 We welcome comments from all who have received the CPT designation and would like to tell others what it has meant to them and/or to the profession. Please send your comments to certification@ispi.org.
What CPT Means to Me To my surprise, more and more people are beginning to recognize the importance of the CPT designation after my name. Those who don't will usually ask, which gives me an opportunity to explain, briefly, the importance of being a CPT in the field of Human Performance Technology (HPT) and also what HPT is all about. Becoming a Certified Performance Technologist and being recognized by my peers was definitely one of my "bucket list" accomplishments and something that I am very proud of! James R. Parry, CPT
Test Development Manager, US Coast Guard Training Center, Yorktown, VA Chief Executive Manager, Compass Consultants, LLC
"The CPT designation is meaningful both to my clients and to fellow performance technologists. To clients it means that I have demonstrated adherence to a rigorous set of standards. To fellow practitioners, it means a shared language and a community of practice. I also think it is a realization by the profession that it is time to get very serious about standards and service. Hopefully, it will lead to a better definition and agreement about the parameters of human performance technology itself."
George W. Byars, CPT
Saudi Aramco
"Getting the CPT designation means three things to me (and counting):
going through the attestation process with my boss focused his awareness on what it means to do high quality work; getting the certificate makes me feel tremendously proud; and using the standards job aid helps me focus my daily activities and communicate more clearly the value of following the systematic process."
E. Lisette Gerald-Yamasaki, CPT,
Instructional Designer, AppleCare Service Training
"...the certification is an indication for me to show others that people in our profession aspire to high standards...it is in (Texas Instruments') best interest to keep the highest level of professional development, and certification is one sure way to indicate this excellence."
Debbie Simpson, CPT
Texas Instruments DFAB Training Manager
"When clients ask about the CPT designation, I have an opportunity to explain my systemic approach to solving their performance problems. I find this distinction sets me apart from other organizational consultants."
Jeanne Strayer, CPT
Performance Solutions Group
"For me, the CPT designation signifies to clients and colleagues my commitment to the performance improvement perspective and my ability to apply HPT technologies for analysis, solution development, and evaluation. It also serves to legitimize performance technology as a profession."
Brenda Sugrue, PhD, CPT
President, eLearnia, Inc.
"...the certification is an indication for me to show others that people in our profession aspire to high standards...it is in (Texas Instruments') best interest to keep the highest level of professional development, and certification is one sure way to indicate this excellence."
Debbie Simpson, CPT
Texas Instruments, DFAB Training Manager
"The first time I showed the CPT designation to a client, he said “...what the heck (edited version) is that?” After I explained what it meant, he was intrigued, saying “it’s about time you got some standards and rigor into your profession” Then I told him that there always were standards and rigor, but now you will know if the HPTer in front of you practices the standards with rigor. Now he was very intrigued."
Miki Lane, CPT
Senior Partner, MVM Communications
"This certification (CPT) provides practioners of performance technology another means to validate their competence in the profession, and be recognized for the value they have brought to the organizations they have served."
Rodger Stotz, CPT
Vice President, Managing Consultant, Maritz Inc.
"The CPT designation is already causing my clients to look more carefully at the competencies needed to effectively apply the strategies of performance improvement. The standards provide a useful measure for students and practitioners to focus learning and upgrading of professionalism."
Margo Murray, MBA, CPT
President & Chief Operating Officer, MMHA The Managers' Mentors, Inc.
"Have staff with the Certified Performance Technologist designation means that clients have another reason to select Synesis to help them improve performance for themselves and their employees."
Robert Bodine, Ph.D., CPT
President, Synesis Corporation
"When CPT follows your name, it means you have produced quality work to specific standards. It announces your professional competence to the
world."
Carol Haig, CPT
Principal, Carol Haig & Associates
"We are proud of our CPT designations and encourage all our associates to become certified. We also find a growing interest in this professional certification among our clients. It helps them make the case for transforming their training groups to learning and performance support organizations."
Harold D. Stolovitch, CPT and Erica J. Keeps, CPT
HSA Learning & Performance Solutions LLC
"The CPT designation represents recognition by the leading performance improvement professional society, for real world application of the performance technology and achievement of valuable results for clients."
Carol M. Panza, CPT
President, CMP Associates
"CPT signifies that the HPT field is maturing, and recognizing its accomplishments in establishing an important body of knowledge and principles for practice. My CPT signifies a commitment to mastering and contributing to that body of knowledge. The CPT assures my clients that my practice represents the state of the art, based on sound principles and ethics."
Rob Foshay, Ph.D., CPT
Vice President, Instructional Design & Quality Control, PLATO Learning, Inc.
"CPT describes our profession based on sound, validated practices. It measures accomplishments based on projects in the workplace."
Darlene Van Tiem, CPT
Associate Professor of Performance Improvement and Instructional Design, University of Michigan - Dearborn.
"I've been for the CPT thing (or something similar) for more than 20 years, so all I can think of are things like:
- "It's about time." - "Thanks to ISPI for finally doing what has been needed in this field for many years now." - "Which part of 'get certified now' do you not understand?" - "Get certified or I'll make you an offer you cannot refuse." - "Join the few, the chosen" -- oops, already taken by a rival services, sorry. - "Watch the charlatans and one-week-workshop-wonders quiver as the real CPT's arrive." Kenneth H. Silber, Ph.D., CPT
Associate Professor, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, Northern Illinois University
"Certification as a Performance Technologist says you know how to make it happen. You can get the results."
John Amarant, CPT
Principal, Vanguard Consulting
"I'm proud of my accomplishments and the CPT designation recognizes me for the quality and thoroughness of my work. While other designations require you to sit for a test, I wasn't interested in "book smarts," instead, I wanted to be credentialed for what I've proven that I can bring to the table."
Ken Steinman, CPT
The Regence Group
When I entered this business over 25 years ago there were few opportunities to gain university degrees in our profession and our specific field of practice. Over the years the practice and educational opportunities have expanded dramatically. For me, the CPT designation recognizes my personal development in the practice and the real world application of HPT processes in many successful projects. When CPT follows your name, it means you have been accredited by the best people in this field for doing quality work and I am very proud of this designation.
Robert L. Moreland, CPT
President, G3 Media, Inc.
"I am currently developing a strategy document outlining my organization's methodology for Division-level executives. Being a CPT provides me with an overall framework for developing this strategy document, along with experience in providing concrete examples of how the HPT standards shape our approach to projects. The use of the HPT standards is paying huge dividends in terms of quantifying the results we achieve." Michelle Halprin, CPT
Philology Instructional Design
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