IAF Facilitator Certification
NEWS
Certification Momentum Continues to Grow!
As the number of IAF Certified Professional Facilitators grows, it is becoming increasingly clear that the CPF© credential has a high value from a market viewpoint. CPFs indicate that they are experiencing a very real financial benefit from the CPF credential.
Maria Birkhead CPF sees the credential earning her more business. "The IAF credentials have made such a difference in my approach with clients. I find myself recommending my services as a facilitator more often and getting more work!"
Lynda Lieberman Baker CPF believes that professional certification benefits our profession as a whole. "There is a very real benefit in the visibility the credential brings to our profession."
The facilitation competency set is viewed as the central driver for project team collaboration, as indicated by David Spann CPF, MBA Director at Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. "I am totally convinced that the competencies required of a CPF are the ones most needed in the corporate collaborative environment, and the ones which will allow project managers the ability to stay in scope, on budget and within pre-set time frames."
These benefits go straight to the bottom line in organizations where a week’s delay on a project can mean a missed market opportunity. As a result, the IAF and certification volunteers are seeing a definite increase in interest from public and private entities for certification information, competency models, and certification of training curricula. Momentum is clearly growing, and now is a great time for you to become a part of it!
Congratulations New IAF-CPFs!
Hearty IAF congratulations to our twenty one (21) new IAF-CPFs, certified in Chicago, Ilinois, USA, April 20-21, 2010! We are delighted to welcome:
Barb Sweazey,CPF of Stratos, Inc.
Beatrice Briggs,CPF of International Institute for Facilitation and Change
Colleen McFarland,CPF of Colleen McFarland Consulting
Dawn Sutherland,CPF of Sutherland & Associates, Inc.
Gary Rosenfeld,CPF of Mars, Inc.
Karyn Dumble,CPF of Autism Ontario
Kara Werner,CPF
Larry Anderson,CPF of McDonough Boylard Peck
Laurie Reuben,CPF of Cheshire Consulting Group, LLC
Marnie Kloppenburg,CPF of Marnie Kloppenburg - Facilitation-Training-Coaching
Marsha Acker,CPF of TeamCatapult, LLC
Melinda Clark,CPF of Touchstone Consulting
Michael Randel,CPF of Randel Consulting Associates
Patricia Malone,CPF of Safariland Inc.
Patrick McGaughey,CPF of McGaughey Enterprises,net, inc.
Philipia Hillman,CPF of Touchstone Consulting
Renee Cherry,CPF of Bank of America
Rick Ellis,CPF of Ellis Studios
Robert Ayling,CPF of Robert Ayling Incorporated
Stephanie Kavanaugh,CPF of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Wynett Isley,CPF of Dept. of Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery
Hearty IAF congratulations to new IAF-CPFs, certified in Singapore, March 10, 2010! We are delighted to welcome:
Wolf Hartmann,CPF of Mekong River Commission
Selena Huynh,CPF of OTi Consulting Pte. Ltd.
Thomas Feldpausch,CPF SIL
Ivy Tan Ying Ying,CPF of MINDEF Singapore
Hearty IAF congratulations to new IAF-CPFs, certified in Rossum, The Netherlands, February 11, 2010! We are delighted to welcome:
Paul Manders,CPF of P2 Managers
Willem de Smalen,CPF of Aon
Claudia van der Pol,CPF of Rijkswaterstaat, LEF Future Center
Upcoming Events page often for a listing of our IAF Facilitator Certification scheduled events. We have several events 'in the wings' awaiting confirmation...and announcements will be seen on our website first! We advise getting your application packet early so that you are prepared when a certification event is scheduled near you. Please contact the IAF Certification Administrator for a complete Information/Application packet which offers a Process Overview as well as a detailed list of the IAF Foundational Facilitator Competencies upon which our process is based. We at IAF take great pride in our IAF-CPFs...now past the 400 mark worldwide! We look forward to hearing from you and to working with you in an IAF Facilitator Certification event soon!
Email Communication Note: We have noticed that many of our potential candidates retain our Application/Information packet in their files for some time. If you are using the older documents as reference, please note that our email address changed in the late fall and the former address will no longer reach us. Please check carefully to be sure that you are using the certify@iaf-world.org address when contacting us. We look forward to hearing from you through the new address!
If you and your colleagues or facilitation group would like to consider sponsoring a certification event in your vicinity, please note the following announcement:
Site Selection: Would you like to certify ‘closer to home’? We are actively seeking input on site selection! As we plan our 2008 calendar, we would be delighted to hear from facilitators who might be interested in serving as local coordinators. If you feel that your area or business offers a possibility of twelve or more certification candidates, we’ll be delighted to talk with you about the possibility of your location as one of our event sites. If you would be interested in an event in your area, please contact the Program Administrator for more information.
For additional information on certification events or an Application/Information packet, please:
Contact the Program Administrator:
certify@iaf-world.org
Contact IAF for all other inquiries
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