LMS Success Starts Here: Conducting a Needs Assessment That Delivers
Includes a Live Web Event on 09/23/2025 at 3:00 PM (EDT)
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Before you choose your next LMS, take a step back. This webinar is designed for CE and CME professionals who want to avoid costly missteps by starting with a thorough needs assessment. Learn how to evaluate your organization’s goals, internal capacity, and program-specific requirements before selecting and implementing an LMS. We’ll walk through the must-ask questions, key stakeholders to involve, and how to set your team up for a smooth transition from selection to launch.
Key Takeaways:
- Define what a comprehensive LMS needs assessment entails.
- Identify key stakeholders and their roles in the assessment and selection process.
- List critical functional, technical, and reporting needs specific to CE/CME programs.
- Evaluate current internal capacity and personnel requirements for implementation and maintenance.
- Avoid common pitfalls in the LMS selection journey.
Laura Johnson
Independent Consultant
LRJ Consulting
Laura Johnson is an accomplished development strategist and accreditation consultant with over two decades of experience advancing mission-driven organizations. She has secured more than $12M in grants and funding for healthcare and education initiatives, guided multiple organizations through complex accreditation processes (ACCME, ACPE, Joint Accreditation), and built sustainable funding infrastructures for NGOs across Africa and beyond. Currently serving as President of the U.S. Board for the DeSanto Centre for the Deaf in Zambia and Development Strategist for Eye Corps in Tanzania, she leads comprehensive fundraising, donor engagement, and strategic planning efforts. Through her independent consultancy, she partners with organizations worldwide to strengthen compliance, expand funding capacity, and design frameworks that ensure long-term impact.
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Amanda Law (Moderator)
Event Marketing Manager
Cadmium
Amanda Law combines her expertise in creative event design, bold marketing strategies, and customer-first experiences to drive success at Cadmium. Before joining the company in 2024, she brought two decades of hands-on experience shaping events spanning industries and audiences of all kinds—leading fundraising and mission-driven programs for the American Diabetes Association, producing large-scale events for Lenovo and Biltmore Estate, and teaching event experience and design at Duke University. Along the way, she mastered both the art of meticulous logistics (ask her about planning hillside events around cattle!) and the craft of designing immersive, memorable experiences that spark connection. Amanda holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Appalachian State University and lives in Apex, NC with her husband and two zany kids. In her spare time, she enjoys hand lettering and experimenting with unusual watercolors—a hobby she insists is under control despite an ever-growing collection.
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