Live AIM Practitioner Certification in Portland

Live AIM Practitioner Certification in Portland

Learn how to manage complex change with a proven methodology, practical AIM tools, and AI-supported techniques that help you work faster and focus on what matters most.

Organizations are being asked to deliver more change with fewer resources, tighter timelines, and growing pressure to adopt AI. This four-day, live certification gives you a practical approach for identifying implementation risk, managing resistance, strengthening sponsorship, building readiness, and reinforcing the behaviors required for change.

AI can help you work faster. AIM helps you know what work actually matters.

Date

October 12 - 15, 2026

  • Schedule

    09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

  • Location

    The Bidwell Marriott Portland, Oregon

  • Led By

    Dr.Jennifer Vernam

  • Price

    $3,500

Who This Workshop Is For

Designed for professionals responsible for making organizational change work, including

Change managers and change practitioners

Build a repeatable implementation approach you can use immediately, and strengthen how you plan, diagnose, and drive adoption.

Change leads and change agents

Get practical tools and language to align stakeholders, surface real barriers, and keep work moving when momentum drops.

Transformation leaders

Translate strategy into execution with clearer roles, decisions, and accountability so change sticks beyond launch.

HR and organizational effectiveness professionals

Use a structured methodology to support leaders, build change capability, and improve adoption across initiatives.

Program and portfolio leaders

Improve delivery confidence by identifying adoption risks early, coordinating dependencies, and reinforcing outcomes.

Technology and AI transformation teams

Pair technical rollout plans with proven implementation discipline so new systems and AI-enabled ways of working are used in practice.

Practitioners supporting organizational change

Add a common implementation framework to your toolkit so you can diagnose faster, recommend better moves, and support clients through adoption.

This is especially valuable if you are managing multiple changes with limited time, resources, or sponsor attention.

Learn How to Manage What Actually Drives Implementation

Successful implementation takes more than communication and training. AIM gives you a structured way to identify implementation risk and take action around sponsorship, readiness, resistance, reinforcement, culture, and the people affected by the change. During the Portland certification, you will apply AIM to a real initiative so you leave with experience using the methodology—not just knowledge of the concepts.

Build Readiness

Understand how disruption, history, sponsorship, and other factors influence readiness for change.

Strengthen Sponsorship

Learn how to identify sponsorship gaps, contract with sponsors, and build the cascading sponsorship needed to support implementation.

Diagnose Implementation Risk

Use AIM assessments to identify where implementation is most likely to stall and where intervention is needed.

Anticipate and Manage Resistance

Identify likely sources of resistance and apply targeted actions before they become larger implementation problems.

Design Reinforcement

Identify what needs to be reinforced so new behaviors continue after launch or go-live.

Use AI to Work More Efficiently

Explore practical ways AI can support analysis, preparation, synthesis, communication, and other repetitive change-management activities while keeping human judgment at the center.

Event Details

Date & Location

October 12–15, 2026

Portland, Oregon

Venue

The Bidwell – Marriott Portland

520 Southwest Broadway

Need accommodations?
Special room rates available.

Course Outline

Meet Your Instructor

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Jennifer Vernam

Dr. Jennifer Vernam brings more than 27 years of healthcare experience and over 20 years of expertise in organizational training, leadership development, and change management.
She has taught change leadership across corporate and academic environments, helping professionals turn methodology into practical implementation. Her approach combines adult learning principles, systems thinking, and real-world application to build lasting organizational capability.
Dr. Vernam holds degrees in International Studies, Health Administration, and Leadership with Global Perspectives.
Potrait of Dr.Jennifer Vernam

What You'll Leave With

Take away practical skills, proven tools, and an AIM credential you can immediately apply
to real organizational change initiatives.
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  • AIM Practitioner Certification (AIM Practitioner. Peacock Hill Consulting. Powered by IMA Worldwide.)
  • Shareable LinkedIn badge (digital credential)
  • ACMP QEP education credits (where applicable)
  • A practical implementation approach you can reuse at work
  • Reinforcement strategy skills to sustain adoption
  • Sponsor alignment and resistance management techniques
  • AIM assessment and diagnostic skills you can reuse
  • Hands-on practice applying AIM to your own initiative

AIM Certifications &
Professional Recognition

AIM Certified Master — Accelerating Implementation Methodology
ACMP Qualified Education Provider

Stop Adding More Activity. Start Focusing on What Moves Change.

More communication does not automatically create adoption.

More meetings do not automatically create sponsorship.

More change activity does not automatically create implementation.

AIM helps identify the actions that matter.

AI can help execute some of that work faster.
Join us in Portland and build practical change capability you can use immediately.

AIM Certification Portland FAQs

What is the AIM Practitioner Certification?

The Accelerating Implementation Methodology (AIM) Practitioner Certification is a four-day, instructor-led program where you learn and apply AIM to a real organizational change initiative.

AIM is a practical change management methodology developed by Don Harrison. During the program, you work through the methodology using your own initiative so you leave with both a formal credential and practical experience applying AIM to real implementation challenges.

When and where does the Portland program take place?

The Portland cohort runs October 12-15, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day.

The program is fully in person at:
The Bidwell - Marriott Portland
520 Southwest Broadway
Portland, Oregon

How much does the AIM certification cost, and what is included?

Tuition is $3,500.

Your registration includes:
Four days of live instructor-led training
AIM Practitioner Certification
Digital LinkedIn badge
ACMP QEP education credits
Hands-on experience using AIM assessments
Practical tools and techniques for sponsorship, resistance, readiness, and reinforcement
Application of AIM to a real organizational change initiative

Who is the Portland AIM certification for?

The program is designed for professionals responsible for helping organizational change succeed, including:
Change managers and change practitioners
Change leads and change agents
Transformation leaders
HR and organizational effectiveness professionals
Program and portfolio leaders
Technology and AI transformation teams
Consultants and advisors

It is especially valuable for professionals managing multiple changes with limited time, resources, or sponsor attention.

Do I need prior change management experience or certification to attend?

No prior change management certification is required.

You will get the most value from the program if you bring a real organizational change initiative that you can use throughout the class.

Examples include a technology implementation, AI adoption effort, reorganization, merger integration, operating model change, process change, or other initiative where adoption and behavior change matter.

Is there an exam?

The certification focuses on applying AIM rather than memorizing concepts for a traditional exam.

Across the four days, you work through AIM using your own initiative, including diagnosing implementation risk, strengthening sponsorship, assessing readiness, managing resistance, and developing reinforcement strategies.

Your credential reflects your application of the methodology throughout the program.

Who teaches the Portland cohort?

Dr. Jennifer Vernam leads the Portland program.

She brings more than 27 years of healthcare experience and over 20 years of experience in organizational training, leadership development, and change management.

Her approach combines adult learning, systems thinking, and practical application to help participants translate methodology into action.

Dr. Vernam holds degrees in International Studies, Health Administration, and Leadership with Global Perspectives.

Does this certification count toward the CCMP?

Yes. The program is delivered by an ACMP Qualified Education Provider and provides QEP education credits that can be applied toward CCMP education requirements.

Where should I stay, and is there a room rate?

The program is held at The Bidwell - Marriott Portland.

Special room rates are available for attendees through the group booking link on this page. Availability is subject to the hotel room block.

How do I register for the Portland cohort?

Click the registration button on this page to enroll in the October 12-15, 2026 Portland cohort.

For questions about the program, organizational invoicing, or whether the certification is a good fit for your role, use Talk to an Expert or call 513-689-3381.

What will I be able to use after the class?

You will leave with practical experience applying AIM to real change and a clearer way to approach implementation challenges.

You will be better prepared to:
Diagnose implementation risk
Identify sponsorship gaps
Anticipate resistance
Build readiness
Develop reinforcement strategies
Focus change resources more effectively
Apply AIM to future organizational change initiatives

How can AIM help me do more with limited resources?

Not every change requires the same level of support.

AIM helps you identify where implementation risk is highest so you can focus time, sponsor attention, and change management resources where they are most needed.

Combined with practical use of AI, this can help reduce repetitive work while keeping attention on the human factors that drive implementation.

How is AIM different from other change management certifications?

AIM focuses on the implementation conditions that influence whether organizational change takes hold.

The methodology emphasizes areas such as:
Sponsorship
Readiness
Resistance
Reinforcement
Communication
Culture
Implementation risk

Participants also apply AIM to a real organizational initiative rather than relying only on a generic case study.

AIM can work alongside other change, Agile, portfolio, and transformation approaches.

How is AI used in the Portland AIM class?

AI is incorporated as a practical support for change management work.

You will explore ways AI can help with activities such as analysis, preparation, synthesis, communication, and other repetitive tasks.

AI does not replace change management judgment, sponsor relationships, or human decision-making. AIM provides the methodology for identifying what matters most, while AI can help you complete portions of the work more efficiently.