The project management Q & A part of Stack Exchange is probably my favourite source of information and help (although it is software development-focussed). You can acquire badges for various activities within the ‘community’ (see http://pm.stackexchange.com/badges). This ties with work I am currently doing for a college in setting up a system for giving achievement badges to students for various skills acquisition. There is US background on this at http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2012/06/13/03badges.h05.html?tkn=ORSF1%2FJgJWgKpibG1XpCg4HUTO4xLQzbBdsi&intc=bs&cmp=SOC-SHR-GEN Are any of my readers using badges outside the area of software development? Please contact me at the usual e-mail address paulmayesprojects@rocketmail.com