Enhance your impact with an AGB digital credential.
Understand the issues confronting your organization, prepare yourself for effective performance, and fulfill your board and leadership responsibilities by completing an AGB certificate program. AGB education programs are designed to meet the evolving needs of board members, presidents, and board professionals. AGB’s digital certificates and badges are provided upon completion and enable you to demonstrate and validate your commitment to professional development, and to your institution or foundation.
Download an overview to learn more about AGB digital credentials.
Click below to see answers to frequently asked questions about digital credentials.
Which AGB programs confer a digital credential?
AGB’s digital certificates and badges are provided upon completion of select educational programs, including:
- Institute for Board Leaders and Chief Executives
- Board Member Orientation, with tracks customized for public institutions, independent institutions, institutionally related foundations, and Catholic colleges and universities
- Board Professional Certificate Program™
What is a digital credential?
A digital credential is a way to demonstrate, share, and validate your professional development. Unlike a paper certificate or a pdf that is easily lost, a digital credential can easily be verified at any time.
Once you complete an AGB certificate program, you will be sent a link to your digital certificate to share in your email signature, as a link from your professional bio or CV, and on LinkedIn. Credentials are secured and verified through a blockchain, making them a portable, personal record of your achievement.
Why should I use a digital credential?
Your digital credential is always accessible, so you never have to worry about losing your course certificate. There are many ways to use your digital credential:
- Share and add your accomplishment to LinkedIn.
- Add your digital credential to your email signature.
- Download a PDF copy.
- Embed your digital certificate on your institution or foundation website.
How do I access my AGB digital credential?
After you complete a qualified AGB educational program, you will receive an email with a link to view, download, and share your printable certificate and digital badge. How and where you share your credential is up to you.
AGB uses the Accredible platform to create and distribute digital credentials for select AGB programs. Accredible has issued millions of digital credentials for higher education institutions and professional associations around the world for recognizing certifications and program completion.