Business Chief USA September 2019

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building a learning management
system. Ultimately, we want to look at
volunteer management, fundraising,
and automating manual workflows.”
To support that work, SJA has also
been implementing upgrades to its
network. “We’re working with Rogers
to increase our bandwidth from a 50
Mbps connection to a gigabit. With
everything being based in the Cloud,
having a stable, symmetrical fiber
connection is important.”
From these strong foundations the
charity can perform its critical functions.
On the teaching side of the equation,
opportunities have been found to
introduce technology to benefit learners,
as McLaren explains. “Our new learning
management system that we’re planning
to bring in will allow us to provide digital
badges and an online presence for
people to note their certifications,
which will speed up the process.
We found a partner in D2L that meets
all of our external and internal training
needs.” An upgraded website is also
aiding learning. “We’re reworking our
website to a modern UI/UX, making it
easier for people to search for courses,
providing higher rankings in our SEO
for the website and the ability to see
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