We are re-imagining what's possible! Where has our industry been, and where is it going? What is possible today, and what should tomorrow look like? The Annual Committee is looking for dynamic speakers for this year’s Convention in Las Vegas, NV October 20-23, 2017. If you have a bright new perspective, a fresh approach that could be implemented in a school in order to make it soar, we would love to hear from you.  

Please complete the application form by tomorrow August 4, 2017 to be considered as a speaker at the AACS Annual Convention. Apply today!

Last year over 50 different cosmetology schools were recognized at the AACS Annual Convention and their achievements were highlighted across Modern Salon Media—including Modern Salon and Salon Today magazines, ModernSalon.com, SalonToday.com, our e-letters and our social media platforms—as part of the "Excellence in Education" program. You can take advantage of this unique opportunity to celebrate what makes your school really special. Enter any of several categories – from School Culture, Facilities, Use of Technology, and more! All entries are due by August 31st.

Please visit modernsalon.com/excellence for full details and to enter online.

The middle-ground has all but dissolved, leaving you in one of two positions: among the leading few or mediocre many. Your relationship with technology will either facilitate unthinkable opportunity and growth or keep you on the wrong side of average. As Cal Newport has said in his book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World:

 

 

Success has never been so attainable, thus making many of us spoiled and lazy. Benjamin P. Hardy of Thrive Global offers eight strategies intended to shake up your approach, challenging you to work and live at a higher and more conscious level. Check them out here. 

In Arizona, the July 14th issue of state’s Administrative Register includes a notice of proposed rule-making to implement SB 1130. This bill, signed into law in March, establishes a 1,000-hour hairstylist license. It also reduces the number of training hours required for cosmetology instructors from 650 to 350, and aesthetics instructors from 500 to 350.  

The proposed rule revises the training requirements for aesthetics, cosmetology, hairstyling, or nail technology instructors by eliminating defined hour requirements for "orientation and Arizona laws and rules, "theory, preparation, and practice curriculum development," and "classroom and clinic oversight."