Sample Press Release for New CDCs

How to Use This Press Release Create your own news release on your company letterhead. Be sure to insert your name, date, addresses, etc., where noted. Also, add your name and phone number on the "Contact" portion of the release. Call the newspapers and industry publications that you would like to run your release to find out the name of the editor that should receive your release. Address it to him or her. If the publication uses photos, enclose a professional black and white photograph, if available, with your name and company listed on the back. Do not send snapshots. Follow up within a few days with a phone call to the editors to see if they received your release.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE

Contact:
Dennis McGarry, CDC
CDC Program Coordinator, Document Management Industries Association
(703) 836-6232

(Your Name) Earns National Industry Certification

YOUR NAME, TITLE, COMPANY, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, recently earned the business printing industry's most prestigious designation/accreditation as a Certified Document Consultant (CDC).

To achieve this honor, NAME successfully completed an extensive examination on the design, construction, and application of business forms and document systems. In addition, HE/SHE met the strict experience qualifications required for CDC certification.

The CDC designation was instituted by the $13 billion business printing industry as a means to raise professional standards, improve practices, and give special recognition to those who advance the stature of the business document and information services profession.

NAME was awarded HIS/HER certification by the Certified Document Consultant Accreditation Board, the governing body of the certification program. Vickie Walworth, CDC, Chairman of the CDC Accreditation Board made the announcement.

The CDC exam consists of 250 multiple choice questions on such topics as business procedures, products, technology, design, materials, production, and equipment. Candidates have four hours to complete the exam. The CDC Accreditation Board monitors the exam content on a continual basis to ensure that it remains current and relevant to the industry.

NAME has been active in the document management industry for NUMBER years. Before assuming HIS/HER position in YEAR, HE/SHE was TITLE of COMPANY.

The CDC Program is administered by the Document Management Industries Association (DMIA), which represents independent segment of the of the business printing industry. It is the industry's largest trade association, with a membership of more than 2,200 independent marketers of business printing and information management services.
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