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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!

Hearty IAF congratulations to our five (5)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Rossum, Netherlands on November 17, 2011! We are delighted to welcome:

Jolanda Buter, CPF, MDF Training en Consultancy

Antoinette Middeldorp, CPF, Ministry of Internal Affairs

Jolien Koole, CPF, Koole Communicatie

Laura Zschuschen, CPF, FMV, Nationale-Nederlanden

Gert van den Dries, CPF, Infram B. V.

 

Hearty IAF congratulations to our seventeen (17)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Istanbul, Turkey on October 12-13, 2011! We are delighted to welcome:

Ewa Malia, CPF, Polski Instytut Facylitacji

Kenny Andersson, CPF, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration

Jayna Johnson, CPF, UNHCR

Björn Blondell, CPF, FMV, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration

Alexander Brazhnik, CPF

Helle Norlev, CPF, Norlev Kommunikation

Claire Bellman, CPF, International Committee of the Red Cross

Edwin I. Sutedjo, CPF

Anna Nilson, CPF, Avanza Bank

Jean-Philippe Poupard, CPF, Formapart

Ali. A. Redha Mohd Al Lawati, CPF, Petrogas

Aki Koivistoinen, CPF, Dazzle OY

Christine Kiliam, CPF, Kiliam Communication & Leadership AB

Sara Sjöblom, CPF, Move Management

Anna Gribanova, CPF, Training Institute

Annika Kjellin, CPF, Logica

Cecilia Rydin, CPF, Molnlycke Health Care AB

 

Hearty IAF congratulations to our eight (8)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Chicago, Illinois on September 26 -27, 2011! We are delighted to welcome:

Michael D. Lorence,CPF of Abbott Laboratories 

Mariellen Johnson,CPF of Abbott Laboratories

Sheri Levi,CPF of  Abbott Laboratories

Mario Peniche,CPF of Abbott Laboratories

Ron Oyston, CPF of Abbott Laboratories

Mamta Patel, CPF of Abbott Laboratories

Andrea Widen, CPF of Abbott Laboratories

Steven Weitz, CPF of Abbott Laboratories

 

Hearty IAF congratulations to our five (5)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Bangalore, India on September 5 -6, 2011! We are delighted to welcome:

Karen Lim En Chi,CPF of Leadership Inc.

Neelmani Singh,CPF of Standard Chartered Bank

Grace Yip,CPF of  Ministry of Defence, Singapore

Toh Kwee Ping,CPF of  SAF Centre for Leadership Development

Sunil Kumar Verma, CPF of Standard Chartered Bank

Hearty IAF congratulations to our six (6)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Rossum, The Netherlands on May 26, 2011! We are delighted to welcome:  

Floor Verdenius,CPF of p2managers

Karen van der Valk,CPF of Bright Mc bv

Marinda Hall,CPF of  Bomen op de Hei

Henri Haarmans,CPF of  Nationale-Nederlanden N.V.

Lucia Nass, CPF of SNV Netherlands

Barg Segers, CPF of Aon Netherland

Hearty IAF congratulations to our fifteen (15)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Denver, Colorado April 12 - 13, 2011! We are delighted to welcome:  

Bevan Bessen,CPF of Tuna Blue Pty Ltd.

Rich Wilson,CPF of Seatone Consultants

Susan Stalick,CPF of  KBMS Global LLC

Michael Walsh,CPF of  Productive Management Solutions

Ann Weaver, CPF of US Department of Commerce NOAA

Paul Cooper, CPF of Face to Face Strategies, Inc.

Elise M. Bouchner, CPF of Excelerant

Ron Milam, CPF of Ron Milam Consulting

Cathy Bernatt, CPF of Creating....

Sheila Beauchemin, CPF

Sharmila Setaram,CPF of Ontario Clean Water Agency

Melissa J. Hadley,CPF of  Cortex Consultants, Inc.

Elizabeth Sutherland, CPF of Take Note Coaching

Susan Carter, CPF of SKF USA Inc.

Paige Ireland CPF of  KBMS global LLC

Hearty IAF congratulations to our nine (9)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Watford, United Kindgom February 15-16, 2011! We are delighted to welcome:  

Brendan Molloy,CPF of Standard Life

Neil Gowans,CPF of SITA

Vagn Strandgaard,CPF of strandgaaard & co aps

Janine Smedley,CPF of  Action for Children

Alexis Hunter, CPF of Action for Children

Andi Roberts, CPF

Liz Brabender, CPF of Action for Children

Penny Walker, CPF of Verlander Walker Ltd.

 

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 2012 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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