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well, i, for one, don't think their web site is a very positive reflection
on a company that's supposed to know the web. drill drill drill. lots of
graphics [gratuitous]. no metatags. no alt tags. not html 4.0 compliant (ie,
accessible).

This is the first i've heard of the World Organization of Webmasters... HTML
Writers Guild, WebGrrls International, and Assn. of Internet Professionals
... gads, they don't even have enough sense to link the news release to the
WOW web site.

I know certification is going to be a Big Deal -- I tried to push HWG to
move toward in when I was on the board two years ago. But there was huge
resistance among the rank-and-file membership.

Right now, if I were going to get an "web type" certification, I'd probably
do the Microsoft one. I've even thought about it, even though I don't use
FrontPage and have no desire to use FrontPage ... but MSFT-type credentials
carry a lot of weight in THIS market (Puget Sound).

Mind if I post your request to a web consultant list?

Kathy





Kathy E. Gill
AT&T Wireless, NBO Deployment
Redmond Town Center, Bldg 4, 3155B
425.580.6459
mailto:kathy.gill@attws.com

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of
conversation.  -- Plato




> ----------
> From:         Gordon A. Pike[SMTP:bmwman@PRIMELINE.COM]
> Reply To:     Gordon A. Pike
> Sent:         Tuesday, April 27, 1999 1:48 PM
> To:   NETTRAIN@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
> Subject:      CIW Certification Program
>
> The Haywood Regional High Technology Center here in Waynesville, NC
> where I teach part time is interested in the Certified Internet
> Webmaster (CIW) Certification Program currently being offered by Prosoft
> Training (prosofttraining.com). Prosoft Training claims to be "the
> global leader for Internet certification, training, and courseware."
>
> Now for the point of this message. Have any of you had any experience
> with the CIW Certification Program? In particular, I am very interested
> in the following:
>
> 1. Does this program truly prepare individuals for employment as a
> "Webmaster?"
> 2. Do Internet related businesses recognize the CIW certificate as being
> a "significant and desirable" achievement?
> 3. Are the courseware materials adequate, accurate, and relative to the
> tasks of being a gainfully employed as a Webmaster?
>
> As you can see from these questions, the Haywood Regional High
> Technology Center is sincerely interested in training people for future
> employment in the Internet arena as I am sure that many of you are. If
> you have experience with another "Webmaster" or Internet Certification
> Program, I would very interested in receiving your thoughts too.
>
> If anyone is interested in the responses to the questions I have posed
> concerning the CIW Certification Program, just drop me a line and I will
> respond ASAP.
>
>