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Opportunities for Association Certification

Smooth The Path

Some professionals feel the same way about certification exams. They wonder how valid the exam is if it: Opposes all of your real-world experience or, only covers material in the book or prep-course and experience is an actual detriment. I’m proud to have my certification.” The 40-year-old association problem.

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For a Good Time, Call on Members in 2017

Association Adviser

From the Printed Book and Periodical Collection, Winterthur Library. However you exchange your information, it has a certain look to it: the design on your paper card, the photos you choose for your online profile, the certifications you choose to include next to your name. Show up, and your contacts will see you really care, too.

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Could Associations Replace College? (Take 2)

Leading Learning

Associations also have a long history of providing various forms of credentialing, from certificates to high stakes certifications, that are themselves a form of the “job market signaling” in which so much of the value of higher education degrees resides. Re-framing Membership.