 Hi, I'm Geoff Watts, author of Scrum Mastery and Product Mastery, and this short video will explain how you can achieve your advanced certified Scrum Mastery accreditation through my distance learning program. The ACSM is part of the Scrum Alliance's Path to CSP program, and that begins with the certified Scrum Master class. This is the first step for people, and it helps to get people familiar with the Scrum framework and the role of the Scrum Master. The second step then is the advanced CSM, which deepens the Scrum Master skillset with topics like facilitation, coaching, and change agency. The ACSM then will enable you to move on to the certified Scrum professional level, if you want to, and that's quickly becoming the benchmark of professional level Scrum Mastery within the industry. If classroom-based training isn't really your ideal, or you prefer the idea of a deeper learning experience over a longer period of time at your own pace, then this distance learning option could be just for you. People who've gone down this route have described it as deeper and stickier and more relevant and actionable than traditional classroom-based training. The distance learning program consists of five modules. The first one's aimed at level setting really, and transitioning from the CSM learning objectives to the fundamental ACSM learning objectives. And after that, there's a module on servant leadership and coaching, where we'll look at the mindset of the Scrum Master and tools and techniques to help you grow your team towards self-management and self-realization. The third module focuses on team facilitation, and will develop your team enablement skills. Listening, conflict resolution, team chartering, and people skills will be the focus here to help you get your team to work more effectively together. After that, we'll look at meeting facilitation, so you can help get more out of your Scrum ceremonies, such as planning retrospectives and Davey Scrums. And the final module will look at your responsibilities as an organizational change agent, and will develop your influencing and change management skills, helping you to craft an agile organization in which your team can not only survive, but thrive. Each module has a standard structure, and I'll provide you with some theory and resources that will help you with the challenges and tasks and questions set in the module itself. Of course, you can find your own and research your own materials and resources as well. Then, as well as the theoretical questions side of things, you'll be encouraged to put the topics in question into practice with your team and reflect on your attempts, as well as your role in them and your interpretations of events. You'll be asked to keep a journal of your experiences and your reflections, and this can become a really useful and interesting artifact for you to look back on in the future. And for each module, you'll also have a coaching session with myself to debrief and explore some of the more interesting and challenging topics arising from the module. In terms of time, students will complete the program usually between three and 18 months, but I find six months is certainly more than realistic as something to aim for. Certainly a monthly cadence for each module is definitely achievable, but we can discuss your own time aspirations when we kick off the first module. Because of the greater level of effort involved in a distance learning program, I only take on a fixed number of students at any one point in time, so be sure to sign up quickly when you see availability. Places will be limited. If you need some help convincing the budget holder to sign off on the expenses, then look for the one pager why you should send me PDF that you can just email over or drop on their desk. Anyway, that's the explanation of the distance learning program for the advanced certified Scrum Masterclass. I hope to see you on one of these very soon.