| Pinterest latest social media |
 Is Pinterest something you should including in your social media strategy? The short answer – yes, says Suzanne Kart, a presenter for LERN’s eMarketing Institute in Cleveland June 4-7.
“Pinterest is a new form of social networking,” says Kart. “It allows users to pin images or video to boards that they set up, she notes. The boards have a common theme. It also allows users to comment on other user’s pins and repost them. For more on the eMarketing Institute, click here or email Tammy at info@lern.org |
| Latest Article Links |
Here’s the latest articles on the hottest topics in the field right now. Then check out Institute on your favorite topic for the most comprehensive and intensive training.
- Mobile Marketing, click here
- eMarketing, click here or here for the tip sheet
- Program Management, click here
 You’ll get happy callers after taking home our latest strategies from the Operations and Staff Institute
- Contract Training, click here
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| More than 400 View Titanic Story |
| More than 400 people viewed our 5 minute YouTube story on the Best Titanic Story You’ve Ever Heard, posted last month on the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. |
| Senior LERN Leaders Plan New Directions |
Senior LERN Leaders met last month to plan new directions for the organization, as well as new sessions for the big LERN Annual Conference in Washington DC November 16-18, 2012.
Full coverage of the new directions next month, right here. |
| Program Reviews a Hit |
At just $7,500 cost with our guaranteed return of 10:1, more organizations are booking a Program Review.
LERN is doing one Program Review a week this spring, the most ever. Your program is benchmarked with ratios for success, plus you get individual customized recommendations after our two day visit. Just email Tammy@lern.org for info. |
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| The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is just a few blocks from the Summer Institutes hotel in Cleveland. |
| Closing the sale vital |
 Julia King Tamang, LERN’s guru on training, gives her top tips for closing a contract training sale.
This is just one example of the kind of information you'll discover at LERN's Contract Training Institute, Julia will be teaching at in June at LERN’s Summer Institutes. |
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| Webinars great teasers |
| A 30 min. webinar is a great teaser for an upcoming event, reports Alissa Pierce of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants. She says they have 50-75 webinar participants, and one presenter said he typically sees 66% of people later at the event. |
| What’s New at LERN |
Senior LERN Leaders Meet
The top 30 leaders in LERN meet in Tucson in April to plan new directions and services for LERN. Report coming next month.
Big Contract Training Conference
The second annual conference for programs doing contract training was held in Chicago in April with another great attendance of over 50 people. Report coming next month.
Executive Institute a Success
The Executive Institute in Tucson again pulled over 40 people, a big success. Past participants will be surveyed on what new subject matter they want for the next Edition of the Institute in 2013.
New UGotClass courses announced
Twelve new online courses and certificates are being announced this month. They will premiere in the Fall with UGotClass, which now has over 250 LERN member programs as Parnters. |
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| “Let your search begin” is a great tag line for our Brochure of the Month |
Huge new growth markets open up
Huge new growth markets are opening up for lifelong learning and continuing education programs. “The new economy has created big new sources for revenue,” says Julie Coates, who heads up a new institute premiering at the 2012 Institutes in Cleveland June 4-7. 
