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Riipen is the world’s leading online work-integrated learning platform. Bridging The Skills Gap Through Experience.

09/02/2026

📍 You know your organization should be exploring what’s possible with AI. But figuring out where to start can be the hard part.

It doesn’t have to be with a massive initiative.

Starting with one defined business challenge can give you a practical way to experiment, learn, and get clearer about where AI might be worth pursuing further.

Join Kristin Spong, Riipen’s Director, Employer Sales, on Tuesday, September 29, at 2 pm ET for our next AI Ready webinar: The 60-hour AI experiment — How you start making progress.

👉 Ready to find a place to start? Save your spot today: https://hubs.li/Q04vGzyW0

09/01/2026

Responsible AI starts before the tool is opened.

What data can be used?
Which tools are approved?
Where is AI encouraged?
Where is human review required?
Where should AI not be used?

These are project design questions.

For employers, they reduce risk.

Academic teams teach students the judgment AI-shaped work requires.

AI can assist with the work. Humans still define the problem, set the boundaries, review the output, and own the decision.

08/31/2026

Higher education has committed to career-connected learning. The challenge now is building the capacity to deliver it at scale.

Join Emily Barrett, Riipen’s Director of Partnerships, for our upcoming webinar: Between commitment and capacity: Five moves institutional leaders can make now.

Grounded in independent research with senior academic leaders across U.S. higher education, this conversation will explore how institutions can move from individual high-impact programs to sustainable, institution-wide capacity.

We’ll discuss:
→ What senior academic leaders told us about the current state of experiential learning
→ The four structural barriers standing in the way of scale.
→ Why one internship cannot carry the entire career-readiness promise.
→ What leading institutions are doing differently.
→ Five questions every institution should be examining now.

If you’re responsible for academic strategy, experiential learning, career readiness, or student success at scale, this conversation is for you.

Registration is free. Save your spot: https://hubs.li/Q04vW71V0

08/28/2026

AI doesn’t look the same across organizations.

Some teams are testing tools.
Some are quietly changing workflows.
Some are still figuring out where to begin.

The activity is there, but it is fragmented and lacks structure, making it hard to know what is actually working or what to do next.

That is exactly where most teams get stuck.

The AI Readiness Assessment solves this by turning scattered activity into a clear picture of where you are and what to focus on first.

It looks at 6 signals inside your organization: Strategy, skills, workflows, tools/data/process, responsible AI, and talent/project capacity.

From there, it maps your current stage to show whether you're an explorer, experimenter, builder, or scaler, giving you a clear starting point for action.

Get your AI readiness score now: https://hubs.li/Q04vmPGY0

08/27/2026

Skills can help you do the job. Connections can help you get the chance to prove it.

But not every student enters the workforce with a professional network to lean on.

🤝 That’s why real experience with employers can matter beyond the skills students build. It can also help them form professional relationships and build their own networks.

Riipen Co-Founder and CEO Dana Stephenson explores the social capital gap, and what we can do about it, in a new op-ed for Training Magazine.

🔗 Read the full piece: https://hubs.li/Q04vbsB-0

08/26/2026

🤔 What could your organization accomplish with 60 focused hours?

Making progress with AI doesn’t have to mean launching a massive initiative or trying to tackle everything at once.

A focused experiment can give you the space to put AI to work on a real business challenge, learn from it, and get a clearer sense of what might be worth pursuing next.

Join Kristin Spong, Riipen’s Director, Employer Sales, on Tuesday, September 29, at 2 pm ET for our next AI Ready webinar: The 60-hour AI experiment — How you start making progress.

👉 Register today to save your spot: https://hubs.li/Q04v3WQ-0

08/25/2026

✍️ Not sure what to include in your Riipen story?

Start with the details that help tell your story.

· What did you work on?
· What did you learn?
· What skills did you build?
· What challenge did you work through?
· What are you proud of?

Selected stories will be featured by Riipen and could become something you share on LinkedIn, add to your portfolio, or use to show future employers what you worked on and learned.

The form will guide you through the rest.

👉 Submit your story here: https://hubs.li/Q04p_lkK0

08/24/2026

AI hesitation is often mistaken for resistance.

But in most organizations, it’s actually risk awareness without a clear starting point.

When teams begin exploring AI, the same friction shows up:

Cognitive friction: Can we trust the output?
Psychological friction: Can we trust this with our data and reputation?
Structural friction: Who has time to figure this out?

This is what slows progress, even when interest in AI is high.

The AI Readiness Assessment is designed to help you cut through that uncertainty — showing where your organization stands today and what to focus on first.

Take the assessment to get started 👉 https://hubs.li/Q04sz_vR0

08/21/2026

🎓 What if work-integrated learning wasn't something only a few students experienced, but something every learner had access to?

In a new article for Arizona State University's National Work-integrated Learning Accelerator (NWILA), our Co-Founder & CEO, Dana Stephenson, shares his vision for the future of higher education and employer engagement.

His message is clear: preparing students for the workforce shouldn't rely solely on traditional internships.

Instead, institutions should build learning experiences that connect students with real employers through projects, employer challenges, mentoring, consulting experiences, and other hands-on opportunities throughout their education.

Creating universal access to work-integrated learning requires more than great programs—it requires the infrastructure to make these opportunities sustainable and scalable for everyone.

If you're passionate about the future of higher education, workforce development, or employer partnerships, we encourage you to read Dana's perspective.

📖 Learn more: https://hubs.li/Q04tyW370

08/20/2026

🤔 Want to explore what AI could do for your organization, but not sure where to start?

Look at the work that already needs doing.

Maybe it’s a repetitive workflow. Customer feedback you haven’t had time to analyze. A new tool you want to test. Or an idea that keeps getting pushed down the roadmap.

These are the kinds of real business problems that can create opportunities for reverse mentorship.

In our recent webinar, Riipen’s Amanda Betts, VP of Marketing, and Victoria Hefty, Senior Manager, Student Success, explored how employers and students can bring different strengths to the same problem—and learn from each other in the process.

Employers bring the context and judgment. Students bring current skills, curiosity, and fresh perspectives.

You don’t need to have AI figured out before you start. You need a real problem worth exploring.

🎥 Watch the webinar recap: https://hubs.li/Q04tCTlS0

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