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Training, Certifications & eLearning

Expand your data management and analytics expertise and earn professional credentials online with live, virtual or self-paced learning opportunities.

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Data Management Frameworks Training

Learn from the best and achieve certification for you or your team. Whether live virtual classes, on-demand eLearning or dedicated sessions for your business, you'll gain expertise from world-class data management experts, including former chief data officers. Member firms access savings on all training options, including training packages for dedicated company classes.

DCAM Certification

DCAM: Data Management Capability Assessment Model

Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM) was developed as the cross-industry standard best practice for data management and analytics by EDM Council Members. Data professionals who are certified in DCAM are recognized as qualified experts in establishing, enabling and sustaining mature data management and analytics programs to ensure their firms' successful use of one of their most valuable assets – their data.

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May 13 - 14, 2025 Jun 17 - 18, 2025 Jul 22 - 23, 2025
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CDMC Certification

CDMC: Cloud Data Management Capabilities

The comprehensive best practices framework for cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud environments. CDMC expands the DCAM framework to accelerate cloud adoption while maintaining risk and compliance controls. It includes 14 Key Controls and Automations for protecting sensitive data in the cloud. CDMC was developed by 100+ cross-industry organizations, including major Cloud Services Providers (CSP): Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and IBM Cloud.

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May 6 - 7, 2025 Jun 10 - 11, 2025
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Learning Tracks

Hone in and specialize through one of our nine industry leading professional development elearning tracks. Each track is a curated list of classes within a specialized theme that build and progress into theme mastery. Learn at your own pace with these on demand learning track packages.

Certification Programs

Develop your mastery of data management and analytics and showcase your expertise with industry-recognized credentials. Our comprehensive curricula and exams culminate in professional certification. Member firms access savings on training classes, including packages for dedicated DCAM and CDMC company classes.

DCAM Certification

Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM) was developed as the cross-industry standard best practice for data management and analytics by EDM Council Members. Data professionals who are certified in DCAM are recognized as qualified experts in establishing, enabling and sustaining mature data management and analytics programs to ensure their firms' successful use of one of their most valuable assets – their data.

Upcoming Live Training
May 13 - 14, 2025 Jun 17 - 18, 2025 Jul 22 - 23, 2025
eLearning Courses
Dedicated Company Class packages Corporate & Enterprise packages

CDMC Certification

The comprehensive best practices framework for cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud environments. CDMC expands the DCAM framework to accelerate cloud adoption while maintaining risk and compliance controls. It includes 14 Key Controls and Automations for protecting sensitive data in the cloud. CDMC was developed by 100+ cross-industry organizations, including major Cloud Services Providers (CSP): Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and IBM Cloud.

Upcoming Live Training
May 6 - 7, 2025 Jun 10 - 11, 2025
eLearning Courses
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Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP)

eLearningCurve offers an internationally recognized certification program, Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP), that builds upon education to certify knowledge and understanding of information management. The CIMP designation makes a clear statement that you have learned from the industry leaders and have demonstrated thorough understanding of information management foundations or a specific information management discipline by passing several challenging exams.

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Certified Data Steward (CDS)

The mission of the Certified Data Steward (CDS) Program is to formalize the role of data stewardship and to drive recognition of Data Steward as a professional designation. The CDS designation makes a clear statement that you have learned from the industry leaders and demonstrated both depth of understanding and the skills to apply concepts, techniques, and practices of data stewardship, data quality, data governance, metadata management, and master data management.

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Data Literacy Certification (DLC) for Business Professionals

Data Literacy Certification (DLC) provides a solid foundation to all business roles for how to use data to best operate in today's data-driven world. Learn about the many dimensions of data, ranging from data and databases to data management, data analysis and data science. DLC helps you to gain the right level of understanding across the entire data literacy body of knowledge and then provides a respected credential affirming your data knowledge and skills.

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DAC Certification

Whether your role is business or technical, management or functional staff—data analysis is a valuable and important skill set. You can be sure that the demand for data analysis skills will increase at a rapid pace through the coming years. Data Analysis Certified (DAC) is a professional designation that affirms your data analysis knowledge and skills. The DAC designation indicates that you have learned from leaders in the industry and that you have demonstrated depth of understanding and ability to apply the concepts and techniques in one or more of three data analysis subject areas: business analysis, data analytics, and advanced analytics.

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More Opportunities to Engage, Learn & Grow: Explore Our Complimentary Programs

Take advantage of the expertise and professional insights from across the EDM Council global community. We regularly host and record webinars, podcasts and conferences covering the spectrum of data and analytics management topics.

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Webinars

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EDRM & Data Protection in the age of AI and Data Breaches
May 21, 2025
Scaling AI with Data: Building a Strategic Foundation for Success
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Deploying GenAI Applications Safely and Responsibly
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Conferences

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Conferences

PCRB & DCRB Workers Compensation Symposium
May 1, 2025
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DGIQ + EDW Conference
May 5 - 9, 2025

Videos & Podcasts

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Nasdaq TradeTalks: Responsible, Ethical, and Transparent AI Practices That Aligned With Regulatory Standards
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