Happy 4th of July – The beginning of a new era, for AIBD.

Executive Director Steve Mickley provides an update on AIBD 2020/2021 fiscal year, as well as looking to the future.

 

Each year, the world is invited to help choose the ARDA Global Choice Award winner.

 

Mark your calendar and set aside a few moments to vote for your favorite. Then make plans to be on hand when we announce the winner at the AIBD Awards Gala on July 31, 2021, at the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

 

Voting ends at 8:00 pm MT, during the ARDA Awards Gala, in Colorado Springs, CO.

 

*You must have a LinkedIn, Facebook, or Google account to vote.

July 7, 2021, is the deadline to submit your nominations for the Board of Directors.

 

July 21, 2021, is the deadline to submit your application to serve on the National Council of Building Designer Certification.

Visit AIBD.org/boardform to view our current slate of officers and directors and submit a nomination for the BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

And visit AIBD.org/councilform to apply for membership on the NCBDC. There is a maximum of 18 seats open each year, and Council Members must apply every year.

Would you enjoy getting a short email from me (Steve Mickley) every Friday that provides a little morsel of fun before the weekend?

 

4x Friday is a concise email I send out with four of the coolest things I’ve found, learned, or experienced that week.

It could include new products, ideas, tips, articles, hacks, and tricks.

 

It’s concise. A tiny bite of goodness before you head off for the weekend.

Making a bigger impact on our industry, year over year!

 

THREE more CPBDs joined the ranks the last week of June…YEAH!! 👏💪

AIBD HAS SET A NEW RECORD for the number of new CPBDs within a fiscal year. 🎉🙌

 

Attend the AIBD’s Design & Build Summer Conference in person and/or virtually on July 30, 2021.

 

AIBD.org/SummerConference

The Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs is open (with some minor limitations) and wired for virtual paired events. Call the hotel to make your reservation and lock in your $159 room rate – (719) 955-5600 (48-hour cancellations)

The deadline for reserving your room is July 5th.

Be informed about all AIBD events at AIBD.org/events.

 

Here’s a quick list of what’s happening this week.

July 5 – NCBDC Executive Committee meeting
(4:30 pm ET/3:30 CT/2:30 MT/1:30 PT)

July 7 – AIBD Board of Directors meeting
(4:00 pm ET/3:00 CT/2:00 MT/1:00 PT)

July 9 – AIBD, Coffee With Bernie
(10:00 am ET/9:00 CT/8:00 MT/7:00 PT)

July 9 – AIBD, Southeast Texas Chapter
(12:30 pm ET/11:30 am CT/10:30 MT/9:300 PT) 

A library of training videos provided by the Certified Training Institute (CTI), one of our newest CE Providers, now lives on AIBD.org.   

 

Each of the 25+ hours of training is identified and arranged according to the associated areas of knowledge and skills, according to the AIBD’s Building Designer Job Task Analysis (JTA), which is found on pages 39-43 in the CPBD Candidate Handbook.

 

There are four knowledge areas identified in the JTA – Business Administration, Business Practices, Design Process, and Building Design.

 

The new Certified Training Institute webpage currently includes instruction in only the first domain – Business Admin. But rather than waiting until all 56 CTI classes are uploaded, we’ll announce each of the parts as they go live (about two weeks apart).

 

Thanks to CTI, everyone wishing to become better skilled at their craft will have specialized training access.

 

Whether you’re a CPBD looking for approved Primary CEs, you’re preparing yourself for the CPBD exam, or you want to be the best you can be at what you do, bookmark AIBD.org/onlineCTI.

We’ve increased the discount available to AIBD members when registering for on-demand online education at AIBD.org/continuing-education. The normal price for a one-hour course is $50, and rather than AIBD members paying $35, that figure has been reduced to $21. That’s a $29 savings on each course. 

 

We said 60% off; it’s actually 58%, we rounded up.

One course per month (with a month or two off) means you’ve paid for your annual membership and more.

There are three ways to get ahold of the discount code.

The AIBD has ad space available in this weekly e-newsletter, Monday Minute.

 

We are also filling the 2021 dedicated blast schedule. A dedicated blast is an email exclusively dedicated to your company and a message sent to over 8,400 AIBD subscribers.

Availability is limited and sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Kathy Dowdy, Account Manager (kdowdy@associationrevenuepartners.com), if you have any questions or if you’d like to secure your campaign.

Listen to the AIBD podcast, Let’s Talk Certification, on iHeartRADIO, a free broadcast, podcast, and streaming radio platform founded in 2008.

 

Thanks to the work of AIBD Communications Director, Garrett Mickley, ten episodes are currently available featuring Sam Morgan, Jeremy Farner, Brendan Smythe, Miguel Villalobos Sandoval, Casey Thompson, Kristen Kaiser, Pamela Macior, Dan Turner, Larry Stephenson, Past AIBD President, David Pillsbury, and AIBD Certification Director, Rusty Hudnet.

If you’re interested in becoming a building designer, want to earn your CPBD designation, or want to hear some great career advice, join in the second Tuesday of each month to meet guests who have completed or are currently on their journeys to becoming a CPBD.

Set up a Job Alert to have relevant newly posted jobs sent directly to your inbox and be the first to see and apply to those open opportunities. 

 

An uploaded resume in your job seeker account makes applying quick and easy.