With an email distribution of nearly half a million subscribers, AACS gained national attention yesterday on Oprah.com when CEA Chair Carol Woodard was quoted in an article entitled, "7 Items Every Woman Should Get Rid of (But Doesn’t)." Read the article, and skip to number five to see Carol’s great beauty tip!

The Career Educators Alliance (CEA) will be holding two-day workshops in five different cities throughout 2014.

1. Kansas City, MO (January 27-28)
2. Atlanta, GA (February 24-25)
3. Denver, CO (March 17-18)
4. Philadelphia, PA (April 14-15)
5. Chicago, IL (May 19-20)

 For more information on these CEA Regional Events, click here.

• ISSE – Get discounted tickets for your students and instructors to the International Salon & Spa Expo, January 25-27, in Long Beach, CA. Return the completed order form and payment to: Ms. Chris Kline, Manager, Event Operations, Professional Beauty Association, 15825 N. 71st Street, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 -OR- fax to 480.905.0708 -OR- email to ckline@probeauty.org (please note that full payment must accompany the order form).
• Spring Operations Conference – Join us May 2-5 in Phoenix, AZ. Included in the educational sessions, Spring will offer a variety of one-on-one opportunities for you and your staff to meet with an expert in different fields (like marketing, website development, admissions, management, etc.). This year’s conference will also include an extensive financial aid track.
• CEA Annual Convention – The nation’s largest beauty school educator convention is back! With three days packed full of educational sessions, receptions and networking opportunities, educators from across the country will gather in Ft. Lauderdale, July 25-28 for this annual event.
• AACS Annual Convention & Expo – Wrap up 2014 by joining owners, directors and admissions staff in Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 14-17. You’ll hear government updates, tips to run your school smoothly and increase enrollment.

 

• The Beauty Changes Lives | CND | Tippi Hedren Nail Scholarship Competition is open to students not active in a nail program prior to January 1, 2014. This scholarship will award 10 new/prospective students full tuition (up to $5,000) to attend an AACS member school. This competition is open Jan. 1 – March 10.
• Round 3, Vidal Sassoon Scholarship Competition – Basic is open to cosmetology students not active in a program prior to January 28, 2014. This scholarship will award 10 new/prospective students half of their cosmetology tuition (up to $10,000) to attend an AACS member school. This competition is open Jan. 28 – April 1.
• Round 3, Vidal Sassoon Scholarship Competition – Advanced is open to licensed cosmetologists (this includes your staff members who are licensed!). This competition will award 10 entrants a 5-day course at Sassoon Academy with travel (up to $5,000). This competition is open Jan. 28 – April 1.

To learn more about these scholarships, visit www.beautychangeslives.org. You can also access marketing material (including flyers) on the website for these competitions to promote at your school.

Start planning now to connect with school counselors during National School Counseling Week, February 3-7. You might drop off cookies and a certificate of appreciation (click here for a generic template), or better yet, invite counselors to indulge in a Guidance Counselor Spa Day all week long.  

Do you have a boss who is younger than you? Seasoned professionals are slowly seeing themselves replaced by "Millennials"—those in their 20s and early 30s. Companies are starting to see their high skill set and Millennials are finding themselves in positions that others in the past would have had to work 20 years to get to. If you find yourself working for someone from this generation, here are some tips from Forbes.com to understand their perspective and expectations.