Credentialing

Advice/Resources on Transitioning a Certification into a Certificate Program?

  • 1.  Advice/Resources on Transitioning a Certification into a Certificate Program?

    Posted Jan 27, 2025 01:01 PM

    Hi all -

    Our team is currently reevaluating the ROI of our existing Certification program, and we've ultimately come to the decision that it would function better as an assessment-based certificate program (and likely should've been set up as such initially).

    The program honestly shouldn't have involved renewals in the first place, so the transition to a certificate would involve sunsetting our renewal process, but this poses some complications when it comes to what we owe those who earned the credential already and maintained it. We'd like to offer the certificate to everyone who has earned the credential in the past, but we don't want to frustrate those who paid the renewal fees and maintained their credential by granting them the same benefits as those who chose not to maintain.

    Does anyone in this community have any advice, experiences, or resources on how to transition a certification to a certificate and how to manage stakeholders in that process?

    Thank you!



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    Rachel Leman
    Specialist, Program Development
    Association of Corporate Counsel
    Washington DC
    (202) 293-4103
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