As a trained educator, I certainly see the intrinsic value in continuous learning. As an entrepreneur and practitioner in an evolving field, continuous learning through professional development (PD) is not only essential to survival; it offers opportunity for competitive advantage. I regularly participate in PD courses at industry conferences, looking to stay sharp and get […]
In my previous blog post, I discussed the difference between “Accreditation” and “Certification.” Without repeating, the essence of that post was that an individual cannot be accredited. Individuals, however, can be certified – meaning earning a certification. But what can they be certified for and what do they get a certificate for? One of the[…..]
As I sit with clients and they speak to me about their “accreditation” needs, I listen intently, because the next part of the conversation tells me a great deal. The vast majority of the time, my clients have “certification” needs, not “accreditation” needs. I now then know I must do some capacity-building with them, sometimes[…..]
Please refer to the AEA365 Blogspot for my short piece on managing evaluations and evaluation capacity building in the corporate sector. http://aea365.org/blog/?p=7047 Also the slide deck for the presentation at AEA 2012 can be seen on this site: https://www.rae-consult.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/AEA-2012-Presentation-Ali.pdf
With the spring weather upon us (well not really, but its supposed to be) and the start of baseball season, hockey season gearing up for playoffs and Champions League soccer (yes, I tend to watch a lot of sports) I have seen the element of human error of the officials (which we in the testing[…..]