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ISSIP Digital Credentials

ISSIP Digital Credentials

ISSIP Digital Credentials

ISSIP Digital Credentials are designed to recognize individuals for their professional achievements and contributions to service innovation in business and society.  At ISSIP, we believe that achieving professional excellence is a journey that involves learning, creating, teaching, mentoring, and sharing knowledge and experience. Digital credentialing is a great way to recognize an individual’s achievements and contributions along that path.

ISSIP Digital Credentials are easily verifiable and can be shared across multiple digital platforms.  If you are an ISSIP credential earner, we encourage you to showcase your credentials on your website, promotional materials, social media channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and in your email signature. See details under FAQ.

ISSIP Digital Credentials Currently Being Issued

Currently, we are issuing credentials only for a limited number of programs as outlined below.  Check back soon as we expand our credentialing program. 

  1. ISSIP Excellence in Service Innovation Credential
    1. Description: A credentials awarded for winners of the ISSIP Excellence in Service Innovation Award. This competitive, annual award recognizes exemplary innovation in the design and deployment of services.  The judging criteria is based on the uniqueness, creativity, technical merit, value generation and impact of the innovative solution.
    2. Eligibility: As decided by the annual awards committee, this credential is given to individuals who have submitted an application for the annual ISSIP Excellence in Service Innovation Award on behalf of their organizations. The recipient must be listed as an author of the submission to the ISSIP Excellence in Service Innovation Award Program.
    3. Requirements and metrics:
      1. Level 1: Distinguished Honor.  Determined by the annual award committee.
      2. Level 2: Distinguished Recognition. Determined by the annual award committee.
      3. Level 3: Annual Winner. Determined by the annual award committee.
  1. ISSIP Mentor Credential
    1. Description: A credential awarded to non-academic individuals who have performed noteworthy service in the education of students through experiential learning projects.  The project must include a faculty supervisor and an industry mentor.  The mentor must be required to hold regular meetings with the students and provide information and guidance to the students. Project objectives must clearly encompass service innovation.
    2. Eligibility: Any industry professional who acted as a supervisor to a student team or an individual student in an educational service innovation project
    3. Requirements and Metrics:
      1. Level 1: Coursework. A project duration of at least one university term (quarter or semester).
      2. Level 2: Impact Practice. A project that implements real process improvements in the mentor’s organization.
      3. Level 3: Co-Author. Mentor co-authorship of a paper written with students about the service innovation project that produced an impact in practice.
  1. ISSIP Knowledge Sharing Credential
    1. Description: A credential awarded to an individual for exemplary service to the service innovation community through publications, presentations and collaborations.
    2. Eligibility: Any ISSIP individual member.
    3. Requirements and Metrics: For contribution of deep professional expertise to the service innovation community through any of the following activities or events:
      1. Level 1: Explorer. Participation in an ISSIP Discovery Summit, ISSIP Progress/BOD call, ISSIP-sponsored conference, ISSIP SIG, etc. and/or creating content for the ISSIP website, ISSIP Newsletter interview, etc.
      2. Level 2: Eminence. Design and advocacy of content for an ISSIP Discovery Summit, ISSIP-sponsored conference, ISSIP SIG, content for the ISSIP website.  Publishing a book related to the subject of service innovation.
      3. Level 3: Thought Leader. Continuous impact on the field, including multiple prior eminence awards.  For example, conducting continuing education/management development training program.

 

Frequently asked questions for ISSIP Digital credentials 

How do I earn and access an ISSIP credential?

To earn an ISSIP credential, you must participate and meet the criteria for one of the ISSIP programs listed above under “ISSIP Digital Credentials Currently Being issued.“ Please contact haluk@issip.org, if you believe that you are eligible to earn one or more ISSIP credentials.

When ISSIP issues you a credential, you will be notified via an email from Badgr Pro (ISSIP’s third-party open credentialing platform) congratulating you on having received an ISSIP credential. From there, follow these steps:

  • Create or login to your a Badgr account.  You must have a Badgr account to share your validated credentials on social media and/or print on a certificate.  Note – you must use the same email address to sign up on the Badgr account as you have used to sign up on issip.org.
  • Once on the Badgr platform, click on the “backpack” tab.  Your credentials will appear under your “backpack.”

How can I share my credential?

Can I print my credential in certificate format?

Yes, please see instructions here: https://support.badgr.com/portal/kb/articles/printing-badges-in-certificate-format

If you have any other questions, please send an email to badges@issip.org.