If you've poked around this community a bit, you've probably seen that some members' profiles have "Badges." For example, here's @MRCUR's profile, with two badges:
![profile-badge-example.png profile-badge-example.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1562i660564ECDCC99861/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999)
Badges are granted based on community participation or Meraki certifications, and we'll be adding more as time goes on. Here's the full list of available badges (as of March 13, 2019):
CMNA
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![badge-cmna.png badge-cmna.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/14207i74A003D9D94781FC/image-size/small?v=v2&px=200) |
Granted to community members who have received their CMNA (Cisco Meraki Networking Associate) certification. This certification is a one-day lab certification course covering Meraki full-stack configuration and positioning. CMNA is offered exclusively for pre-sales engineers working for qualified Meraki partners. |
CMSS
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![cmss badge.png cmss badge.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27899i9F8F086702638830/image-size/small?v=v2&px=200) |
Granted to community members who have received their CMSS (Cisco Meraki Solutions Specialist) certification. This certification requires you to pass the ECMS 500-220 exam. The 90-minute exam tests a candidate's knowledge and skills to engineer Cisco Meraki solutions. |
ECMS
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![ECMS1-Community-Badgev2.png ECMS1-Community-Badgev2.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16074i4323C09097A67DA0/image-size/small?v=v2&px=200) |
Granted to community members who have completed ECMS (Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions). ECMS1 and ECMS2 are instructor-led introductory and advanced-level technical trainings. Badges for ECMS1 and ECMS2 are awarded upon completion of the respective trainings. |
Meraki FIT
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![badge-Meraki-FIT-Level-1.png badge-Meraki-FIT-Level-1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/15612i412C0806F8B2866D/image-size/small?v=v2&px=200) |
Granted to community members who have completed Meraki FIT (Fundamentals Introductory Training). These trainings, exclusively for Meraki partners, cover the Meraki fundamentals necessary to start closing deals. Badges for Level One and Level Two are awarded upon completion of the respective FIT trainings. |
CMNO
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![badge-cmno badge-cmno](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1565iED623F1ED92D2D62/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400) |
Granted to community members who received their CMNO (Cisco Meraki Network Operator) certification. This certification was retired in 2019. |
Meraki Master
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![badge-masters badge-masters](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1566iA9A647065954A705/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400) |
Granted to community members who have received their CMNP (Cisco Meraki Networking Practitioner) certification. Meraki Masters is an exclusive in-depth lab training and demo certification program held at Meraki HQ in San Francisco. This program is invite-only for qualified partners; reach out to your Meraki rep for more information. |
Meraki Champion
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![badge-champions badge-champions](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1567i38C1832E6A27106F/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400) |
Granted to Cisco employees who have received their CMNP (Cisco Meraki Networking Practitioner) certification. Meraki Champions is an exclusive in-depth lab training and demo certification program held at Meraki HQ. This program is invite-only for qualified Cisco pre-sales engineers. |
Meraki360
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![Meraki360Badge.png Meraki360Badge.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1912iDB3126876D1733B3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) |
Granted to community members who participated in a Meraki360 training prior to August 9, 2019. Meraki360 is a half-day, hands-on, full-stack training led by Meraki-authorized distributors. |
MOTM
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![MOTM-201901.png MOTM-201901.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5817iD5BE4FC92643A1C1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) |
Granted to the Meraki Community Members of the Month (MOTMs) each month. Members of the Month are the 4 members who received the highest MOTM score (kudos received + 2*solutions authored). |
Rising Star
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![Rising-Star.png Rising-Star.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9763iA3D1FFB93ACC984D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) |
Granted to the Meraki Community Rising Star of the Month each month. The Rising Star badge is awarded to top-contributing new members. |
Everybody Wins
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Granted to the Meraki Community Everybody Wins recipient(s) each month. The Everybody Wins badge highlights a member or member whose contributions created a win for everyone involved. (This badge was previously named "Unexpected Win"; we renamed it to "Everybody Wins" in Jan 2021) |
Founding Member
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![badge-founding-member badge-founding-member](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1568iB15CEB59A16C1CE3/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400) |
Granted to community members who were members of the Meraki Community prior to September 1, 2017 - this includes our community beta participants and members who joined when the community had been live for 2 weeks or less. Thanks for helping to shape our community from the very beginning! |
Year 1 Awards
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![badge-1st-birthday-mvm badge-1st-birthday-mvm](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/4232iB8079C0C763B6BEE/image-size/small?v=v2&px=200) ![badge-1st-birthday-mvc badge-1st-birthday-mvc](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/4261iB7D7FA10B14D8509/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999)
Read more about the Year 1 awards here and here.
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Fundador da Comunidade em PT
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![badge-portuguese-founder badge-portuguese-founder](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5151iDC7B54B46DCAFF2F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) |
Granted to community members who participated in the beta for our first non-English-language area of the community, Tópicos em Português. Thanks for helping to shape our Portuguese community from the very beginning!
Concedida a membros da comunidade que participaram do beta para nossa área de língua não-inglesa da comunidade, a “Tópicos em Português”. Obrigado por ajudar a dar forma à nossa comunidade em português desde o início.
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SMB Solutions Training
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![SMB-Solutions.png SMB-Solutions.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5816iF30167B0CC4962E2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) |
This badge is available to members of the Apple Consultants Network who have completed Cisco Meraki SMB Solutions Training.
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Lift-Off
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![badge-lift-off.png badge-lift-off.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/6179i0D516EAFCB5C4A1B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) |
Granted to community members who have written their first post, granted their first kudo, and logged into the community at least twice.
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FIT First Follower
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![badge-FIT-first-follower badge-FIT-first-follower](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7246i5914DEB6992C3A9B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) |
Granted to Meraki partners who are among the first to take our Meraki FIT training.
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All-Stars
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![badge-all-star-2019.png badge-all-star-2019.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8468i415EFE630E34CD0E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) |
Learn more about the Meraki Community All-Stars program here.
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Post Badges
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![meraki community badges post 25.png meraki community badges post 25.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29151i59042883F0A5AB57/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2) ![meraki community badges post 250.png meraki community badges post 250.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29152iF4090086202286B3/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-posts-500.png meraki-community-badge-posts-500.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13705iB8D6E55F445512B7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999) ![meraki community badges post 1000.png meraki community badges post 1000.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29153iB2FB188B66CB9F24/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2) ![meraki community badges post 5000.png meraki community badges post 5000.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29154i4D611198391504AA/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-posts-10k.png meraki-community-badge-posts-10k.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10061i2DBEB07732343229/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-posts-25k.png meraki-community-badge-posts-25k.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29155i63D3F9B40D1C2C2C/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2)
Learn more about the post badges here.
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Kudos Badges
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![50+KudosBadge.png 50+KudosBadge.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9216i0911163185425324/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400) ![meraki-community-badge-kudos-250.png meraki-community-badge-kudos-250.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29156iAA17BCA081A8C03D/image-dimensions/144x140?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-kudos-500.png meraki-community-badge-kudos-500.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29157iE7B6D9B1A5BCDD10/image-dimensions/144x141?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-kudos-1000.png meraki-community-badge-kudos-1000.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29158i6D3812CD851CD66C/image-dimensions/144x141?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-kudos-5000.png meraki-community-badge-kudos-5000.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10062i1C0020B756D9DE5D/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-kudos-10k.png meraki-community-badge-kudos-10k.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29159i2828FC98A37504BF/image-dimensions/144x140?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-kudos-25k.png meraki-community-badge-kudos-25k.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29160i74CFCBD8DA9E6AB3/image-dimensions/144x140?v=v2)
Learn more about the kudos badges here.
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Solutions Badges
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![meraki-community-badge-solutuons-5+.png meraki-community-badge-solutuons-5+.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9648i6898EE7C6DDA0C9B/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-solutions-10+.png meraki-community-badge-solutions-10+.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9649i50467B1E0D98B984/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400) ![meraki-community-badge-solutions-50.png meraki-community-badge-solutions-50.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29162i35E83C2B8FEAF4E6/image-size/small?v=v2&px=200) ![meraki-community-badge-solutions-100+.png meraki-community-badge-solutions-100+.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13707i5A16B5E149C111F7/image-dimensions/144x144?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badges-solutions-250.png meraki-community-badges-solutions-250.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29163i1954FE4E6305AC1D/image-dimensions/150x146?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-solutions-500.png meraki-community-badge-solutions-500.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10063iBDF144AD711A5D97/image-size/small?v=v2&px=200) ![meraki-community-badge-solutions-1000.png meraki-community-badge-solutions-1000.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29164iBE1989D2703D1990/image-dimensions/145x141?v=v2) ![meraki-community-badge-solutions-5000.png meraki-community-badge-solutions-5000.png](https://community.meraki.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29165i6FC3F4CF6C595A47/image-dimensions/145x141?v=v2)
Learn more about the solutions badges here.
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If you have any questions about community badges, or you believe you have earned one that's not appearing on your profile, please reach out to the community team at community-help@meraki.com.
Cheers!
Caroline S | Community Manager, Cisco Meraki
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