Mac Admins Foundation in the News
As Tom mentioned in his post yesterday, Apple announced a new online professional courses and certifications for Apple device support, deployment and management. In the announcement was this fun section:
Apple has also partnered with the Mac Admins Foundation to ensure additional access to the new Apple exams. With underwriting from Apple, the foundation will offer vouchers to applicants with financial need. As a new 501(c)(3) organization, two key tenets of the Mac Admins Foundation are making a welcoming and accessible organization to expand the profession, and maintaining affordable access to all community resources. For more details and to apply, visit macadmins.org.
“There’s a lot to like about the all-new Apple Professional Training courses, which give users a solid grounding in the concepts and theory around supporting and deploying Apple products,” said Tom Bridge, the Mac Admins Foundation’s co-chair. “Furthermore, both Apple exams are fully representative of the depth and breadth of skills needed for success. This is an important milestone for the Mac Admins community — which has grown 48 percent since 2019. We’re excited to work with Apple in our new chapter as a 501(c)(3) and ensure that the certification is available to anyone with the passion to take a new step forward in their career.”
Along with the news of the new certifications came additional mentions of the Mac Admins Foundation, which has honestly been really fun for us to see. The Mac Admins Foundation obtaining 501(c)(3) status as a non-profit charitable organization has been something a small working group of community members has been pulling together for quite some time. Seeing it mentioned in the press has been, honestly, really fun and exciting. And a little mild-panic inducing? But mostly heartening and encouraging.
We’re really excited to tell you more about the Mac Admins Foundation in the coming weeks. but for now I thought I’d round up some links to news outlets that name dropped our new organization alongside the Apple news release.
/Computerworld/ Apple improves enterprise training to meet growing demand
/9to5Mac/ Apple launches updated professional training and certification for IT support and management
/CNET/ Apple Now Offers Training to Become an IT Professional
/MacRumors/ Apple Introduces New Professional Training Courses and Certifications
/Cult of Mac/ Apple’s new IT training courses would make your resume pop
/ZDNet/ Apple rolls out new training and certification programs for iPhone, iPad and Mac
/Inc./ Apple Keeps Selling More Macs. Now It's Making It Easier to Learn How to Support and Manage Them
/Mac Daily News/ Apple launches new professional training to support growing IT workforce
/The Mac Observer/ Apple Introduces Professional Training to Help Growing IT Workforce
We’re very excited to share more about the Mac Admins Foundation in the coming weeks, and we are incredibly, sincerely grateful for the outpouring of support and excitement over the creation of the non-profit. We set up a #macadminsfoundation channel on the Mac Admins Slack team that anyone can join to chat, ask questions, pitch new ideas, and keep up with what’s happening in real time. To join the Mac Admins Slack check out the invite button on the homepage.
While you’re here, check out the links below to find out how to donate to the organization and to meet the group behind the MAF.