You know the exceptional things your school is doing, and being recognized by Modern Salon isn’t only an honor, but a unique validation and recruitment tool as well. Schools will be recognized in the following categories: School Culture, Community Involvement, Facilities, Alumni & Advanced Education Programs, Placement, Technology, Marketing and Beauty Changes Lives / Industry Leadership. All honorees will receive a promotional kit including your certificate, a customized press release, an EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION honoree logo and information on how to link to your recognition on ModernSalon.com. Apply by August 29. Click here for more information.

If you attended last month’s free AACS/Beauty Schools Marketing Group webinar on managing your school’s online reputation, then you know the great information that was shared. For those who missed it, here is a copy of the webinar PowerPoint presentation and you can click here to listen to the recorded version of the webinar. We had some great questions from different schools, and Micah Pratt with BSMG gave some fantastic insight on how to handle negative reviews, increase positive ones and some quick takeaways to managing your online presence.

Can’t make it to the entire convention? It’s the perfect opportunity for educators to purchase 1-day passes to the CEA Annual Convention—the largest cosmetology educators convention in the nation. Although you can still register for the full event, which is July 25-28, we’re offering you Saturday-Only or Sunday-Only passes at $149 for those who can't commit to staying three or four days. REGISTER NOW.

At this year’s AACS Annual Convention, November 14–17, we’ll be celebrating 90 years of representing beauty and wellness education. Do you have pics from your school or company that date WAY back? How about old commercials, ads or even pics of you at an AACS event from years ago? We want to share them with our attendees throughout the convention. Be sure to include dates! We’ll give $100 cash to the person who sends the OLDEST photo. And just to make it even more fun, we’ll give $100 to the best photo voted by our membership. What are you waiting for? Get digging in your files, scan some pics and email to jenn@beautyschools.org. 

The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that "back to school" time is the second-biggest shopping season of the year. With so many teens in shopping mode, many malls sponsor back-to-school events, including exhibit opportunities for non-tenants. Contact your mall’s management office to learn about back-to-school sponsorships, and don’t forget to include digital/mobile tactics in your back-to-school season marketing. 

Do you ever find yourself losing your cool or having a short temper at work? It happens to even the best CEOs of big corporations, but is a behavior that can be improved. Success magazine’s article "3 Strategies for Fewer Office Freak-Outs" offers some great advice for anyone who needs a little help in this area.

The AACS Online Training Center has a lot of online education for several departments within your school. Specifically with compliance-related training, there are several courses to choose from which include internal audits, communications, students with disabilities and more. Be sure to use the VIP member discount code aa7588 when purchasing online training.