With an average daytime high of 71 degrees, and the city’s famous azaleas blooming, enjoy springtime in Savannah.   LERN people rave about the city. Which is why the 2026 Leadership Conference March 2-5, 2026, will be there.    Camellias and azaleas usually start to bloom in late February. The temperature rarely gets below 55. 

Here’s the first news from the most exciting week of the year in lifelong learning. First Watch Party   Chicago Botanic Garden hosted the first ‘Watch Party.’  People gathered in-person to both watch the Live Online Conference, and then participate in informal discussions with others in the room. Chair of the LERN Board Beth Pinargote hosted

Leadership in the field is a big issue for 2026. The 3 driving forces:1.The more visible, central role your program now has in your institution;2.The generational turnover and need to develop young leaders;3.A society-wide demand for greater leadership. Continuing education and lifelong learning programs are emerging as both course developers of leadership and also as

Here’s the latest on what you say, from polls at the 2025 LERN Annual Conference. The top challenge for programs for 2026  Your top challenge is again Marketing, polling 33% of the attendees.Programs still don’t have a good handle on social media, for example.-The second top challenge at 29% is Operations and procedures, including –or

The 5 new pioneering breakthroughs this year for the field are coming this fall. They all will premiere at the largest conference in the field, LERN 2025 Annual Conference, Nov. 17-20; Online. Stay ahead of your competition, and your boss. Get the huge ROI for your program, and all your staff, generating tens of thousands

Jeff Bezos is not wrong.  Amazon’s Jeff Bezos did not become rich by being wrong. His marketing team is much larger than yours.  They track everything. So what did they do this year? They doubled the number of print brochures they send out, reports LERN’s brochure experts Julie Coates and Jordan Kivley. Now’s the time

Upgrade your ‘Contact Us’ web page to encourage more new and potential participants to engage with you.  Every program has, or should have, a ‘Contact Us’ web page on its website. Here’s WhyPeople who contact you are more likely to register than other non-customers. They are as likely to register as your best customers, your

With exclusive software and expert analysis,  we can save you 20% on your brochure and brochure distribution costs. And increase registrations. The service is FREE when you register for the Annual Conference, Nov. 17 -20, 2025.        U.S. programs can save tens of thousands of dollars in marketing costs. Here’s the deal. You know your best zip

The agenda is now out! ‘Nurturing Staff’ is one of six new themes for the LERN Annual Conference, Nov. 17-20, 2025. The conference will have all-new sessions in pioneering best practices and advanced strategies and tips. The most exciting week in lifelong learning just got more exciting. Over 1,500 people will attend, making it the

It’s free and open to all, even non-member organizations. Get feedback on the five most important measures in our business. Enter your data and get comparisons with your fellow organizations by institutional setting and size of community.  Your data is confidential. Just go to www.LERNdashboard.org   Now. Don’t wait. Find out what the average program gets

Pricing is a critical activity we do all the time.  This is one of the three most popular topics for members.  Last month we had over 200 people sign up for our complimentary webinar on pricing. Let’s look at the 5 pricing tips that stand out right now in 2025. 1.Courses and offerings with the

The LERN Top Ten Highlights for FY25 focus on the pioneering, breakthrough innovations, research, best practices, benchmarks and data co-created by our members and staff. As your primary information and consulting resource concludes its fiscal year, we thank you for all your support, attendance, and membership.  Once again, another 100,000 people took classes from our