Our guest "8 things" blogger today is Melinda Catapano. Melinda is the City Records Manager for Grand Junction, Colorado. Her AIIM certificates currently include ECMpractitioner and IOAspecialist. She belongs to the Rocky Mountain Chapter of AIIM, and is President of the (new!) Western Colorado Chapter of ARMA.
Before everyone hops on my case, this submission came in unsolicited -- I promise! But I didn't think the fact that it says nice things about our training program disqualified it from my "8 things" posts. (Hey, our little non-profit has a business to run too, and I can tell you a non-profit built on user memberships, training, and sponsor dollars is a bit of a challenge these days!) At any rate, thanks to Melinda for the kind comments -- and make sure you check out our training programs. There are the programs in the industrial-strength certificate Practitioner-Specialist-Master series, and also our AIIM Essentials mini-courses. Check them out.
8 Reasons to Take Advantage of AIIM Certification Programs
By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about AIIM’s Certificate courses in ECM, ERM, BPM, Search/IOA, Email Management, and Enterprise 2.0 which lead to AIIM Practitioner, Specialist and Master designations. If you haven’t completed at least one certificate program yet, here are 8 reasons I wholeheartedly recommend doing so!
1. Respected title
Approximately 10,000 attendees from around the world have registered for almost 15,000 courses since the certificate programs began just three years ago. Certificate requirements can now be seen in job postings, descriptions, resumes, and proposals.
2. Increase your knowledge and confidence
Learn a lot (practitioner) or a lot more (specialist, master) about a specific RIM subject from an industry leader. AIIM’s courses will definitely help you feel like an expert! Each program and each designation has its own cool logo, which you can use on business cards, correspondence, websites, email, etc.
3. Demonstrate continued ability and desire to learn
Especially in today’s economy, it’s important to supplement practical experience with cutting edge knowledge. With the AIIM certificate programs, you learn "what, why, and how to" manage your information -- the business benefits and implications, the information lifecycle and relevant concepts, and best practices of how to implement and maintain a comprehensive RIM program or system in your organisation.
4. Balanced approach: Focus on big picture + immersion in relevant details
AIIM’s training programs were developed based on requirements defined by Education Advisory Groups, who represent public and private sector users, analysts, consultants, and solution providers. Classroom courses include small group exercises which are helpful and fun.
5. Maximize your training dollars
All practitioner and specialist courses are available online, which of course means no travel hassles or expense! Benefits of the classroom courses include working with and getting to know other RIM professionals with similar interests and experiences. Either way, your boss should be impressed!
6. Convenient
Two and four-day classroom courses are offered several times per year throughout North America and Europe. Online training is of course available 24/7 for six months after purchase, so you can easily fit it into your busy schedule. Since each module only takes about an hour to complete, you can train or review anywhere, from any internet connection. For the practitioner and specialist courses, you’ll receive your certificate immediately upon passing the online exam.
7. ECM Master course is discounted 30% this summer
How’s that for a great stimulus package?
8. Easy to sign up
Just go to AIIM Training at http://www.aiim.org/training – you’ll receive immediate access to online course materials! Why not get started today?
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AIIM’s Certificate courses in ECM, ERM, BPM, Search/IOA,Email Management, and Enterprise 2.0 lead to AIIM Practitioner, Specialist and Master designations.
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