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Cultivate a Diverse Volunteer or SME Program
Diversity and inclusion has long been a buzzword across all sectors of society and especially professional organizations. More recently, it’s left the realm of a feel good policy HR policy and now is accepted as an essential approach to improve outcomes.
The Value of Tracking Soft Skills
Everyone knows the value of ensuring that you have the proper hard skills and qualifications for your upcoming work group, but ensuring that you have the proper soft skills may be the way to get the most out of your SMEs, Volunteers, or Membership!
Simple and effective ways to improve your exam workshops
Exam maintenance workshops are the life blood of any exam. I’ve worked with many different SME programs from organizations that are employing just a few dozen SMEs to thousands of SMEs. After calls with so many organizations to discuss their programs, I’ve compiled a few simple tips for how you can improve your item writing workshops and in time improve your entire SME program and produce better outcomes.
5 Characteristics of a Great Team
Lineup’s been at it now for over a year. We’ve been out and about conversing with our industry friends and colleagues talking about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING related to teams. What makes them successful? What causes them to fail? What does team diversity mean? How is performance impacted by the mix of talent on your team? How do you keep team members engaged?
Bring Your Volunteer (SME) Program Back to Life: Recruiting
How do you recruit your volunteers and SMEs? Do you actively bring new experts into your cadre, or do you rely on the same talent pool to develop and review your items? Does the idea of recruiting new volunteers, collecting their qualifications, then vetting their eligibility feel overwhelming