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Latest Edition: ASID CT Design Times News |
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ASID CT Annual Meeting: September 15 at Ambler Farm |
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This year’s annual
“passing of the gavel,” from current President Donna
Straat, ASID, to President-elect Jason Landau, ASID,
occurs Wednesday September 15th, 6-9 p.m., at Ambler
Farm in Wilton. Invites requiring an RSVP will be
emailed soon.
The current Board unanimously chose
to revisit the 2009 site and to repeat that format:
hayrides; beer and wine; and food courtesy of the
Big Green Truck, a mobile, pizza-producing
phenomenon. Big Green’s gelato provides a sweet finale.
This celebratory gathering wraps up Straat’s service
to the chapter and that of
Allied Member Amy Bryant
Eisenberg, Member-at- |
Large Director. Landau will step
up and introduce the new Board.
When: Wednesday,
September 15, 2010, 6-9 p.m.
Where:
Ambler Farm , 257 Hurlbutt St., Wilton, CT 06897
RSVP Today!
Click here |
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ASID needs members to host shadow days
during RealWorld DesignWeek, the Society’s
premier job shadowing program!
During
RealWorld DesignWeek, November 7 – 13, 2010*,
ASID student members nationwide will participate
in one-day shadow experiences with ASID
professional and allied members, as well as
Industry Partner representatives, on site at
work locations. The goal is for students to
observe a typical day in the life of a design
professional and experience the interior design
practice outside of the classroom.
The
benefits to professionals and chapters are
numerous, including:
Designers and industry
partners
• Make a positive change in an
aspiring designer’s life in just one day
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Help to sustain and advance the interior design
profession
• Find a skilled intern or entry
level designer to alleviate some of your work
load
• Learn progressive design skills and
approaches from your student
ASID
chapters
• Increase student and emerging
professional recruitment and retention rates
• Improve relations between professionals and
students in your chapter
• Invest in your
students and ensure strong chapter leadership in
the future
“Something I think is
important for practitioners to understand is how
easy it is to work a student visit into your
schedule. I’ve found that students just want to
see and experience what you are doing on a
minute-by-minute, day-to-day basis. They want to
understand a little bit better what a firm
accomplishes in a day or a week or a month, and
any insight we can give them into that process
is very welcome and appreciated. The nice thing
is that being a mentor isn’t a difficult thing.
You don’t have to plan every moment of an
activity, it is really just giving students a
window into your day as an interior designer”
-Deborah Lloyd Forrest, FASID, 2009
RealWorld DesignWeek Participant
Hosting
a shadow day is easy! Here are some tips as to
what you can share with a student:
• Attend
client meetings
• Attend team meetings
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Attend vendor meetings
• Visit design center
• Visit past projects
• Explore library
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Explain bookkeeping
• Review client binders
and/or contracts
• Visit construction sites
• Review student’s resume and/or portfolio
•
Demo CAD, Revit, SketchUp or other software
programs
• Demo rendering
Register
Today!
RealWorld DesignWeek registration for
shadow day hosts is currently open online. For
more information on this program and how to
register, visit
www.asid.org/rwdw.
Shadow Day Host Award Drawing!
• All practitioners who participate in RWDW
in 2010 will be entered into a drawing to win an
iPad. Two iPads will be awarded.
• A
practitioner participant’s name will be entered
into the drawing for each shadow day they
register to host—so hosting more than one shadow
day increases chances of winning.
Thank
you in advance for your support of RealWorld
DesignWeek! Please contact
rwdw@asid.org with
any questions about this program.
*Members unable to commit time during RealWorld
DesignWeek are encouraged to host shadow days
between the grace period of October 1 – November
30, 2010. |
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