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A holiday note from yourChapter Leaders
November 2013 ASID Michigan Newsletter
Heres whats happening or our ASID members in the near uture.
December 6, 2013,we are having our Holiday Hoedown Party starting
at Inala Roofing Systems in Au-burn Hills and ending at oby Keiths.
It will be a great time to network, have a blastwith your peers and
industry partners. I hope to meet a lot o you please look orme, and
introduce yourselves. I am happy to introduce you to others i you
dont know
anyone.Also, the ASID Board members are going to be e-mailing
and calling our industrypartners about our GREA new Sponsorship
Program. I you are an Industry Partnerand want to take advantage o
this opportunity beore the end o the year, you do nothave to wait
or us to call. You can call the office or the inormation to invest
with usand get your name out there to our membership o over 400. We
want to meet andwork with you!Happy Holidays to all!- Cricket
Brown
Your Chapter Needs YOU!
Introducing the NEW2014 ASID Michigan Chapter Annual Sponsorship
Program
Te Annual Sponsorship Program was developed to address the issue
o needing additional unding or the Michi-gan Chapter to augment the
unding that comes rom ASID National through membership dues. In CLC
discus-sions over the past ew years, the chapters that took this
approach ound it to be very successul.It is part o our Chapters
Strategic Plan and is being rolled out now because the timing or
companies to developbudgets is typically in the late all.
Annual Sponsors can be companies or individuals. We are giving
discounts to Industry Partners and the amount othe discount is the
amount to become an Industry Partner. So, we are hoping we may also
add some new IndustryPartners to our Chapter as well.
Please take a look at the Sponsorship Program and think about
colleagues, vendors, contractors or anyone whomight benefit rom a
strong relationship with Michigan Interior Designers. It really is
a GREA opportunity! Iyou have someone in mind to contact, please
reach out to either Debbie Gonzalez (248-649-6770/[email protected])
or Suzanne Buckley (586-383-3656/[email protected] ) or
urther inormation including the Applica-
tion Forms. While this is an ongoing effort, the benefits apply
or the 2014 Calendar year so sign-up timing by theend o the year is
a actor.
Te sposorship package can be ound at this web
address:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8iu-qKI52iCY3d1ajM0OGlZOVk/edit?usp=sharingOr
via our Facebook Page: https://www.acebook.com/ASIDMI
Te Holiday Season is Here! While this time o year brings
celebration, good ood & cheer, it also provides an op-portunity
to reflect on the New Year ahead and the proessional goals that
will make it more successul than theprevious year.As many o you
know, beginning January 2014, ASID members will be required to
complete 10 CEU credits everytwo years. Tis is a noticeable
increase rom previous years. And while we will be doing our very
best to providebeneficial learning opportunities on the local
level, ASID national can also serve as a highly valuable resource
tomake this happen or you.Heres the scoop on CEUs and an overview o
what ASID national can offer:Te ASID Board o Directors approved an
increase o required CEUs or all members in the Allied,
Proessionaland Associate categories. Currently, ASID has the lowest
CEU requirement (0.6) among the organizations repre-senting the
built environment. Raising CEU requirements brings ASID in line
with its industry peers and expandsmember knowledge. Tis member
requirement strengthens the interior design proession by improving
individualattitudes, competencies, knowledge and skills in subject
areas essential to the growth and success o the industry.Effective
Jan. 1, 2014, the CEU requirement will increase rom 0.6 to 1.0
(i.e., 10 hours). Note that this does not a-ect the current
reporting period, requiring 0.6 CEUs by Dec. 31, 2013. Te first
reporting period with the new 1.0CEU requirement will begin January
1, 2014 and end on Dec. 31, 2015.ASID is also expanding eligible
CEUs making it easier to reach 1.0. Approved CEUs such as webinars
and chapterevents will continue, with the addition o activities
such as authoring a book or article, keynote speaking engage-ments,
receiving tenure and more.Practitioner members (proessional,
allied, associate members) o the Society will be required to
complete 10 con-tact hours o continuing education coursework every
two years. o qualiy, coursework must be taken rom anapproved
provider such as:IDCECState Regulatory BoardCIDA-accredited
college/university
You can also take online courses or credit at anytime at ASID
UNi - www.asiduni.org or visit the IDCEC websiteand click on Events
Calendar. ASID-UNi offers dozens o tailored, interactive e-learning
solutions or practitionerand Industry Partner members and is
designed specifically or the interior design industry. It offers
IDCEC ap-proved CEUs online 24-7 aimed at some o interior designs
most pressing health saety, welare and general prac-tice issues. ap
into the ASID Web Events or live and on-demand webinars that are
convenient, affordable and easyto access while never leaving the
comorts o your home or office.Another valuable resource are the
courses offered under ASIDs new Business Strategies curriculum
designed toprovide our members with the tools and knowledge needed
to succeed in todays competitive marketplace.Te ASID Business
Strategies courses each provide 0.1 o IDCEC-approved credit per
hour. Current topics includeFinance 101 or Interior Design
Businesses, Sustainability Action Plan, Business Ethics and
Principles and more.Visit www.asid.org/businessstrategies or more
inormation.And in the meantime, as always, please contact me with
ideas about the kind o proessional development youwould like to see
offered, including topics, tours, and speakers. Tis is your society
lets make it work or you!
Cynthia A. Hahn, Allied ASIDK o l p & H a h n D e s i g n F
i r [email protected]
Allow me to introduce mysel, my name is Brittany Walsh, I am
your CommunicationsDirector or 2014-2015. I am a airly recent grad
rom Michigan State University witha degree in Interior Design and I
have a passion or getting more people involved inour local chapter
o ASID.I've witnessed some o the exciting changes within the realm
o getting inormationto our members and plan to build on those in
the next ew years. One o my goals isto incorporate more use o
social media to engage our members o all ages but espe-cially our
student members who get 90% o their inormation rom their Facebookor
witter eeds. Another goal is to invigorate our publications,
whether they be thisvery newsletter or invitations to ASID events.
I believe that having an attractive firstimpression in these
various outlets will grow our membership and encourage
partici-pation in events throughout the year.Keep your eyes peeled
or resh new ASID publication designs in your inbox and mail-boxes
throughout the year! Also look orward to a more active Facebook and
witter
page with help rom a social media team that I am building as we
speak.I you would like to help with social media posts, have an eye
or graphic design or aknack or writing articles or the newsletter
let me know by emailing me [email protected] and I might have a
great way or you to get involved in ourchapter.Have a wonderul
holiday season!- Brittany Walsh
From your President...
From your Professional Development Director...
From your Communications Director...
A word about our new Sponsorhsip Program from Suzanne
Buckley...
The rest of your current Board...At-Large Board Member
Janice KitchenLEED AP [email protected]
I am pursuing annual chap-ter sponsors at all levels.Our new
annual sponsor-ship program is an affordableand easy way to market
yourcompany with designers.
Financial DirectorRobert [email protected]
Student Representativeto the BoardElizabeth
[email protected]
President ElectCynthia H. [email protected]
ASID Michigan Chapter Office1700 Stutz Drive, Suite # 102-E
roy, MI 48084-4502
el: 248.649.6770Fax: 248.649.2007
[email protected]
Youre invited to our 2013 Holiday Party...
From your Membership Director...It is hard to believe 2013 is
coming to an end. I have thoroughly enjoyed my first yearas your
Membership Director. I would like to conclude the year with
highlights romthis years Membership Survey.We recognize the
importance o CEUs or our members. Tere will be specific ocuson
product inormation and specification and sustainable design. Dates
and times will
be appear in uture emails.Have you checked out our website
recently? Our site is regularly updated with upcom-ing events,
educational opportunities, design competitions and NCIDQ exam
dates.Industry Partners and Sponsors are also eatured. We
appreciate their support o ASID,so be sure to call them or your
next project!Our members are ready to volunteer! Many expressed a
willingness to get more in-volved with our local chapter. Look or
emails about ways you can help, whether it be4 hours or 24 hours,
we need your time and talent.I you havent been to an ASID event
recently, dont worry, you have one more chancethis year. Come
network with peers at our annual Holiday Party on December 6throm
5-9pm. Hope to see you there. o register or this event or any other
event, visit
www.asidmi.org.
May the spirit o the holidays warm your heart and your
homeColleen Moscone
