AACS Educator Wins National Award
Congratulations Great Clips National Educator Appreciation Contest winner, Evelyn Conway from Bellus Academy Manhattan campus. She was chosen from about 1,400 entries and won a brand new Chevy Cruse LS! Watch the live video of Mark Fisher, a Great Clips franchisee in the Topeka, KS market, present the Educator Appreciation Day award.

 

We are so excited for the upcoming CEA Annual Convention & Expo, if you have not already registered, now is the time! Check out our special workshops and if you are short on time, register for a one day CEA pass by calling 800.831.1086 x 102.

 

Gainful Employment 2.0 Webinar - It's the Final Countdown
Join AACS for the upcoming webinar, Two Weeks Remain to Submit GE 2.0 Data – It's the final Countdown. The webinar is scheduled for Monday July 20, 3 - 4:30 p.m. EDT. Click here to attend the webinar. For audio, call 877-434-2293 and use the Participant Code: 2028241724#.

 

New BCL Scholarship Open! - BCL|Murad|Esthetics Scholarship Program
The first Beauty Changes Lives scholarship created especially for esthetics students is accepting applications through September 21. Five $2,250 scholarships will be awarded to prospective or new esthetics students (start date must be June 29, 2015 or later). Each winner will also receive a Murad skin care kit valued at $2,250 and an opportunity to work with a Murad mentor! Aspiring estheticians are encouraged to apply online.

 

Live Tweeting a Must for Events
Whether your school is hosting a community fundraiser or an open house, live tweeting can be a rewarding way to engage with others around you and to share experiences with your network. And with Twitter’s recent Project Lightning launch – which allows users to follow a curated timeline of photos, tweets and multimedia from specific events – live tweeting is only going to become a more significant aspect of Twitter. Here are 10 tips for getting the most out of your live tweeting.

 

Seven Surprising Habits that Will Turn you Into a CEO
Almost all CEOs start off as employees and they do things differently than other people. If you want to become a CEO, nobody but you can make it happen. Moving up the ranks is no easy task, if it were everyone would be a CEO. However, if you practice seven surprising habits they have been cultivating for years, you can turn yourself into a CEO.

 

Learn How to Manage Your Career
In this course, you will learn how to manage your career - including how to identify your business interests, professional values, and skills in order to target your most exciting career possibilities. Visit the AACS Online Training Center to register and use your AACS VIP code aa7592 to receive the member discount. If you are an educator, join us for the 2015 CEA Annual Convention & Expo for unlimited opportunities to connect and learn best practices to make you a more effective educator.