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YOU HAVE A LONG TO-DO LIST AND NEED HELP GETTING IT DONE.
Do any of these sound familiar?
You are charged with developing a credential. You don’t know if a certification or certificate program would be a better fit.
You need to make a change in your certification system or vendors. You don’t know your options.
You don’t have the time or expertise to carry out recurring tasks (internal audit, job task analysis, evaluation, etc.)
Your board wants to get your certification or certificate program accredited. You are overwhelmed.
You received nonconformities from your accreditation body, and you don’t know how to resolve.
You want to get your program approved for military funding (COOL site registration, GI bill approval) and you don't know how.
WE HELP ORGANIZATIONS GET CREDENTIALING DONE.
CORRECTLY. EFFICIENTLY. AFFORDABLY.
Hi. I’m Mickie Rops, President and Principal Consultant. I know how it feels to be overwhelmed. I managed the simultaneous startup and operation of three certifications, working with six vendors, in my first year as a certification manager. I definitely did not know what I didn’t know.
Fast forward 25 years, now as a consultant, I’ve helped hundreds of credentialing organizations design, get accredited, and improve their certification and certificate programs.
As examples, I've:
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Designed over 30 management systems (aka processes, policies, and procedures) for both certification and certificate programs
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Facilitated over 35 job task analyses and scheme designs
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Guided over 75 organizations in achieving or retaining accreditation for certification and certificate programs
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Conducted over 300 program audits (accreditation readiness, internal audits, and system improvement)
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Trained over 350 organizations on credentialing standards (ISO 17024, NCCA, ASTM E2659, and ICE 1100) and accreditation requirements
And I (and my team) can help you too!
Want a Proposal?
Need to decide if credentialing is right for your organization? Need a readiness-for-accreditation audit? Need to conduct a job task analysis?
Step 1: You’ll self-schedule a Zoom call. We’ll speak so I can assess your needs, and you can get your questions answered.
Step 2: I’ll provide a proposal. Within days, not months. You’ll approve it 😊 because it’ll be customized, efficient, and affordable.
Step 3: We’ll get to work. You remove that weight from your shoulders!
Need help now?
Got an accreditation nonconformity that you don’t know how to close? Need to fix or simplify processes and don’t even know options? Or any other urgent issue?
Step 1: You'll self-schedule a Zoom call, prepay, and provide details about your needs.
Step 2: We’ll speak at the scheduled time to solve your problem.
Step 3: You move on to your next to-do!
Here's what a few clients say about us.
ISO 17024 Guidance
Michael Coleman
Former CEO, CRECI
Mickie's guidance was instrumental in our design and launch of CRECI in 2019. Her expertise in the ANSI/ISO 17024 standard is second to none.
Certificate Program Accreditation
Ashley Eisenbeiser
Senior Director, FMI
​Mickie was instrumental in helping us achieve ANAB accreditation for our certificate program. From start to finish, Mickie guided us through the process, helping us establish a system (policies, procedures, & documentation) that met our business needs & was in conformance with ASTM E2659. We highly recommend Mickie to anyone considering accreditation for their certificate programs.
Program Audit
Peter O'Neal
CEO, ASIS International
At ASIS International, we needed the best person to help us evaluate our credentialing program from top to bottom and to make concrete, actionable recommendations to improve our operation. Mickie and her team came, did just that, and so much more. They have been an invaluable partner to our organization.
WHY WORK WITH US?
US
Access. Need help now? Self-schedule a call.
Quick Start. From idea to start within weeks (and sometimes sooner).
Flexibility. Sign a master agreement and add statements of work, if/as needed. Pay for exactly (and only) what you need when you need it.
First-hand experience. Have walked in your shoes. Worked as certifying body director before consulting. Can suggest practical and realistic solutions.
OTHERS
Send an email and await a response in hours, days, or more…
Often a month from idea to proposal and another month before start.
Often annual or full initiative fixed contracts based on assumptions and estimates.
Advice based on theory or common practices. Never worked for a credentialing agency. Never managed the full credentialing system.