Effektiv Nu Gives Everyone Who Finishes a Diploma

Effektiv Nu teaches people to work smarter. Participants share their diplomas across platforms, and the company can see where.
Effektiv Nu logotype, the Swedish training company issuing digital diplomas to course participants with TRUE

TL;DR: Effektiv Nu trains up to 3,000 participants a year to work smarter, and today everyone who finishes a course receives a diploma through TRUE. Head of development Christopher Bernestrå names three gains: the design holds, it is easy to send to many groups, and the company can see where participants share what they earned.

Christopher Bernestrå is an engineer by training and says he likes optimising things and changing them, in the space between people and technology. At Effektiv Nu he is development manager and training leader, which means staying alert to whatever new technology and new ways of working turn up next.

Mansur Köyluoglu, known as Manne, started the company in 2013 after several years of work related stress. He changed careers and went looking for a smarter way to work. Effektiv Nu now works with companies across a range of markets and marked its tenth year with a week of open lectures on AI, the new Outlook and Teams, and how an organisation sets its own rules for working in the office, in hybrid and remotely.

How do I check a diploma from Effektiv Nu?

Click the diploma where the participant shared it, on LinkedIn for example. The page shows that Effektiv Nu issued it and that it has not been altered. You can also paste the link into TRUE Verify. The answer comes in a few seconds, and you do not need an account.

Who used to get a certificate?

Whoever asked, which is not the same as everyone who earned one. The company never decided that most of its participants should leave with nothing. The process decided, quietly, because it could not carry the volume.

Christopher Bernestrå, Development Manager, Effektiv Nu

“Before TRUE we sent out the certificates as PDFs to those who had a need for one and wanted one. So not standard for everyone who takes our courses, which was a shame.”

Christopher Bernestrå, Development Manager, Effektiv Nu

Why could the old process not simply scale up?

Arithmetic, and the kind that does not negotiate. Three thousand documents a year built by hand is not a task anybody finishes. It is a task somebody rations, and the rationing became the policy: a certificate for whoever asked loudly enough.

“Since we have up to 3,000 participants a year, the administration of manually creating these diplomas was the biggest challenge. It also meant a lot of extra files to handle.”

Christopher Bernestrå, Development Manager, Effektiv Nu

Every manual document leaves a copy somewhere, and a company that produces a few thousand of them ends up administering a filing problem it never chose. On what changes at this volume, see how to issue digital certificates at scale.

What does Effektiv Nu get out of it now?

Three things, and the third is the one a PDF never gave them. The design holds up, the sending is quick across many different groups, and the company can watch what happens to a diploma after it leaves.

“I like that the design of the diplomas is animated and looks professional. That it is then easy to send out to many different groups is a big plus. The statistics on participants sharing their diplomas across different platforms are exciting too.”

Christopher Bernestrå, Development Manager, Effektiv Nu

A PDF gave them nothing to look at. Effektiv Nu now knows where its own name travels once a course ends, which for a company whose subject is working smarter is the kind of number that changes what it does next.

What does the diploma do for the training itself?

It finishes it. Bernestrå frames the document as a matter of pride rather than paperwork.

“TRUE has created a professional and good looking ending to our courses that creates pride and curiosity. Owning your digital diploma uniquely is right for the times, and I believe that need will grow.”

Christopher Bernestrå, Development Manager, Effektiv Nu

Where to read more

Effektiv Nu publishes its courses on its own site: Effektiv Nu. For what happens when a document reaches an audience instead of a drawer, see ambassador marketing. Another training company whose certificates found a wide audience once they could be shared: Dale Carnegie.

More on digital diplomas and course certificates.

Frequently asked questions

How many people does Effektiv Nu train each year?

Up to 3,000 participants a year.

Who received a certificate before TRUE?

Only participants who needed one and asked. Certificates went out as PDFs and were not standard for everyone completing a course, which the company calls a shame.

Why was the old process not scaled up?

Creating the diplomas manually was the biggest administrative job at a volume of up to 3,000 participants a year, and it produced a lot of extra files to handle.

What does Effektiv Nu like about TRUE?

That the diploma design is animated and looks professional, that sending to many different groups is easy, and that it can see statistics on participants sharing their diplomas across platforms.

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