Walk the red carpet at Premiere Orlando, June 3-5, 2017 at the Orange County Convention Center. Get access to over 600+ complimentary classes and the largest exhibit floor in the industry with more than 800 exhibitors. There are only two weeks left, register today! Show Passes are available exclusively to beauty professionals and industry students.

For more than 20 years, educators from around the nation turn the tables each summer and go from teacher to student at the CEA Annual Convention. And back by popular demand, this year’s convention includes the addition of an Admissions and Marketing track, making it the CEA & AMP Annual Convention. Refuel your passion with innovative workshops and presentations on classroom methodology, admissions and marketing.

Since its launch, live streaming video has grown in popularity, with 16 percent of marketers broadcasting it in 2016. Facebook Live is particularly popular – videos see 3X the engagement of traditional videos shared on the platforms, and millions of users live stream on Facebook around the world. 

Use this step-by-step guide from HubSpot to walk through how to broadcast on Facebook Live, how to analyze your live video's performance, and several tips and tricks for getting the most out of the platform. 

In addition to serving as Director – Wella Global Education Academy Dean, legendary hairstylist Stephen Moody serves as a Beauty Changes Lives scholarship judge.  Stephen and other judges will share tips for wowing scholarship judges in the next issue of Beauty Link. In the meantime, below is a sneak preview of some of Stephen’s favorite tips. Please share his tips with your school’s students.

1. Apply! You cannot win the lottery without buying a ticket so enter scholarship competitions.

2. Get visual. Use photos and videos to express your story instead of an essay.

3. Read the rules. Understand the criteria and focus your application tightly on these criteria.

6. Check out previous winners’ submissions. Examples of previous winners’ submissions are online here.

In Oregon, the Senate passed HB 2314 last week by a vote of 22 to 8.  The bill, which has been sent to Governor Kate Brown (D), deletes the state’s minimum hour training requirements for hair design, barbering, esthetics, and nail technology from law.  Instead, it will require "schools to teach, and require for graduation from the school, courses that meet minimum hourly training requirement or student proficiency-based training requirement standards set by the commission by rule."     

Read more about this bill and more in this week’s AACS State Relations Update.

Learn how to create an award-winning photo shoot on a budget! Everything from the makeup to the lighting has an impact on how successful the photo shoot will be. Eric Fisher from Prosper U will give you great tips on how to achieve the perfect photos for a stellar portfolio.

With constantly changing state and federal regulations, economic pressures, disruptive technology and the rise of non-traditional learners, would you agree that the higher education sector is being challenged like never before?  AACS Online Training Center stands by ready to equip your employees with the training required to raise your institutional performance levels in all areas.