Make Professional Development Easier to Deliver
Professional development should add value to membership without adding another disconnected system for your staff to administer.
Members Village gives Canadian associations all-in-one connected solutions to offer courses, give members preferred or free access, charge non-members, issue certificates of completion and update CEU or CEC records when a learner successfully completes a course.
The Old Way vs. Connected Professional Development
Professional development can become surprisingly administrative.
A member registers for a course in one system. Payment happens somewhere else. Course completion is stored in a learning platform. CEU or CEC credits live in a spreadsheet or separate database. Then someone needs proof of completion six months later and staff have to piece the record together.
The more successful the education program becomes, the more work this creates.
The Manual Headache
A disconnected professional development program often means staff are responsible for tasks such as:
- confirming whether someone is actually a member before applying member pricing;
- manually enrolling learners after receiving payment;
- maintaining separate course and membership databases;
- exporting completed learner lists;
- updating CEU or CEC records by hand;
- creating or emailing certificates of completion;
- answering questions about course history and professional development credits;
- reconciling course purchases against member accounts; and
- maintaining separate processes for members and non-members.
None of these tasks is particularly complicated on its own.
The problem is having to repeat them for every course, every learner and every reporting period.
Connected Professional Development
With Members Village, professional development learning management & courses are interconnected with your CEU/CEC tracking, membership and non-dues revenue generation.
A typical workflow looks like this:
- Your association publishes the course.
Build courses around the way your organization teaches. Courses include learning materials, quizzes & assignments. - Members and non-members can be treated differently.
A tangible membership benefit is making selected courses free for members while charging non-members. - The learner completes the course online.
Learners sign-in once and access their courses through the association environment rather than relying on staff to coordinate enrolment, course access and routine learner requests. - Successful completion triggers the next steps.
When the learner successfully completes the course, applicable CEU or CEC are applied automatically. - A certificate of completion is issued.
The learner receives their certificate without staff having to manually prepare and send certificates one at a time. - The professional development record stays connected.
Course participation, CEC/CEU credits and the member relationship remain part of the same connected environment.
Development as a Member Benefit & Revenue Generation
Give members another concrete reason to remain connected to your association.
An association might create non-dues revenue by charging the public $150 for a course while making it available to members at no charge. Another might provide member pricing across its entire course catalogue. Other associations may combine free introductory education with paid advanced programs.
The important part is that membership status, course access and payment do not need to be managed as completely separate processes.
Members see an immediate benefit. Non-members see a visible difference between participating in the industry and belonging to the association.
And staff do not need to manually verify eligibility for every learner.
Professional Development & Control of Member Data
Keep Canadian Member and Learning Data in Canada
Professional development records can contain more than a course title.
Depending on your association, they may become part of a member's continuing education history, certification requirements or professional record. That makes data location and access controls important considerations when choosing how courses are delivered.
Members Village features data residency and is 100% Canadian-developed, hosted and supported, with systems designed to support PIPEDA and CASL compliance.
Give Members More Ways to Help Themselves
Members Village features a fully featured Member Portal and client data shows a 90%+ aggregate self-service & payment rate.
Professional development follows the same principle: give members direct access to the routine information and actions they should not need to email your office to obtain.
Instead of asking staff to confirm course completion, locate past information or manage every learning transaction, members can do more through their own account.
Ideal for associations trying to deliver more programming without adding administrative headcount.
Bring Existing Records With You
Replacing an association system should not mean abandoning years of useful member history.
Members Village onboarding is human-led.
We work with your team on database configuration, data cleanup, historical data migration and personalized staff training rather than handing over an empty system and asking staff to work out the migration themselves.
Your existing membership structure, historical information and operational requirements are reviewed as part of implementation so the new environment reflects how your association actually works.
Know the Cost Right Away
Professional development course builder and CEU/CEC tracking are included with our City and Nation Builder tiers.
City Builder starts at $395 CAD per month and Nation Builder at $695 CAD per month, with a 24-month price freeze.
You can review the transparent pricing tiers and feature comparison before speaking with us.
Or, book a software fit call to get a commitment-free conversation and demo.
See If Members Village Fits Your Association
You don't need to start with which software modules you need.
Start with the three biggest issues making professional development difficult to manage for your association.
Maybe course completions have to be copied into CEU records manually. Maybe certificates create unnecessary follow-up. Maybe members cannot easily see the value they receive from your education program. Or perhaps you are paying for separate membership, learning and payment systems that do not share information.
A software fit call starts there. We'll review the way your association currently operates, where staff time is being lost and what you want members to handle themselves. Then we can show you the relevant Members Village association management tools, discuss migration and review pricing.
Professional Development FAQs
Get answers to the essential professional development questions right away.
Of course! You'll have the flexibility to host both paid and unpaid courses on our Learning Management System. Whether you're looking to offer premium professional development or share knowledge for free, we've got you covered. So, feel free to mix and match as you please! Happy teaching!
Cohorts are fully supported, allowing you to create a sense of community and collaboration among your students. They can join courses as part of a cohort, making the learning experience more engaging and interactive. Embrace the power of teamwork and start building a fantastic learning community!
Our LMS is designed to make things easier for you and automated certificate issuance is on of its features. Once your learners successfully complete a course, they'll receive their well-deserved certificates without any extra hassle. Cheers to teaching and certifying!
Absolutely not! There are no limits on how many courses you can host within Members Village. We're also here to support your members' learning journey every step of the way should you need a hand through our Premium Support. Happy professional development! 