{"id":3353,"date":"2014-10-15T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2014\/10\/15\/minor-changes-to-whats-included-in-the-nlpas-course-certification-offerings-are-coming\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T06:55:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T10:55:37","slug":"minor-changes-to-whats-included-in-the-nlpas-course-certification-offerings-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/minor-changes-to-whats-included-in-the-nlpas-course-certification-offerings-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor Changes to What&#8217;s Included in the NLPA&#8217;s Course &amp; Certification Offerings Are Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Here at the NLPA, we are always trying to tweak things to give our students, members and clients the most positive purchasing education and certification experience possible.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For example, this year, we\u2019ve supplemented our physical mailing of beautiful parchment certificates with an immediate, print-your-own-certificate option for individuals who complete our online procurement courses.\u00a0 And we\u2019ve decided that, next year, we will NOT increase our prices! 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