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3 Benefits of Your Aging Workforce

More people past age 70 are still working today than a decade ago.  And they bring 3 benefits of value to your workforce. 

Top Q

It’s the most important question we received this month.  And possibly the most important question ever on marketing and promotion for your program.

Thanks for Aid

Thanks to LERN members who contributed to the earthquake relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Over $1,000 was raised for the effort to buy food and medical supplies to help the victims of on the ongoing earthquakes.

Survey Coming

Some 130 LERN member programs have responded so far. If you have not yet responded to our Program Survey, you shortly will be getting another request to complete it. 

Operations Top 7 Trends

Operations is possibly the fastest growing area of lifelong learning programming right now. It is key to profitability.  The upcoming first-ever Operations Conference has great registrations already.  From the upcoming conference, here’s a sneak preview of the top 7 trends.

Members Top 1,000 for Feb

LERN Members generated more than 1,000 registrations for February UGotClass online courses, one of the best ever for the month. 

Garage Band Rock Camp

What started off as a little idea soon became the “little engine that could” for Sanford Community Education in Springville, Maine. Slowly, more and more local musicians joined the cause to create what would become Sanford’s weeklong summer camp for musically-minded students, mentored by local rock musicians.

JKT and Fred Retire

We are both sad and grateful to Julia King Tamang and Fred Bayley for their work with LERN. They each did outstanding presentations at the big LERN annual conference in San Diego, unfortunately their last LERN conference.

2019 LERN Courses of the Year

Here are the Courses of the Year LERN has selected from many excellent submissions. It was hard to choose with so many programs doing such great work out there.

WOW keynoter was, well, Wow

The 800 attendees at the big LERN conference packed the hall and loved the heart rending story and message from Ken Nwadike, Jr. about easing divisions and tensions in society today.

SQL Certificate

Our hot new online certificate in SQL starts in February. Start offering it to your community immediately. 

Proof CPP Works

Gaining your Certified Program Planner (CPP) designation works. It works for you, for your lifelong learning program, and for your community.

Another UGotClass Record Year

LERN members set another UGotClass one month record in October, generating registrations that were up a whopping 12% over the same month a year ago.

Build Participant Trust

Customer trust is more important than it has ever been. More than a third of consumers say that trust is central to their decisions about doing business with a company.  For many financially squeezed people they cannot afford to make a mistake. 

New! Website

We’re excited to announce a new website design and look for our 200 UGotClass Partners promoting LERN’s online certificates and courses to the public.

Jobs Shift to Outcomes

A big shift is underway as businesses shift measuring employee performance from activities to outcomes. Job descriptions are being rewritten in terms of results and objectives rather than just putting in time.

First Programs Certified

Over 120 LERN member programs in public schools, universities and community colleges have become certified by LERN already, kicking off our new Program Certification service for the field.

LERN Year Highlights

LERN ended its fiscal year this summer on several high notes, including larger membership, healthy financial condition, and San Diego conference registrations well ahead of previous years.

How to Cut Cancellations

New LERN analysis has discovered how you can cut the number and percentage of courses cancelled for your program. The key is to determine your cancellation rates by Division.

Hot New Summer Camps

Your summer camps are just over, and now is the best time to plan your new summer camp programs to offer in 2020.

Fall Means Big ROI

Think fall. Think ROI. Think ROI from your professional development, the best and really only way to increase productivity and profitability for your program.