Professional associations

Continuing Education Software for Professional and Trade Associations

For associations whose members keep a license or certification current: architects and planners, engineers, attorneys, educators, licensed trades and credentialed specialists. Member pricing, every format, and a credit for each body your members answer to.

A two-day conference built as one course: a keynote, a walking tour and on-demand case studies, each with materials, credits and an evaluation
Built for membership organizations

Licensing CE Your Members Can Find, Buy and Finish

Member Pricing

Membership checked in Neon CRM, Wild Apricot, MemberClicks or another AMS at registration.

A Credit for Every Body

AIA, AICP, PDH, CLE or your own certification, each offered to its members.

Every Format

Conferences, tours, webinars and on-demand courses, on one account.

Easy for Members

No password to set, and every course link returns them to where they left off.

Records for Each Body

Completions in the columns a board or credit body asks for, on a schedule.

Your Own Processor

Registration fees go straight to your account, with nothing taken by us.

One build

Each Member Claims the Credit Their Body Accepts

  • Offered by professionArchitects see AIA learning units, planners see AICP credits, everyone else gets a certificate of attendance.
  • A certificate per creditEach with your provider number, course number and approval statement.
  • Verified attendanceCodes read out in the room, sign-in and sign-out codes, or a badge scanned at the door.
  • State boardsLicensed architects, engineers, electricians, plumbers and appraisers in CE Broker states, reported when they claim.
One session's credits: AIA LU/HSW for architects, AICP CM credits for planners, LA CES PDH for landscape architects and a certificate of attendance for everyone else
Pricing rules

Member Rates, Early Bird and Comps in One List

  • Checked at registrationThe member rate applies once your AMS confirms the membership.
  • Every price is a ruleStudent rates, early bird dates, discount codes and free comps for speakers.
  • Packages and bundlesSell a series or certificate program as one course with several modules.
  • An invitation to joinNon-members see a link to your membership page while they register.
Pricing rules for a conference: speakers and volunteers free, a student rate, a member rate checked in the association's AMS, early bird and non-member rates

Questions from Professional Associations

What CE software works for a professional or trade association?

LecturePanda runs continuing education for associations whose members keep a license or certification current, such as architects and planners, engineers, attorneys, educators, licensed trades and credentialed specialists. It handles registration with member pricing from your AMS, conferences, webinars and on-demand courses, a credit for each body your members report to, certificates from your own templates and completion records for each credit body.

Can one course give AIA, AICP and other credits at once?

Yes. A LecturePanda course or session can carry several credits, each offered to the members it applies to: AIA learning units to architects, AICP certification maintenance credits to planners, professional development hours to landscape architects or engineers, and a certificate of attendance to everyone else. Each learner claims the credit for their profession and gets that credit's certificate.

How do we report completions to AIA, AICP or a state board?

LecturePanda keeps every credit issued, with member, license or member number, hours and date, in its Credit Reporting History for export. A Spreadsheet Report sends those records on a schedule in the columns a credit body or board asks for, as CSV or Excel, by email, to a Google Drive folder, to an SFTP server or by HTTP POST. The AIA CES and IDCEC attendance files are ready to pick under "Start from a board's format", member and IDCEC numbers collected at registration. Bar associations pick the Illinois MCLE Board (PCAM), Oregon State Bar, Maine CLE or Nebraska MCLE format the same way, bar and ARDC numbers collected at registration. For licensed architects, engineers, electricians, plumbers and appraisers in states that use CE Broker, credit is reported to CE Broker automatically when the learner claims. See spreadsheet reports.

Which AMS platforms does LecturePanda connect to for member pricing?

LecturePanda checks membership at registration in Neon CRM, Wild Apricot, MemberClicks Professional, MemberClicks Trade, YourMembership, GrowthZone, Salesforce, HubSpot, Novi AMS, MembershipWorks, Naylor, Noah AMS, Joyn, TCS Software and Membee. A pricing rule charges members their rate, and non-members see a link to join while they register. See AMS integrations.

Can we sell a package of courses or a certificate program?

Yes. A LecturePanda course built from modules sells a series, a bundle of hours or a certificate program as one registration, with each module's own materials, credits and quiz. Modules can be required in order, and members can work through them at their own pace. See structuring a course.

Our members aren't very tech-savvy. How hard is it for them?

LecturePanda keeps the learner side short: members register with their email, set no password, and reach their course from the link in every email, which returns them to where they left off. Their Learning History holds every course and certificate, and the help widget on each page sends questions straight to your team.

Can we run in-person conferences as well as online courses?

Yes. LecturePanda runs in-person conferences, tours and workshops with a barcode in each attendee's email that staff scan at the door, Zoom and GoToMeeting webinars with attendance sync, and on-demand courses with video tracking, all from one account. A conference is one course with a module per session, so attendees claim credit only for the sessions they attended. See live events.

Can we limit how fast a member moves through a recorded course?

Yes. With video tracking required on a LecturePanda credit, the credit opens only after the recording has been watched, and a post-test with a passing grade can follow it before the certificate is issued.

How is LecturePanda priced for an association?

LecturePanda is priced as an annual subscription plus participants, bought in batches into one shared bank that every course draws from as members register, whether the course is paid, member-priced or free. Admin users are unlimited, and AMS integrations, reporting and certificates are included. See pricing.

Also on LecturePanda

Association LMS

Member pricing, conferences and webinars for membership organizations.

Neon CRM Integration

Member pricing, account matching and registrations synced to your Neon event.

Spreadsheet Reports

Completions in any recipient's columns, on a schedule.


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