Apply to be NEXT Certified

Please fill out the “NEXT Certified” application form for NEXT certification consideration.

Your Profile:

Company Name: *

Key Contact: *

Title: *

Company Address: *

Company Address (Line 2):

City: *

Province/State: *

Postalcode/Zipcode: *

Email Address: *

Verify Email Address: *

Phone #: *

Company Description: *

Service Category: *

Core Values & Affinity:

List your company’s core values. *

How do you ensure that these core values are instilled in your work? *

What do you commit to in order to create and maintain good working relationships? *

Through the year we host informal, social events for our NEXT Certified team. Would you attend these events? *

Please provide two references with contact details of people who worked with you as a service provider who can give testimony to your professional affinity with others. *

Excellence & Quality:

How many years have you been delivering your skill/service? *

Where did you train and study your skill? *

Where have you learned the most in your career? *

What level of mastery do you practice based on your training and experience? *practicingspecialistexpertmaster

Please include links to samples of your work and detail specifically your contribution to the projects. *

Adherence to Process & Systems

Where in the production cycle do you follow process? *

Where is process most critical to success? *

What system do you use for file management? *

Are you adaptable to utilizing our existing proven process? *

Responsibility for Timelines & Pricing

How system do you use to stay on timeline and budget on your projects? *

How do you handle scope creep on a project? *

What contingency do you build into your pricing structure? *

Outline your rate/pricing structure with specific examples of price ranges for projects and deliverables. *

Customer Service

How do you measure your customer service? *

How important is customer service to your business or services? *

Please provide one example of a time when you had exceptional customer service. *

We prefer our NEXT Certified design and specialty services team to present their work to the client in a team meeting. Do you have any concerns about this? *

Prioritization of NEXT Projects

What level of priority will the NEXT projects have in your project supply? *

How will you manage requests from NEXT when you are busy? *

How do you prioritize your project work currently? *

Contribution

Please explain your philosophy on giving back to local or global communities. *

What organizations/charities do you support? Why? *

A percentage of every project revenue and all administration fees for the NEXT Certified Team program are donated to the NEXT STEP Philanthropy fund that disperses funds to charities and communities in need. Do you support this initiative? *

Thank you for submitting your application to be NEXT Certified! Upon review and assessment, we will be in touch with you on the status of your application.