Digital Membership Badge
Your ATD membership is one way to demonstrate your commitment to helping others achieve their full potential by developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities in the workplace. We have partnered with Credly to provide you with a digital badge to showcase your membership. Digital badges can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Display it proudly!
Do I have to accept a badge?
Nope! You have the option to create an account and use Credly. There is no requirement to create an account. If you do not create an account, you will not hear more from Credly (except for automatic invites to accept your badge). Credly does not do anything with
your data until you create an account.
How does my membership get displayed as a badge?
We have partnered with Credly to issue and manage digital ATD membership badges. The technology Credly uses is based on the Open Badge Standards maintained by IMS Global. This enables you to manage, share and verify your membership digitally.
What are the benefits of a badge?
Representing your ATD membership as a badge gives you a way to share your commitment online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of your professional association membership. Credly also offers labor market insights, based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities right through Credly.
Who is Credly?
Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals, worldwide.
How will I know if I’ve earned a badge?
You will receive an email notification from Credly ([email protected]) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.
Why does LinkedIn say Credly would like to create, modify, and delete posts, comments, and reactions on your behalf?
The LinkedIn language sometimes concerns earners. Credly does not create, modify or delete posts. This is standard LinkedIn language which we cannot control. However, it is necessary to allow in order to expedite sharing.
What if I don’t want my badge to be public?
You can easily configure your privacy settings in Credly. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.
Is there a fee to use Credly?
No. This is a service we provide to you, at no cost.
What’s to keep someone else from copying my badge and using it?
While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a paper-based certificate. It also eliminates the possibility of anyone claiming your credential and your associated identity.
Can I export badges issued through Credly to other badge-storing platforms?
Yes, you can download your badge from the Share Badge page. Your downloaded badge contains Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) compliant metadata embedded into the image. This allows you to store your badge on other OBI-compliant badge sites, such as the Badgr Backpack.
What are labor market insights and how can I access them through Credly?
Labor market insights are pulled from live job requisitions. Based on your skills you can learn which employers are hiring, what job titles you might be qualified for, salary ranges and more. Search active job listings and even apply for them with just a few clicks through Credly. Access the labor market insights from your badge details page by clicking on Related Jobs, or by clicking on the skill tags assigned to your badge.
I have a question about Credly. Where can I find support?
You can find tutorials and answers to additional questions here:
support.credly.com.
Check Your Inbox
Members will receive an email notification from Credly ([email protected]) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account. To make sure you receive your badge notification email, and that it doesn't wind up in your spam folder, add [email protected] as a Contact or Safe Sender in your email settings.