AIA CES

Many buildings evolved from the dream of the architect to icons of culture.  A few years ago the AIA150 project compiled ratings of America’s Favorite Architecture.  Some of these buildings are known for how they symbolize a political tradition, a financial tradition, a sporting tradition, and even a break from building process and construction.  As selected by the public all of them have an important iconic place within America’s built environment and culture.    

Continuing education supports the inspired members of the built environment who may design the next icons.  In order to try a new process or a new material, the architects must educate themselves on the use of the processes and materials.  These same architects routinely apply the same knowledge to new projects.  As a result other staff responsible for the new projects may be inspired to attend courses on the new processes and materials. 

At some point the new process or material may inspire an architect to expand the boundaries within the built environment and create a metal monster or a structured dream that ultimately defines how our culture views itself.  The design industry community lauds the designer’s individuality while at the same time entreats the designer to talk about her processes so that everyone else can learn from it.

As a social media user I’ve been inspired by Sybil Barnes, AIA’s Director Social Media to try new ways of communicating with CES Providers.  She developed a tweetchat series #AIAChat that runs at 2pm EST every first Wednesday of the month.  To discuss the big picture objectives of continuing education, CES will also host a tweetchat series #aiaces.  The first tweetchat will be Thursday, April 14^th from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST.  Please review the #aiaces tweetchat page for more information.  *See* you there!

As we enter the second quarter of 2011 we want to introduce you to exciting provider trainings and workshops that support CES Providers on their path towards increased quality programming. Sara Thomas, Manager, CES will host webinars about the new CES Discovery course submission features to be released in April. The webinars will be April 5th and 7th, and a tweetchat at #aiaces will occur at the same time in support of the webinars. Learn more about the new features.

Also, AIA/CES will present a face-to-face workshop on April 12th in Santa Rosa, CA hosted by AIA Redwood Empire. Be part of an audience-centered, informal and dialogue-friendly workshop experience for CES Registered Providers. This workshop will cover an overview of CES policies and procedures, CES Discovery Training, tips for developing learning objectives and effective PowerPoint’s so you can design your programs properly in the context of the CES policy, Quality Assurance, and much more! Register today!

Lastly, we are pleased to announce a provider workshop on May 11th, the Wednesday before the AIA 2011 National Convention in New Orleans, LA. Join special host, Wendy Kirkpatrick of Kirkpatrick Partners, at the Hilton Riverside New Orleans Hotel for the AIA/CES Provider Workshop. This workshop will prepare you to effectively demonstrate how training is valuable to the bottom line of your business. Register today!

If you have any questions about CES Discovery, the workshops, or the webinars, please contact AIA Member Care CES at 800-242-3837 option 2 or email aiamembercareces@aia.org.

Also, read more of this month's CES Provider Connection online.

Regards,

Maria Sigillito

Manager, CES