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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!

 

Congratulations New IAF-CPFs!

Hearty IAF congratulations to our four (4)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Adelaide, Australia, March 4, 2013! We are delighted to welcome:

Nicholas Housego, CPF, Australian Taxation Office

Donald Jessep, CPF, Profitable Teams

Graham Miller CPF, Slingshot Consulting

Scott Nicol, CPF, Department of Conservation

Hearty IAF congratulations to our five (5)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Rossum, The Netherlands, February 14, 2013! We are delighted to welcome:

Anne-Marie Bor, CPF, Ambor Creatie

Jan Peter Oelen, CPF, AgentschapNL

Marko Schanssema CPF, Synpro

Margreet Schriemer, CPF Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Arjan Wierda, CPF, Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie

Hearty IAF congratulations to our seventeen (17)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, October 27-28, 2012!  We are delighted to welcome:

Travis Culp, CPF, PMAlliance, Inc.

Brett Davis, CPF, PMAlliance, Inc.

Maureen Douglas, CPF, Mobilize Strategies Inc.

Laura Dwinnell, CPF, TaLentum

John Gelder, CPF Sinapse Strategic Interventions

Heather Mayes Gleason, CPF, Azalea City Associates LLC.

Laura Hastings, CPF, Suntiva

Susan J. Hayman, CPF, EnviroIssues

Cody Holm, CPF, PMAlliance, Inc.

Jonathan Johnson, CPF, PMAlliance Inc.

Mark Kuczora, PMAlliance, Inc.

Deidra M. Lemons, CPF, AARP

Brett Locke, CPF, Taylor Technical Services

Julia Perkins, CPF, MBMD Strategic Consultants LLC

Sylvie Plante, CPF, Sylvie Plante Enterprise Channeling, Inc.

Lorine Spencer, CPF, CDC/ATSDR

Michael Stauffer, CPF, PMAlliance, Inc.

 

Hearty IAF congratulations to our eleven (11)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Geneva, Switzerland, October 3-4, 2012!  We are delighted to welcome:

Andrew Andrea, CPF, World Economic Forum

Cleopas Chiketa, CPF, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe & Dimensions Management Consultants

Emma Loades, CPF, World Economic Forum

Evgeny Dotsenko,CPF, Training Institute

Sanjay Dugar, CPF, C2C Consulting and Training Pvt. Ltd.                 

Kristel    Van der Elst, CPF, World Economic Forum

Marjeta Novak, CPF, Humus, d.o.o.

Nadine  McCormick, CPF, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Nicholas Davis, CPF, World Economic Forum

Paul Brand,CPF, Risk Solutions

Wiebke Herding, CPF, ON:SUBJECT

Hearty IAF congratulations to our twleve (12)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Shenzhen, China  August 26, 27 and 28, 2012! We are delighted to welcome: 
             

Alfred Yao Xiao Gang,CPF, Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited                 
Masakatsu Ninomiya,CPF, NIBAC International                    
Vincent Hsu,CPF, iKuai Inspirational                      
Michael Feng,CPF, Think and Act Consulting                      
Ng Sau Lin(Winnie Tse),CPF, Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd.                   
William Byungik Choi,CPF, SC Learning Center                    
Masanori Ichikawa, CPF, INSPIREX Consulting                    
Lee, Kang-Kuk, CPF, Inpeople Consulting Inc.                    
Ku Yuen Wah,CPF, OCBC Bank                     
Shih-Min Tseng, CPF, IBM                     
Jayan Warrier, CPF, LfW Consultants                    
Tan Jack Nan, CPF, JN Learning      

            
Hearty IAF congratulations to our five (5)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Rossum, The Netherlands on 
May 31, 2012! We are delighted to welcome:

Barbara de Klerk-Engels, CPF, JB Realisatie B.V.

Marcel Goossens, CPF, P2 Managers

Onno Kruitwagen, CPF, OK-worx

Robbert Masselink, CPF, Gro Keynote Consultancy BV

Marco van Rossum, CPF, Summit

 

Hearty IAF congratulations to our eight (8)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Gothenburg, Sweden on 
May 14 - 15, 2012! We are delighted to welcome:

Richard Aiello, CPF, IAFD 

Caroline Dunne, CPF, Möteslabbet AB

Peter Grumstrup, CPF, Facilitators International A/S

Jesper Hök, CPF, Gro Organisationsutveckling 

Johan Holm, CPF, Gro Organisationsutveckling

Pontus Holmgren, CPF, Gro Organisationsutveckling 

Hedvig Mossvall, CPF, SJ Service Academy, AB  

Martin Pearson, CPF, Kinharvie Institute 

 

Hearty IAF congratulations to our twenty two (22)  new IAF-CPFs, certified in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 7 - 8, 2012! We are delighted to welcome:

Brenda Beck, CPF -  B.E. Beck & Associates

Sheila Bowness, CPF -  Municipal Property Assessment Corporation

Angela Chotka, CPF -  Chotka Consulting

Lise Clément, CPF - Lansdowne Technologies, Inc.

Robert Cole, CPF - EEM Inc.

Tim Dolan, CPF - Cossette Communication

Tracey Ehl, CPF -  EHL Harrison Consulting, Inc.

Deborah Fletcher, CPF -  Canadian Tire Corporation

Tonya Fry, CPF -  Nova Scotia Provincial Government

Valerie Ganske, CPF  - Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission

Robert Leisey, CPF -  Rubrix Consulting Group

Gerard W. Lewis, CPF -  Efforts Worthwhile

Jens Lillebaek, CPF -  Grontmij A/S

Christian Matossian, CPF - Barrick Gold

Ellen Melis, CPF -  Unlimited Potential

Constance A. Morrow, CPF -  US Dept. of Defense

Stephen Perry, CPF

Amelia Shaw, CPF -  Amelia Shaw Consulting

Emma Sobel, CPF -  ICA Associates, Inc.

Margaret Sullivan, CPF -  Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Monica Wagner, CPF -  Farm Credit Canada

Liz Wainger, CPF -  Wainger Group, LLC

 

Check the 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 continuously seek input on site selection!  As we plan our future calendars, 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