Nobody gets too much recognition, says Tim Litfin of Minnetonka, Minnesota.  His community education program is ranked annually as one of the top ten in North America. Do more recognition for your volunteers, instructors, staff, advisory boards, business partners, and anyone else who helps your program be successful. “You have the opportunity to pat someone

Gen X and Gen Y have different priorities when it comes to new management concepts. The differences has implications for your own workplace, plus working with other generations and even customers. Gen Y/Millennials overwhelmingly say the most immediate and relevant new management concept is Exploring empowerment in decision making, according to an exclusive survey of

If you need an AI instructor for your community, partner with LERN to offer AI classes online. With just one registration, you can get up to 50% of the revenue. LERN’s AI instructors Betsy Flanagan and Marcus Lander are nationally known, with participants all over North America.  Flanagan consults with Silicon Valley tech companies. Lander

It’s a top challenge for programs this year. For a variety of demographic reasons, it is tougher now to attract instructors who want to teach. Three practitioners from three different institutional settings have developed innovative and successful ways to recruit instructors. Here’s what they do. Cast a Wider Net   Cast a wider net, says Michael

Exclusive to UGotClass, a new Class Ranking premieres this month.  The Class Ranking allows your students, and especially their employers, to find out how well each did compared to others taking the same certificate over the past year. The ranking is confidential, of course. Unless your student is in the Top Ten. Then you and

  This fall, become a CPP.  For leaders, send your entire staff to become a Certified Program Planner (CPP).   Professionals in the field only know about 50% of what they need to know to maximize their productivity and your organization’s success, according to LERN’s lead instructor for the CPP, Vice President Brendan Marsello.   

Every program should be offering, or expanding, their Summer Camps and Kids’ College programming. Summer camps for youth cannot keep up with demand, are very profitable, and have other financial benefits for your organization. Now you have two ways to plan for Summer Camps 2026. Summer Camps 2026 Webinar Series   The top practitioners from around

“Oh, I’m not rescuing you. I just want you to have my flyer on ‘Making Crafts with Coconut Shells.’” Smile. You have a cartoon with every issue of your LERN print newsletter this coming year. They are drawn exclusively for LERN by artist Greg Brecht. A little old-fashioned, a little corny, and just right. Enjoy.

This year’s two new LERN Recommendations are that EVERY program should offer classes for:*Boomers.*Kids and Youth. Even programs focused on professional development and workforce development can reap the rewards from programming to Boomers as well as to Kids and Youth. The reason is money, both for your program and to your other financial contributions to

No other conference has it.New! “Innovations 2025” is an exclusive report for organizations attending this year’s 2025 Annual Conference. You get the report on the pioneering breakthrough innovations in the last twelve months: 1. Authentic Programming   A new strategy to customize and create new programming for different neighborhoods and communities. 2. No-Cost 5 Step SEO  

   From over 40 great tips from LERN members, our consultants picked the 9 Best Ideas for this year. Here they are, with links to 2-4 minute videos for more information. #1  Increase spending on marketing for classes that are already doing well.Click here for more information https://youtu.be/CWNiABBRFfQ #2 Do Instagram reels of 15-30 second