Instructors

Sally Klauss

Sally Klauss, MBA, CPCC, has an extensive background in management, employee training and development, total quality management and business management. She is also a leadership coach specializing in management development. Klauss is a popular online instructor teaching several other courses as well.

William A. Draves

William A. Draves writes marketing copy on a weekly basis. He has studied under some of the great marketing authorities in the past five decades, including Philip Kotler, Paul Franklin, Anver Suleiman, Don Libey, Rene Gnam, Martha Rogers, and others.

Draves has authored articles on marketing and a Marketing Manual (now in its Sixth Edition) since 1982. He writes email promotions, website copy, brochures and other print marketing, and a blog and social media. Draves also designs marketing plans.

He teaches a marketing course for a Master’s Degree program offered by the University of South Dakota.

William A. Draves

William A. Draves, CAE, is a chief executive officer of his organization, a Certified Association Executive, leader in his field, and acclaimed futurist.

In 2000 he and his colleague, Julie Coates, laid out nine shifts that would happen by 2020, in their book Nine Shift: Work, life and education in the 21^st Century.
The BBC flew their global business reporter from China to their home to interview them for a half-hour program that aired worldwide to millions.

Draves has been in management and leadership positions in a variety of work and volunteer situations. He has taught online for over twenty years, including teaching at the graduate level. With a particular interest in mentoring young people, he teaches a variety of leadership courses.

He has been interviewed by Wired.com, The New York Times, NPR, NBC Nightly News, Washington Post, Virtual University News, Chronicle of Higher Education and other national media. Draves has spoken around the world, including Japan, Russia, Australia, Germany, Slovenia, Mexico, England and throughout Canada and the U.S. His TED talk has been heard by thousands.

Course schedule

Collaborative Management

Mar 3 – 28, 2025
May 5 – 30, 2025
Jul 7 – Aug 1, 2025
Oct 6 – 31, 2025

Management Boot Camp

Feb 3 – 28, 2025
Apr 7 – May 2, 2025
Jun 2 – 27, 2025
Sep 2 – 26, 2025

Managing Generations in the Workplace

Apr 7 – May 2, 2025
Jun 2 – 27, 2025
Aug 4 – 29, 2025
Nov 3 – 28, 2025