Connect With Other Minority School Owners
Are you looking to connect with other minority school owners like yourself? AACS President Don Yearwood, along with Board members Frank Trieu and Tam Nguyen, who recently spearheaded AACS’ diversity mission, invite you to attend a private networking reception. Meet other minority school owners of AACS and share in food and drinks while you get to know each other. This event will take place Friday evening of the AACS Annual Convention & Expo in Phoenix. The convention will be November 14-17 and offers education for owners, directors, compliance and admissions/marketing. Registration is now open.

 

Battle of the Strands: Tickets on Sale Now
Witness eight top U.S. salon teams come face to face with eight of the best from Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, South Africa, Jamaica, and Argentina in one explosive battle. Alongside, be inspired as student teams from beauty schools across the U.S. compete against eight beauty schools from Japan. On October 6, Battle of the Strands – the World Cup of Beauty comes to select cinemas nationwide for an extraordinary live one-night event. This is a great way for your students to watch other beauty school students compete and see creative styles from competitors around the world. Buy tickets now.

 

Stay an AACS Member, Renew by Sept. 30
AACS has a universal renewal date of September 30 each year for all member schools and associates. We are proud to announce a huge percentage of our membership has already renewed for the 2014-2015 year! Continue to take advantage of AACS benefits and renew your membership if you haven’t done so already. We’ve created a page where you can renew your membership one of seven ways. Renew by clicking here.

 

Six, $2,000 Massage Scholarships
Beauty Changes Lives is looking to award six people with $2,000 massage tuition scholarships—could they be in your school now? The deadline for the BCL-Massage Envy Spa-Massage Scholarship program is next week. As an AACS member school benefit, any of your massage students with enrollment dates between July 28, 2014 and January 25, 2015 are eligible to apply for this scholarship! More information on the Massage scholarship competition and other scholarship programs is available at www.beautychangeslives.org/scholarships.

 

Generate More 'Aha' Moments
Ever wonder why so many good ideas come to you in the shower? While there’s no magic formula for generating big ideas, these tips from Fast Company can help break down barriers that stifle creativity and help you generate more ideas.

1. Train yourself to think in crisis mode
2. Practice, practice, practice
3. Write everything down
4. Mix things up and distract yourself
5. Let your mind wander

Read this article in find out how these five tips can help generate creative ideas.

 

Become a Certified Higher Education Professional
Benefits of Professional Certification

• Demonstrate expertise in your functional area
• Receive recognition for your commitment to excellence
• Gain visibility in a competitive marketplace
• Boost credentials with a certification from a nationally recognized association
• Apply continuing education credit toward a Master of Science degree in Education from Keiser University

Excellence Programs provide tailored training for critical skill areas. Each program requires the completion of 12 online courses. Participants who successfully complete a program earn 48 hours of continuing education credits as well as NASASPS Certification as a Certified Higher Education Professional (CHEP). CHEPs receive a NASASPS certificate and are recognized on the NASASPS website. Be sure to use VIP discount code aa7588in the Online Training Center just for being an AACS member!

 

10 Unforgettable Quotes by Jim Rohn (Who Would've Been 84 Today)
(as printed on Success.com)

When personal development legend Jim Rohn passed away in 2009, he left an incredible gift: his encouraging, uplifting messages and inspiring, thought-provoking quotes, beloved by millions and shared throughout the world to this day.For what would be his 84^th birthday on Sept. 17, SUCCESS celebrates and remembers the life of Jim Rohn with 10 of his most beloved quotes:

1. "Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom."
2. "The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly."
3. "We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret."
4. "Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely."
5. "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."
6. "If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."
7. "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
8. "Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day."
9. "Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high."
10. "Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want."