A Plain Guide to CPD Accreditation
What CPD accreditation actually means, how self-accreditation works, and how to issue certificates your learners can be proud of. No jargon, no sales pitch.
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What’s inside
Why there's no single accepted authority for CPD, and why that's clarity rather than a gap.
The one structure that replaces a qualification: what your training sets out to do, what learners can do afterwards, and how their practice changes.
Publishing your training under your own name, with the structure documented clearly, backed by the Open CPD Charter.
The certificate, the digital badge, and the achievement page every learner receives, and what makes it hold up to scrutiny.
Three steps from organisation profile to your first certificate, including how CPD Genie can help extract aims, skills and outcomes from what you already have.
Three types of provider who use Open CPD, from occasional issuers to high-volume providers with an LMS.
Current pricing, stated plainly, and how it compares with traditional CPD accreditation bodies.
Three ways to move forward, whichever suits where you are right now: trial, demo, or a live weekly Q&A.
Is this for you?
Consultants and event organisers who issue certificates when a programme runs. Pay-as-you-go, no ongoing commitment.
Certificates running reliably in the background as part of how you already operate.
API integration or a Zapier connection, so certificates issue automatically from where you already teach.
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