AIA CES is excited to offer this blog as another way for providers to access information about AIA CES.
Most of you should have received your invoices for the 2007 renewal period. You need to renew in order to continue offering AIA/CES activities for 2007.
What is the one burning question you have about being a Provider? Here is a forum for you to share ideas with your colleagues. Have a suggestions/comment? Please feel free, share!
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm – San Antonio, TX
The CES Marketplace continues to be the most popular place to kick off the AIA 2007 National Convention and Exposition which is being held this year in San Antonio, TX May 3-5. Last year in LA we welcomed over 1,800 AIA Members and component staff. If your organization recognizes that your CES educational programs are key in building relationships with architects, you won’t want to miss this year’s CES Marketplace! We have themed this event in the past and so we will again. Fittingly so, this year’s theme for Marketplace will be Round ‘Em Up! and as always, this event will be catered so participants and exhibitors can relax and enjoy networking with a cold beverage and tasty hors d’ouvres. Marketplace offers our AIA/CES Providers a chance to promote their educational programs in a relaxed atmosphere. Participation in CES Marketplace is an exclusive benefit of Passport, West South Central Region, and Professional/Non-profit Providers.
If you are not signed up to exhibit and would like to register, please contact Sara Thomas for an exhibitor application. If you do not plan on exhibiting and are going to be at National Convention this year, please stop in and see us! We will be located in Tower View and room 217 (A-D) at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center on Wednesday, May 2.
As noted earlier, AIA CES is compiling an Early Reminder List of those members that have not completed their 2006 AIA CES continuing education requirement. The requirement is 18 learning units of which 8 need to be health, safety, welfare. The 9-month grace period to complete the 2006 AIA CES continuing education requirement ends September 30, 2007.
The members on the Early Reminder List will receive a message via email. Also, I will coordinate with local components to make sure that all members on that list are contacted. To ensure accuracy of communication, please verify your email address by emailing the AIA Infocentral at infocentral@aia.org. For more information about AIA CES policies, just visit the FAQs.
Providers, are you aware that you may utilize the AIA/CES logo on your company website to validate and promote your educational activities? You can access the logo on the providers website under forms/logos.
Just a friendly reminder the use of the AIA official red inked logo is prohibited.
AIA/CES does not "accredit" activities. As an AIA/CES provider you "register" your educational activities with us. Please check your promotional materials and your website, if you currently refer to AIA/CES activities as "accredited" please change it.
Are you overlooking your QA slides? are you skimming or just bypassing them all together? Consider it as part of your housekeeping notes. Remember it is required that you inform your audience of the QA slides it is due diligence and should be a part of your presentation. It validates your presentation and you as an AIA/CES provider.
Would you like to "tout" your organization as being above the curve with its AIA/CES Educational activities? Then consider the AIA/CES Award for Excellence. Here is a perfect opportunity for you to display your organization's strengths as a provider. Here is a perfect opportunity to assess your strengths and weaknesses. Here is a perfect opportunity to set yourself apart from the crowd! Take the challenge and showcase your organization. For information on how to apply, go to our website www.aia.org under education/providers, (see link below). Here is your Opportunity, knocking at your door!
http://www.aia.org/ces2_template.cfm?pagename=conted%5Fcesawards
If you are interested in providing continuing education using cutting edge delivery methods, you may want to consider attending the 4th Annual Podcast and New Media Expo next year in Las Vegas.
Note- 1 contact hour equals 60 minutes of instruction- NO EXCEPTIONS
Breaks are not included in the 60 minute requirement.
Each speaker should have learning objectives and should make the Q/A disclosure before their presentation. Slide presentations are to be free of company specific logos.
Concurrent sessions are ideal for conferences occuring over several days. And again, each session should have identifiable goals and disclosures.
Still unsure? Review and download the Provider Conferences and Conventions Manual from our website http://www.aia.org/SiteObjects/files/ces_conventionmanualpdf.pdf
(Be prepared with all of your information!) Once you start the payment process you must complete the process. If you leave the site without entering complete information you will blocked from re-entering the Verisign payment site.
Make sure you hit the SUBMIT BUTTON! You will be sent a Confirmation Email with your new password for 2008! If you have any problems please email Bryan Miller.
Thank you for being part of AIA/CES. We appreciate your continued interest in the AIA/CES Registered Provider Program and look forward to welcoming you back in 2008!
The AIA/CES office in conjunction with the AIA/CES Records office in Oklahoma continues to monitor and audit CES Providers and their continuing education programs. This is an ongoing effort to improve the quality of programming in every Provider category. Click here to review the 2007 CES Provider Audit Guide. Email Debra Grandy for details.
Official CES audits conducted in September
Administrative Audits - 9
9- Members reporting provider failed to report credit
Program Content - 1
1- Past provider advertising misleading information regarding registered status
Program Deliver Audits - 5
1- Provider non-compliant with required number of learning units
4- Observations during AIA Component Conference
Full Audit Review - 8 (Ongoing)
2- Providers using proprietary information in presentation under full review
4- Providers failing to use Q/A slides along with proprietary information
2- Presenters giving product specific presentations with proprietary information
Recent On-Site Provider Audits - 9
NOTE: The AIA/CES held the first training program for Providers Auditors at the AIA San Fernando, CA in September.
Ed Mazria, FAIA, founder of Architecture 2030, held his second Web conference “teach in” January 30. His message is constant even as the global atmospheric ppm of carbon dioxide, temperatures, and sea levels rise. Stop burning coal and start converting to solar and other renewable power sources, he says. Even if you are on board, do you think there can be a real shift to wind power, or is he tilting at windmills? For more information, please view the full AIArchitect blog.
As providers how are you changing your programs in content and delivery to reflect the Architecture 2030 challenge?
If you think that iPods are used just for listening to music, you obviously haven’t been keeping up with the latest technology The Apple-developed music player now features all kinds of accessories to help you study better, and now other companies are in a rush to get their designs in sync with the iPod. Pre-teens, college kids and even adults are taking advantage of the educational benefits an iPod affords them. From downloadable podcasts to just-for-iPod study guides and applications, learning on the go has never been easier. To find out about the many different ways you can transform your iPod into a learning device, check out our list below. For more information, read the full article from The Best Article Every Day.
Have you formatted courses to reflect this change in course delivery options?
(Washington, D.C. - March 31, 2008) To further protect children from exposure to lead-based paint, EPA is issuing new rules for contractors who renovate or repair housing, child-care facilities or schools built before 1978. Under the new rules, workers must follow lead-safe work practice standards to reduce potential exposure to dangerous levels of lead during renovation and repair activities.
"While there has been a dramatic decrease over the last two decades in the number of children affected by lead-poisoning, EPA is continuing its efforts to take on this preventable disease," said James Gulliford, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. "Today's new rules will require contractors to be trained and to follow simple but effective lead-safe work practices to protect children from dangerous levels of lead." For the full article please visit the US EPA.
For providers of continuing education regarding paint, what courses can you offer to educate the design industry of this news?
From the AIA North Carolina website:
Exhibitors and Sponsors - Join AIA North Carolina for the 2008 Design Conference in Charlotte! Click the "register now" button above to view the exhibit hall layout and make your selections! ONLY THREE BOTHS REMAINING! SUITES ARE SOLD OUT! ONCE BOOTHS SELL OUT, SPONSORSHIPS HIGHLIGHTED BELOW WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE!
Booths - $1000 (10' x10' Booth)
$5000 sponsorships - SOLD OUT!!!
$2500 sponsorships - Design Awards Video, Design Awards Wines
$1500 sponsorships - Large Breaks
$750 sponsorships - Coffee Breaks - SOLD OUT!!!
$500 CE Seminar sponsorships (1.5 hour)
SUITE Sponsorships - New for 2008! Buy a booth - and for an additional $1500, sponsor a whole Suite! Members will have seating in your suite, and you will be able to decorate your 10' x 20' space any way you'd like! Your suite will also feature a special catering item, provided by AIA NC (Ice cream...popcorn...cookies...nachos...or some other delicious treat!) You'll be sure to attract attention! There are only 6 Suites, so get yours early! You'll receive an additional conference registration (for a total of three complimentary registrations!) and special designation in the on-site program. SOLD OUT! THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SUITE SPONSORS!
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