organization gets an analysis comparing its own data with the results of other organizations nationwide, along with a LERN Ideal Benchmark if relevant.
The data is provided by size of community, and by these institutional settings: Recreation Departments; Community Education in Public Schools; Community Colleges; Universities; and Other.
This means your LERN Dashboard can be compared with other organizations in the same institutional setting and size of community.
5.Virtual Gatherings.
A pandemic innovation so popular we have continued it post-pandemic. A panel of 3-4 practitioners from around the country report on current success, issues and their outlook moving forward. We hold Virtual Gatherings 2-3 times a year, online.
6.Interest Groups.
Another new unique benefit. Individuals associated with the organization’s membership can sign up for as many Interest Groups as they wish. They get to network with others in that Interest Group, receive info specific to the interest area, and have a LERN staff consultant moderate the groups.
Interest Areas:
-Marketing
-Personal development Programming
-Professional development Programming
-Operations
-Contract Training
-Summer Camps
-Management and Leadership
7.Survey Data.
The most requested and popular annual survey, now in its 30th year, is the Fall Registrations survey, which practitioners use to project annual registrations and compare their registrations to other organizations in the same institutional setting.
8.Benchmark Recommendations.
Another benefit not available from any other source. Members call it “the LERN model.” It is around 30 benchmarks recommended for organization to apply. The newest 2024 benchmark is what to put on the cover of the brochure each session/term/season.
9.Leadership and Presentation Opportunity.
Independent research has found that the presenter and the presenter’s organization benefits even more than the attendees. With LERN webinars, conferences and Virtual Gatherings your members get to network with the best in the field. Like tennis, you only get better playing with the best.
Membership also entitles individual to join a leadership Council or committee.
10.Member Discounts.
Member discounts on specified events and other services.
Individuals covered.
For organizations with 5 or fewer full time equivalent staff doing lifelong learning programming or continuing education, you get up to 5 individuals associated with the LERN Membership, including the Primary Contact.
For organizations with 6 or more full time equivalent staff doing lifelong learning programming or continuing education, you get up to 12 individuals associated with the LERN Membership, including the Primary Contact.
Additional individual members can be added for a fee.
Organizational Membership.
Membership is for an “Organization” as defined by LERN. An Organization is a unit or program doing lifelong learning programming or continuing education.
Most Organizations are units or programs within a larger non-profit institution. Lifelong learning programs or continuing education units in any non-profit institution are eligible for membership.
We Welcome Your Questions!
Call Gale at 800-678-5376
Email her at info@lern.org