Tag Archives: Continuing Education

Continuing Education on Consumer Plans: The Future

By Cathy Miller, Business Writer  This is the last in our 3-Part series on the consumer plans, the Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA). In Part 1, we reviewed what the consumer plans are and how they work. … Continue reading

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Multitasking Hurts Your Learning

By Shelley A. Gable Are you multitasking right now? Maybe you’re participating in a conference call, reading email, checking a message on your phone, responding to chat or an instant message, and perusing news headlines. How many of these tasks … Continue reading

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Social Media: Reinforce Learning and Get Noticed

By Shelley A. Gable You just completed an insurance continuing education course and you learned loads of new information. Now what? If you can apply that newly learned knowledge on the job right away, you’re more likely to remember it … Continue reading

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Primacy and Recency Can Help You Learn

By Shelley A. Gable Think about the last course you took. Maybe it was an online insurance continuing education course. What pieces stand out the most? While hopefully there were memorable highlights from throughout the course, you can probably also … Continue reading

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Auditory and Tactile – Back to the Learning Modalities

By Shelley A. Gable Is auditory learning your strength? Your maybe tactile learning? As you may have read in an article posted last week, many learning researchers suggest that we learn through three sensory modalities: Visual (learning through seeing) Auditory … Continue reading

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HITECH For Brokers Is Not Just For Geeks

Brokers on the Hook for Compliance on February 17, 2010 By Cathy Miller, Business Writer Brokers may soon be pulling out their wallets if they do not comply with the major changes to the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) … Continue reading

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Motivate Yourself to Learn through Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction

By Shelley A. Gable At some point, we’ve all had to go through a training course we weren’t interested in. Maybe you found the content to be boring, or you felt it didn’t apply to you. Either way, it’s challenging … Continue reading

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How Can Note Taking Help You with Online Learning?

By Shelley A. Gable Regardless of whether you found note taking to be helpful in college or high school, taking notes can be a helpful learning  strategy for online courses. Are you taking an online course next week for your … Continue reading

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If You Wanna Remember It, Talk About It!

By Shelley A. Gable To remember the name of someone you’ve just met, repeat the name as soon as possible in conversation. Most of us have heard this tip before, but why does it work? It may interest you to … Continue reading

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Do You Know What Makes an Annuity Suitable – NAIC Does

Model for Suitability in Annuity Transactions Adopted By Cathy Miller, Business Writer For many consumers, the bitter taste of investment fraud and a bad economy lingers. The times encourage increased scrutiny on investment products and advice. On December 21, 2009, … Continue reading

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