The BREI Education Committee invites proposals for continuing education courses and webinars to be presented online. Continuing education courses should be of substantive material and should be developed in such a way so as to be presented in one, two, or three two-hour interactive, online sessions using the BREI videoconference platform (at the present time, this platform is Zoom).
The proposal should consist of the course name or topic, the objectives of the course (what the instructor is hoping to accomplish with the course), an outline or syllabus depicting the various topics to be covered and the approximate length of time spent on each topic, the name(s) of likely instructor(s) for the course, and the approximate time (date) for the course to be conducted. These materials are subject to review by the BREI Education Committee to confirm the appropriateness of the course for the membership.
Webinar topics should be approximately one hour in length and should provide an overview of a topic that would be of interest to BREI members. Webinar proposals should consist of the webinar name or topic, a brief narrative outlining the material to be covered, the name(s) of likely instructor(s) for the webinar, and the approximate time (date) for the webinar to be conducted. As with the courses, these materials are subject to review by the BREI Education Committee to confirm the appropriateness of the webinar for the membership.
The attached document (A Guide for Developing Online Courses) may be of use in developing the proposal.
Instructors receive credit for the BREI participation portion of the requirements for renewal as a BR&E Coordinator or certification or certification renewal as a BR&E Professional. Instructors are also eligible for 50 percent of the course registration fees (not including membership dues) for teaching the course up to a maximum of $5,000 per offered course.
Course and webinar proposals will be considered on a continual basis. Please submit all materials in Word document format to:
Alan Barefield
BREI Education Committee Chair, alan.barefield@msstate.edu
Business Retention and Expansion International 