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PD Place will streamline your professional development programs and save your organization valuable time and money, but that’s not all! Did you know that you can use PD Place to generate a revenue stream for your organization? In this blog, I outline a few different ways of how you can utilize PD Place to create a new source of income for your company and establish your organization as an industry leader in professional development. With PD Place, your organization will “soar to new heights!” So without further ado, it’s time to capitalize on your professional development programs and here’s how:
- Offer Professional Development Courses to Other Organizations for a Cost – You’re an industry leader in professional development and now you should reflect on the opportunity of sharing your expertise with members of other organizations within your industry. PD Place has built-in capacity to manage online payments via a variety of pay methods and you can even stipulate specific costs for certain registrants (ex. you may want to offer a course free-of-charge to your internal members, but ask for payment for those registrants external to your organization). Members of other institutions will benefit from your experience and knowledge, while you reap the monetary rewards of “creating a business within a business.”
- Engage the Community in Fee-based Professional Development Courses- If you offer any professional development courses to your staff that may be of interest to the general public, consider opening registrations to members of the public for a fee. Contemplate offering specific professional development courses to parents and senior citizens. You can manage both private and public user accounts with PD Place and even set parameters as to whether you would like specific courses to be offered to your staff only, just the public, or to staff and the public. PD Place will assist you in becoming a community leader! As “word-of-mouth” referrals increase, your community professional development program will grow, driving up business profits and allowing you to channel funds into other facets of your organization.
- Facilitate Fee-based State-wide/Province-wide Professional Development Conferences/Workshops – With PD Place’s conference/workshop functionality, you can track and manage conferences of any size and of any given length. Whether your conference/workshop is a single day opportunity or a multi-session series that spans a number of months, PD Place will handle it with ease. For multi-session opportunities, registrants simply select the break-out sessions that they would like to attend and PD Place automates all reminder emails and other clerical duties associated with conference management. Profit from your high level of organization by running State-wide/Province-wide conferences/workshops that require payment to attend. When all is said and done, members of other organizations will view your institution as a forerunner in professional development.
Now that you know how to use PD Place to generate a revenue stream, it’s time to put those plans into action. Establish yourself and your company as captains of professional development in your industry! If you have any questions or would like to learn more about PD Place, please contact us directly at 800-650-8882.
