The American National Standards Institute recently announced the first certificate-issuing organizations that have been accredited through its Certificate Accreditation Program (ANSI-CAP); they include: U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center for its CP 12 Safety Professional Certificate U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its New Hire Investigator Training Program National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) for its Boating Under the Influence Detection and Enforcement Certificate SCIPP International for its End-User Security Awareness (EUSA) Certificate, Secure…

For those of you planning to attend the American National Standards Institute workshop on the ASTM Standard Practice for Certificate Programs and ANSI’s accreditation program, it has been canceled for this Thursday and Friday, but will be rescheduled to occur within the next 30 days. Details will be provided directly from ANSI.

Just left the www.trainingindustry.com webinar by Elliott Masie and thought I’d share a few takeaways. Two of the disruptive trends (disruptive meaning that they are changing the way we do things) he discussed were 1) use of video for learning and 2) social learning. Regarding the use of video, Elliott described seeing explosive use of short video stories from learner peers, SMEs or customers to set the stage or provide the context for learning. He’s…

TrainingIndustry.com just scheduled another webinar that sounds outstanding called Cloud Computing: The Next Generation of Learning which is said to discuss the current state of cloud computing within learning and explore what the future may hold. Will explain how organizations of any size can save money and improve efficiency by implementing a cloud driven approach to learning. Will cover: The history and evolution of cloud computing How organizations of all sizes and from every industry…

The Chicago Certification Network Group is having a meeting on Thursday January 21, 2010 at the O’Hare Plaza that looks outstanding. Register here (it’s free). I’m sorry to miss it, but I’ll be with fellow ANSI certification program accreditation assessors for our annual meeting and training which is always great fun. Vegas, here we come! Here’s the session description: During this presentation, you will hear the story of a large, well-known, highly respected certification program…

There’s a webconference coming up December 9, 2009 that sounds to be of great benefit to educators for the health professions. I’m going to try to participate so I’ll share a recap after the event. Planning a Continuing Health Care Professional Education Institute: Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine A report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on recommendations for the development of a national inter-professional institute devoted to the continuing education of healthcare professionals…

Microsoft recently received accreditation for conformance to the international standard ISO/IEC 17024 General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons by the American National Standards Institute for two of its IT certification programs. The blog world is buzzing with the news since these are the first product-specific IT certifications accredited to the international standard and ANSI. Lots of individual IT bloggers responded on their own blogs and the buzz is positive, with agreement that the…

I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I’ve last posted to Beyond Certification. Busy, busy, busy am I. Besides focusing on my fabulous clients, I’ve been working on several writing projects: Published an article, “Certification Done Right” in the October Associations Now magazine. Wrote an article, “Making Sense of Credentials” for the Association Forum magazine (coming out soon). Updated and expanded my Considering Certification? Your Guide to Making the Decision book. Finally finished…