<div dir="auto"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello community, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I thought about looking into certification as I do lots of professional training in Blender. I did think at one point it might help me get business, but, as you mentioned, I wasn't sure of the value of the certification.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am a certified trainer in davinci resolve. This meant filling out a form, getting accepted, going to Paris for 3 days for a (free) training program which allowed us to hone in on the skills which we may be less proficient in but also made sure we know how to teach. We then completed an hour-long exam.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Certification has convinced clients to go with me rather than someone who wasn't certified and has helped me in this way. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maybe the certification process in its current form isn't very effective and needs to be fundamentally reviewed, but maybe not canceled out right? </span></p><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 19:42 SAKTHIMICRO, <<a href="mailto:theep@sakthimicro.com">theep@sakthimicro.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
Hi<div>Certification, certified, authorized training centers, all of ended in 2014, </div><div>Need another alternative</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>SK. Thileepan</div><div><a href="http://www.sakthimicro.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.sakthimicro.com</a><br><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p style="font-size:15px;color:#715ffa;padding-top:15px;margin-top:0">On Monday, September 23, 2019, 11:02 PM, Gossett, Evalyn J <<a href="mailto:egossett@iun.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">egossett@iun.edu</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="m_5138050240428963038yiv7320375920"><div>
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<div>Thank you for the update. </div>
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On Sep 23, 2019, at 12:04 PM, Ton Roosendaal <<a rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:ton@blender.org" target="_blank">ton@blender.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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<p>The certified trainer program is dwindling and doesn't get much attention nor enthusiasm from trainers really.
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This email is to open the discussion on stopping with the certification program, and to provide an alternative.</p>
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We installed the certification program in 2007 on popular request, provided that:
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I always had mixed feelings about providing official certification. A certificate's value is fully determined by the quality of the validation procedure and to have a decent examination process. The process we had in place for validating trainers was very minimal.
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<p>Yet we accepted to do this, because in 2007 many trainers said it would help them to get in business. Their clients or universities demanded that. Unfortunately that has been true for very few people only.</p>
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<p>I propose to stop with certification now. Not only because of lack of interest, lack of quality in the program, but especially because it does not support the Blender Foundation's goal - which is about supporting projects on
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<p>What I then rather do instead is to re-activate this mailing list, and discuss with educators what Blender Foundation can do to help everyone here better. For example with a section on
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I know this mailing list hasn't been very active. Hope the mail arrives, and I'm curious to read your reactions.
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