TL;DR: Giva Sverige certifies both organisations and individual fundraisers, and a fundraiser’s certification travels with the person when they change jobs. Certified fundraisers hold a digital credential on Giva Sverige’s own subdomain that any employer or donor can check with one click. Hundreds have been issued and viewed tens of thousands of times.
Click the credential where the fundraiser shared it, on LinkedIn, in an email signature or in a digital CV. It links to Giva Sverige’s own subdomain, so the origin is unmistakable, and it cannot be altered. You can also paste the link into TRUE Verify. The answer comes in a few seconds, and you do not need an account.
It belongs to a person. Giva Sverige also certifies organisations, but Insamlingscertifiering is an annual certification for professional fundraisers, covering ground like GDPR, ethics and donor communication, and it is the individual who earns it.
People move. A fundraiser certified while working at one organisation takes the certification to the next one, and the next employer has to be able to confirm it without ringing the last.
“These certifications are hard won. They show deep knowledge in areas like GDPR, ethics and donor communication. But the way we presented them did not reflect how much they mean.”
Because it is the currency. Giva Sverige is the industry body for Swedish fundraising organisations, and protecting the public's trust is the daily work rather than a value on a wall.
A donor who gives money is making a judgement about competence and ethics with almost no information. The certification exists to close some of that gap, and a document nobody can verify closes none of it.
A static PDF, with limited visibility and easy to copy. In Giva Sverige’s own words, the way they showed the certifications did not reflect how much they mean.
Every certified fundraiser now receives a digital credential that is tamper proof, trackable and carries Giva Sverige's design. It can be shared on LinkedIn, put in an email signature or added to a digital CV, and each document links back to Giva Sverige's own subdomain, which makes the origin unambiguous.
“We wanted to make it easy for employers, donors and colleagues to check that somebody really holds the certification. With TRUE it is one click.”
It became visible. Certified professionals share their credentials, which puts Giva Sverige's programme in front of exactly the people who might take it next. Hundreds of certificates have been issued and viewed tens of thousands of times.
Behind the scenes, issuing and tracking got faster, which gives the staff time for work that is not administration.
Giva Sverige describes the certification at givasverige.se. Another industry body that certifies to a published standard: Almega Utbildningsföretagen. On what a certifying body should expect from its documents, see certifying bodies.
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Giva Sverige certifies both organisations and individual fundraisers. For fundraisers there is Insamlingscertifiering, an annual certification covering areas such as GDPR, ethics and donor communication.
Because fundraisers move between organisations. A certification held by an individual has to be checkable by whoever employs them next, without going back to the previous employer.
A static PDF. It was barely visible, easy to copy, and gave neither the organisation nor the recipient anything to be proud of.
On LinkedIn, in an email signature or in a digital CV. Each document links back to Giva Sverige's own subdomain, which makes the origin clear.
Hundreds, viewed tens of thousands of times.
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