Based on a growing global demand for digital wellness training and education, the Digital Wellness Institute has just launched an on-demand Digital Wellness Certificate program, for those looking to go at their own pace over the course of 15 weeks.
The timing for this program is critical. In the month of April 2021 alone, a record-breaking 4.4 million individuals left their jobs and a recent Microsoft study found that an additional 41% are contemplating a job switch in the near future. According to Training Industry, “burnout is the number one reason employees cite for leaving their current jobs.” Alternatively, employees who feel like they have sufficient training, support, and fulfillment will often stay in their position, even at lower pay rates.
The Digital Wellness Certificate program, built upon the Digital Flourishing™ model, equips learners with a research-based mindset, methodologies and tools to both embody and teach digital wellness and tech-life balance while avoiding associated harms of overuse and addiction.
“Digital wellness is no longer a luxury; it’s a business and lifestyle necessity,” said Amy Blankson, Co-Founder of the Digital Wellness Institute. “Individuals urgently need resources and support now. That’s why we created this course that gives organizations and individuals a framework for assessing and addressing digital wellness through tangible skills and micro-behavioral change.”
Taught by 16 internationally-renowned industry experts like best-selling authors and speakers Amy Blankson and Nina Hersher, positive media psychologist Sophie Janicke-Bowles, ethical media activist Shaunelle Curry, public policy expert Johnette Magner, and others, the certificate program has attracted participants from six continents and from industries ranging from health professionals to journalists, business executives to cybersecurity experts, and teachers to coaches.