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Professional
Development and Education
Improve
your professional skills and expertise at AIBD's national and state
conventions and seminars.
Professional
Credibility
Use your
AIBD affiliation to enhance you professional credibility.
AIBD's Continuing Education Policy distinguishes you as a designer
committed to professional advancement.
Publications
There
will now be two publications coming from AIBD. DesignLine magazine
will be published quarterly and will be targeted to Building
Designers. Read DesignLine to keep informed about the
happenings in AIBD. Articles may feature bylaws and rules
suggested changes and adopted changes, featured designer profiles,
explanations on the operation of AIBD, business tips, membership
information, and many other pertinent topics.
Home
Design Journal is a new publication and will be published
annually. HDJ will be a 100 pages or more and will be
coffee table quality. The targeted audience for HDJ
will be the general public, i.e. your potential and current clients,
builders, developers, etc. AIBD needs help from its membership
to make this a success. First, the content needs to come from
real-life Building Designers. AIBD is looking for stories,
articles, ideas for articles, photos, and design solutions from
Building Designers. Second, AIBD needs assistance from its
membership in the distribution of this magazine. AIBD will be
happy to send copies to its members, along with "Compliments of
...." stickers for distribution to active and prospective clients.
The first issue is planned to come out in August 2003. Contact
the national office for more
information.
Plan Publications
Increase
your annual income and have your best plans published in a variety
of publications and plan books distributed by nationally renown
publishers.
Legislative
Representation
Keep
informed and know you are well represented on key issues affecting
your livelihood both on a national and state level.
Professional Liability
Program
AIBD
makes available to its members this program designed to insure
against acts, errors or omissions of a member while rendering or
failing to render professional services to their clients.
National Referral
Service
Have
your name referred to potential clients as part of AIBD's free
referral service.
Networking and
Contacts
Take
advantage of numerous opportunities to meet with your colleagues and
expand your circle of valuable business clients.
National Certification
Program
Gain
national credibility through the AIBD endorsed National Council of
Building Designer Certification program and become a Certified
Professional Building Designer.
Designer-Client
Relations
Educate
your clients on the benefits of using an AIBD designer through the
Institute's consumer oriented publications such as "Your Guide to
Residential Design Specialists". |
