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Deadline Today: Spring Conference Speaker Applications
AACS is looking for speakers for the upcoming Spring Operations Conference (May 2–5, Phoenix, AZ). You have until end of day TODAY to apply and we’re looking for specific topics to be presented to beauty school owners, admissions staff and financial aid. Click here for the speaker application. AACS is also looking for professionals in multiple fields (marketing, admissions, website development, owning a school and more) to be "Experts" in our Expert One-on-One Lounge. Click here for the expert application.

Deadline Two Weeks: Apply to be a CEA Speaker
The CEA Committee is looking for speakers for the CEA Annual Convention (July 25–28, Ft. Lauderdale, FL). They are looking for sessions ranging from motivational to technical to methodology. The audience is purely beauty and wellness school educators—so sessions should be geared toward teachers and should not contain product selling. Click here for the application. Submissions will be accepted until February 12.

Beauty Change Lives

Admissions: Join Beauty Changes Lives for Scholarship Webinar

Join us Thursday, February 6 at 1 p.m. EST to learn about scholarships for your students!

It’s a new year and Beauty Changes Lives is dedicated to changing the lives of aspiring individuals looking to get into the beauty and wellness industry. Learn about 2014 scholarships available to your prospective students through the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation.

We’ll discuss our upcoming opportunities, which include scholarship opportunities for Massage, Nail and Cosmetology tuition, as well as Advanced Education for licensed cosmetologists. We’ll give you all the tools you need, including marketing materials, to help you promote these amazing opportunities, and a chance to ask any questions you might have.

Beauty Changes Lives has had the privilege of awarding 56 winners with tuition for their beauty and wellness education. We look forward to adding your students to our list of awarded individuals. Don’t miss this exciting webinar! Click here to register.

PR Tips

Engage Site Visitors via Online Quizzes

Quizzes are a great tool for building online visitors’ engagement. This Seventeen.com quiz allows respondents to find out what beauty career is best for them based on their quiz answers: You don’t need a sophisticated algorithm to generate respondents’ results. Your site can suggest jobs based on the majority of answers a respondent provides (i.e., "you answered mostly "Bs" – your answers indicate you’re well suited to a career as a hairstylist).

BeautyLink Magazine

An-Audit Ready Mentality: Surviving On-Site Visits & Federal Reviews

Ongoing compliance with oversight standards is critical to maintaining a level of excellence in your school and getting through a variety of audits and reviews with success. It is essential to develop and integrate an "audit-ready" mentality as a function of your school’s normal daily routine. By planning and implementing strategies for avoiding non-compliance, your institution can focus on continued success in all operational areas with the confidence that all compliance issues and statistical data are current and readily available when needed. Click here to read this article by Letha Barnes.

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