Put Your CAWA Credential to Work

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You earned it. Make it visible. 

Earning the Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) credential distinguishes you as a leader who has demonstrated the knowledge and experience required to advance the animal welfare profession. 

Now, put that credential to work. 

Adding CAWA to your professional profiles, communications and materials helps make your expertise visible—to colleagues, employers, community partners and others across the profession. It also helps build awareness and recognition of the CAWA credential and the high standards it represents. 

Use the tools and resources below to showcase your credential and make CAWA part of your professional identity. 

Make CAWA Part of Your Professional Profile

Your CAWA credential belongs wherever you show up professionally. A few places to start:
  • Add CAWA after your name
    Use the CAWA designation in your email signature and other professional communications.
  • Update your LinkedIn profile and resume
    Add CAWA to bios used on your organization’s website, for speaking engagements, conferences, board service and other professional opportunities.
  • Include CAWA in presentations and professional materials
    Use your CAWA designation and approved CAWA graphics when presenting, teaching or representing yourself professionally.
  • Share your achievement
    Let your colleagues and professional network know you’ve earned CAWA. Use the social graphics and other resources below to share the news and help others understand what the credential represents.
  • Tell your organization and community
    Your organization can help amplify your achievement, too. Customize the CAWA press release template to share the news with your community, board, partners and local media.

Tools to Showcase Your CAWA Credential

CAWA Logos and Graphics

Use approved CAWA logos and graphics in your email signature, professional materials, presentations, organizational website and other appropriate places.
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CAWA Press Release Template

Earning CAWA is news worth sharing. Use our customizable press release template to help your organization announce your credential to its community, partners and local media.

Personalized CAWA Social Media Graphics

Share your CAWA credential with your professional network using ready-to-use social graphics. Create your own personal CAWA graphic below and then consider pairing your graphic with a few words about why earning CAWA was important to you, what the credential represents or what you learned along the way.

How to Create Your Personalized Social Media Graphics

  1. Find a good jpeg or png photo of yourself. A square format with your face centered in the photo will work best.
  2. Click the "Choose File" button below and upload the photo from your computer.
  3. The composite image will appear in the frame. If you're not happy with the result, reload this page and try again.
  4. Once you have a poster you like, click the "Download Poster" button to send final poster image file to your computer.

Make A Social Media Graphic

Make a Profile Image

Help Others Understand What CAWA Means

When you display your CAWA credential, you may also have an opportunity to explain what those four letters represent.

Suggested language:

The Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) credential recognizes experienced animal welfare leaders who have demonstrated the knowledge and competencies required to successfully lead and manage animal welfare organizations and programs. CAWA credential holders demonstrate a commitment to high standards and ethical practice within the animal welfare profession.

Feel free to use or adapt this language for your LinkedIn profile, professional bio, organizational website, speaker profile or other professional materials.

You Earned It. Use It Proudly.

Every time you use your CAWA designation, you’re doing more than showcasing your own professional achievement. You’re also helping employers, colleagues, partners and the public recognize the specialized knowledge and leadership required to advance animal welfare.

The more visible CAWA becomes, the stronger the credential becomes—for you and for the profession.

Proudly put CAWA after your name. You’ve earned it.