Articles
Program Management
Advisory Groups: A New Model
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Trenton Hightower
A well-chosen advisory group brings a fresh, informed perspective to the college as they attempt to shape programs, solve problems or determine a direction. Unlike a board of directors, however, an advisory group does not have formal governance authority. In other words, they cannot issue directives which must be followed, nor are they responsible for the implementation of a strategic plan, the development of procedures or policy oversight. Rather, the advisory group serves only to make recommendations and provide opinions. Read more >
Skill Set Success
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Trenton Hightower
Individuals who excel in the workplace often appear to do so effortlessly. With very little direction from management, they set goals and plan how to achieve them. Clients seek them out, customers appreciate their attention, and they influence their co-workers positively. On a scale of 1-5, they’re the 6’s..
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Room Management with Less Stress
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Beth Moorhead
Scheduling rooms for use in your program can become a Herculean task when you deal with several separate independently run locations, each with myriad organizations vying for space.
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Challenge Underlying Assumptions and Reinvent Your Program
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Aaron Donsky
So your institution is thinking about the purchase of database software that will improve your marketing and registration capabilities. Read more >
Data Driven Programs Flourish
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Greg Marsello
The Learning Resources Network (LERN), the leading association in continuing and community education programming surveyed members to determine overall performance of lifelong learning units.
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Make Your Software Vendor Work For You
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Cem Erdem
We know that it helps to analyze the roles that various groups play in your learning program, and from there, to optimize each group's supporting role in creating rewarding learning experiences.
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Planning in Times of Uncertainty
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Aaron Donsky
Uncertainty today has become equivalent to growth and better mastering of our environment. Another way to say this is that the Internet is continuously growing and changing as we use it...
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Performance Feedback: a powerful decision making tool
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Rich Rexeisen
Performance feedback is essential to the success of every organization. The more dynamic the environment is, the more crucial it is that organizations have a systematic process for monitoring...
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Paradigm of Success
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Rich Rexeisen
One of the great business lessons of the last two decades is the necessity of developing a clear and unambiguous focus.
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Good Intentions Syndrome
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Rich Rexeisen
Every person and every organization is to some extent a victim of their own "good intentions." It is ironic that the mere suggestion of good intentions seems to imply a negative outcome.
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Change is the Price of Growth: how fast or slow is a matter of choice - Part I
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Rich Rexeisen
Organizations are frequently searching for ideas or suggestions for how they can speed the rate of adoption for their new products, programs and services.
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Change is the Price of Growth: how fast or slow is a matter of choice - Part II
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Rich Rexeisen
As in the case with relative advantage, there are any number of unique competitive advantages, or combination of actions, that can be developed for simplicity and compatibility.
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Change is the Price of Growth: how fast or slow is a matter of choice - Part III
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Rich Rexeisen
In the first two articles of this series, readers were introduced to a framework for managing the rate of adoption for new products and services.
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