From Practice Partners, Individuals, and the AIA

Architect's Essentials of Professional Development by Jean R. Valence
Architect's Essentials of Professional Development provides concise, how-to guidelines for establishing a proprietary professional development program for design firms and individual professionals dedicated to leadership in the marketplace. A national expert offers advice for planning, designing, and assessing a continuing skill-building program, including three practice-friendly approaches: training, lessons learned, and mentoring. Customizing programs to meet the needs of your firm is easy with a broad range of best practices from large and small firms and with useful pedagogical materials, such as worksheets, questionnaires, and assessment forms.

Architect's Essentials of Professional Development is a versatile and powerful resource for design firms of all specialties. ISBN: 0-471-23691-8, Paperback, 272 pages, July 2003.

Nine Shift by Julie Coates and Wm. Draves
In just twenty years, between 2000 and 2020, some 75% of our lives will change dramatically. We know this because it happened once before. Between 1900 and 1920, life changed. Nine Shift explores the uncanny parallels between today and 100 years ago, examining the changes between the two transition periods and the forces that restructure society in the new economic era. Discover each of the major nine shifts currently taking place and find out the implications of each shift for business and work, life and education.

Nine Shift is a business book. It describes how your own work organization should change and transition into the Internet Age in order to remain viable and successful. The book is also a self-help guide to help you in your personal and emotional journey through the current period of uncertainty and ambiguity.

Come explore the excitement of the 21st century with us. Welcome to our story. Welcome to Nine Shift. ISBN: 1-57722-030-7, $25.00, order by website.

Proving Your Worth By Dave Jennings, CAE
ASAE Professional Development Forum Online, November 2001.
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The Relationship between Business Planning, Professional Development and Learning by Sonja Winburn, SPHR (As published in ASAE Online Newsletter Fall, 2001)
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Mentoring Interns: A Firm Commitment by Jonathan Kanda, AIA; Jeffery DeGregorio, Assoc. AIA; George Takoudes, AIA. (Payette Associates, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002 IDP Outstanding Firm Award)
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