CAPstone brings administrative professionals together to build real-world skills, learn proven best practices, and grow in a community that strengthens your impact and elevates your performance.
Overview of CAPstone
Whether you’re strengthening the skills you use every day or preparing for your next career step, CAPstone brings practical, high-impact learning straight to your home or office.
Open to all administrative professionals, CAPstone specialty courses offer a focused, supportive environment with limited class sizes to ensure personalized attention. Each course is worth 25 recertification points for CAP designees, making it both a professional investment and a strategic career boost.
Format of CAPstone
CAPstone is offered twice per year to meet growing demand from administrative professionals. Each 8-week session includes flexible, self-paced learning paired with a weekly live 60-minute session to connect with your facilitator and fellow admins.
This format gives administrative professionals the structure, support, and community they need, along with the flexibility to learn from wherever they work best.
Specialty Certificate Courses
Specialty Certificate Courses help administrative professionals deepen their skills and strengthen their career path. Whether you’re growing in project management, human resources, meeting and event planning, or another specialty, these courses help you build expertise and elevate your day-to-day impact.
They’re also a great way to explore future career directions and discover where your strengths shine. Courses are open to all administrative professionals, with limited class sizes to support personalized learning.
CAP designees who complete a Specialty Certificate Course may add the specialty to their designation and work toward CAP (Expert) status.
Overview of Specialty Certificate Courses
OM – Organizational Management
Organizational Management is the powerhouse that takes an organization’s aspirations from the planning phase smoothly to the execution phase, all the while maximizing the use of company resources responsibly and efficiently.
BW – Business Writing
This interactive eight-week course equips administrative professionals with essential business writing skills through a structured focus on prewriting, writing, rewriting, and e-writing. Participants will sharpen their ability to create clear, professional communication while exploring real-world tools—including optional guided practice using generative AI. With practical exercises based on actual workplace documents, this course goes beyond generic writing instruction to support confident, credible, and efficient communication.
TA – Technology Applications
We live in a digital world, and technology isn’t slowing down. In fact, technology applications are evolving at a rapid pace. In order to stay competitive in your professional career, it’s imperative to navigate software and digital programs with knowledge and confidence. These tools are designed to help you in your role; learning how to utilize them efficiently is part of the process.
RM – Records Management
Did you know records have a life cycle? Business records are some of the most important documents a company possesses. They contain a variety of information that businesses need to organize, retain, produce, and destroy at various frequencies. Records Management is a disciplined systematic approach from creation to disposal of an organization’s records.
PM – Project Management
If you love bringing ideas to life, Project Management is for you. Planning, creating, leading, collaborating, and moving pieces of a large puzzle along to produce quality results while meeting deadlines and budgets is the magic sauce of Project Management.
MEP – Meeting & Event Planning
Do you find joy in bringing people together? Do you love conferences, meetings, gatherings, or special events? If you possess the ability to gather people with grace while keeping your focus on the goals and objectives of the event, then Meeting & Event Planning is designed with you in mind.
HR – Human Resources
People are a company’s most important asset. They are the lifeblood of an organization. A lot goes into managing the resources of people: Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Benefits & Wellness, Compliance, and more. If you’re passionate about helping the people within your organization thrive while protecting the business’ interests, then Human Resources is where you will bloom.
CAP (Expert)
The CAP (Expert) is a brand-new option available to all CAP designees who earn all seven specialty certificates. Once you earn the BW, HR, MEP, OM, PM, RM, and TA specialties, you’ll be awarded a new CAP (Expert) certificate with all specialty certificate seals included. These stackable certificates illustrate a mastery in all 6 domains of the CAP Body of Knowledge and give you the skills to optimize performance and experience success, wherever your career path takes you.
Experience Credit
If you are interested in sitting for the CAP exam but don’t yet have the work experience to be eligible, one certificate course can be used for one year of experience toward the eligibility requirements. At the successful completion of the specialty certificate course, all CAP designees receive 25 recertification points.
CAPstone Focus
We strongly recommend taking only one CAPstone course at a time to ensure you have the time and capacity to fully immerse yourself in the learning experience. This focused approach allows you to engage deeply with the material, apply your knowledge effectively, and achieve the best outcomes for your professional development.
CAPstone Schedule
We know that thoughtful planning makes all the difference in your professional development. Below, you’ll find the CAPstone schedule for 2026 and beyond. All courses are offered virtually, and registration opens 8–12 months before each course begins to help you plan ahead with confidence.
To support a wide range of work and life schedules, we rotate the course offerings annually, making it easier for you to participate when it works best for you. While the schedule is subject to change, our goal remains the same: to make professional development more accessible, flexible, and manageable as you balance the demands of work, family, and everything in between.
2026
SPRING
RM
TA
PM
FALL
HR
OM
BW
MEP
2027
SPRING
RM
TA
PM
FALL
HR
OM
BW
MEP
2028
SPRING
RM
TA
PM
FALL
HR
OM
BW
MEP
