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Protect your profits, enhance firm growth
AIA Trust Week 2024 is an opportunity to learn about the complimentary risk management benefits available to you and your firm. Learn how to register and earn up to 15 FREE continuing education units.
Whether you’re starting a firm, volunteering your design services, or planning for retirement, the AIA Trust offers a portfolio of risk management solutions and resources designed to help AIA members succeed. Often called “the best kept secret at AIA,” the AIA Trust has been a benefit to members since the 1950s. During AIA Trust Week 2024, from September 23-27, AIA members can take advantage of twice daily webinars and learn from expert speakers on how to grow and protect their business and earnings, plus learn about member benefits available to you before open enrollment begins.
Three reasons to take part in AIA Trust Week 2024
- Protect your profits.
Stephen B. Dunbar III, JD, CLU of Equitible will discuss Business killers an interactive webinar about the six common mistakes that could be eroding the value of your practice. For architects nearing retirement, Jonathan C. Shoemaker, Esq. and Taylor T. Dolan, Esq. of Lee/Shoemaker will offer the Master Planning Your Succession Strategy webinar. This session will review the different types of succession plans implemented by design firms, demystify the vocabulary used by lawyers, CPAs, and business advisors associated with transition planning, highlight the regulatory and licensure challenges unique to the design industry, and identify strategies to be considered when developing a succession plan for an architectural practice.
- Enhance firm growth.
Whether your plans include launching your own practice or growing the business you have built. Sessions like Starting your own firm, with speakers Al Rubeling, Jr., FAIA, and Brad Benjamin, AIA, and Running Your Firm, led by Amy Slattery, AIA, Hugh Hochberg, AIA, and Jane Walton, will offer insights on leading your firm in a proactive, productive, and purposeful way. Speaker Michael Murphy of Gallagher Affinity will lead a discussion on Selecting benefits for you and your firm to help you offer competitive employee benefits to attract top talent and keep the high performers you already have. Peter L. Stacy, Esq. of LegaLine will outline Pitfalls of the profession.
- Earn FREE Continuing Education
During AIA Trust Week, each of the 10 free webinar courses counts for 1.5 AIA CEU.
Register here for all AIA Trust Week seminars.