Thomas Reilly, VP of Learning at CompTIA, joined BenchPrep CEO Ashish Rangnekar to present this digitalNow webinar. Lifelong learning is becoming an economic imperative for professional associations and members alike. Recertification programs are perfectly suited to facilitate this shift toward lifelong learning, but they can often be a burden to administer and maintain with antiquated delivery methods.

As organizations feel the pressure to adopt emerging technologies to become more agile in an ever-changing market, the process for evaluating digital solutions is undeniably complex. In fact, the average enterprise business uses a whopping 91 marketing cloud services and an average of 90 cloud services for HR. This doesn’t count additional cloud services for collaboration, finance, social, CRM, and an ongoing list of other business functions. From implementation, to scalability, to security, keeping track of all this data can be a cause for concern.

As organizations take the leap in migrating their training or learning programs from instructor-led to online, they often face the difficult decision of how to make the transition. The question of whether to allocate budget and resources to develop in-house technology (build) or to outsource the work (buy) to a partner who can package, deliver, and manage content for online users is common.

School is out for summer. For high school graduates, the question of whether or not to continue on with higher education or to enter the workforce is becoming an increasingly prevalent decision. Today’s strong and appealing job market offers more technical, skills-based jobs than ever, giving young adults reason to wonder if college is worth the money. New data from the federal government shows that college completion rates are falling due to high costs, part-time programs, and certificate-granting programs.

Sinking serious dollars into private tutoring or classroom instruction has become the norm when preparing for the ACT, but what about those students who can’t afford these additional resources? With more than 15 million students taking the ACT test each year, ACT and BenchPrep are focused on giving every learner an opportunity to succeed on the exam.

Management and leadership in online learning require a careful balance to project manage 3project variables (Time, Scope, Cost) to achieve a successful outcome, but is that enough?