How to Achieve Your AAiP Certification

Get Certified: Step-by-step process, time estimate, assessment structure. 
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How to achieve your AAiP certification:

You'll complete a series of comprehensive courses and pass exams that validate your expertise. Certification is valid for one year, ensuring your skills stay sharp and relevant in an ever-evolving field.

Create Your Account

Sign up and create your account to get started. To create an account, you will either need to purchase an individual plan, or gain access via your team-level subscription through your organization. 

Complete the Core Courses

Take the seven required core courses in any order you choose.

Pass the Course Exams

As you complete the seven core courses, you’ll take and pass the corresponding exams for each course. 

Submit Your AI Application Video

Record and submit a short video (less than 2 minutes) explaining how you currently use AI in your work. 

Complete the Final Surveys

Finish your certification by completing a brief demographics survey and a program evaluation survey.

Maintain Your Certification

Learn more about what it takes to maintain your certification on an annual basis, here.

Time Commitment

Most learners complete the full certification in approximately 30 days, spending an average of 3–5 hours per week.
"As AI continues to reshape industries, Sidecar's AAiP certification and other educational programming continue to provide valuable insights into leveraging AI strategically to drive innovation, efficiency, and impact. I look forward to applying these learnings to further enhance how we integrate AI at AAE and beyond!"
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Kim FitzSimmons
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, AAE
"Sidecar's AAiP makes it easy to stay on top of everything AI-related. It is an incredible organization filling a much needed education gap in the association and non-profit space."
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Sheri Jacobs
CEO, Avenue M Group
"Completing the AAiP certification was a valuable experience. I especially appreciated how the AI content was tailored specifically to the association space, and the exams were thoughtfully designed."
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Denise LeDuc Froemming
PRESIDENT & CEO, CalCPA

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