9.1.10 | Washington, D.C. | The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) continues to support legislation in Florida that allows those who have met education and examination qualifications to use the title “registered” or “certified” interior designer, while preserving the current scope of practice for those who choose not to seek registration. This legislation benefits interior designers in many ways:
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8.26.10 | Houston, TX | The IFMA Foundation is pleased to announce that Temasek Polytechnic, a leading paraprofessional educational institution in Tampines, Singapore, has joined 13 other prestigious universities as Accredited Degree Program institutions, IFMA Foundation-sanctioned providers of quality facility management degrees.
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8.12.10 | Houston, TX | International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace 2010 Conference & Expo will be held in Atlanta, at the Georgia World Congress Center Oct. 27-29. In addition to a conference consisting of more than 75 educational sessions and a keynote presentation by the honorable Alexis M. Herman, esteemed workforce expert and former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, the event will feature an expo with more than 260 exhibitors — including companies such as AlliedBarton, ARAMARK, IBM, KBR, Lowe’s, Staples and UGL Unicco — as well as governmental agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of State. The World Workplace expo will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, and from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28. One of the annual highlights is the Green Zone, featuring companies offering environmentally friendly products and services. Nearly 100 exhibitors will be in the Green Zone this year, including AT&T, Bentley Prince Street, CORT, Kimball Office, Philips and Steelcase.
In addition to showcasing the latest in workplace products and services, this year’s World Workplace expo will host popular attractions including Chrysler’s Global Electric Motorcars and the ServiceMaster Clean Machine and show car. Chrysler’s GEM cars are 100 percent electric, street legal vehicles that achieve speeds up to 25 miles per hour and go 30 miles per charge. The ServiceMaster Clean Machine is a 53 foot mobile command center featuring fully functional office and living spaces. It is used to host hospitality events at premier race tracks across the country in conjunction with the company’s show car — a 2010 Dodge Charger COT built to professional race car specifications which can travel 200 miles per hour. www.worldworkplace.org.
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8.10.10 Houston, TX Coming to Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center Oct. 27-29, the International Facility Management Association ’s World Workplace 2010 Conference & Expo is a multi-national, multi-disciplined discussion on workplace trends, challenges and best practices
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8.12.10 | New York, NY | Interior Designers for Legislation in New York will hold a Town Hall meeting to discuss the future of the profession and Interior Design Legislation in New York State, Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 6:00 PM at the New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70th Street, New York City. Everyone is invited.
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8.11.10 Alexandria, VA Office Furniture Dealers Alliance today announced that Molly Murray , an experienced industry sales representative, will assist OFDA in expanding association membership and attendance at its annual Dealer Strategies Conference. This year’s event will
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8.6.10 | Washington, D.C. | American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) announce that Electronic Data Payment Systems (EDPS) is now an affinity partner. EDPS is a leading provider of comprehensive payment processing solutions. EDPS will provide ASID members with payment processing solutions at discounted rates that would not be available to each member individually, outside of ASID. Through ASID, EDPS will offer the ASID member credit card processing program, check conversion and guarantee, business cash advance services and Internet payment gateway solutions to ASID members at wholesale prices. www.asid.org
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8.6.10 | Washington, D.C. | Registration for interior designers to sign up as mentors for RealWorld DesignWeek (RWDW), the annual nationwide job shadowing program created by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), is officially open. The program offers a unique and exclusive opportunity, pairing ASID student members with ASID interior design professionals and Industry Partners to take part in one-day job shadow experiences Nov. 7-13, 2010. RealWorld DesignWeek is the first cohesive, national program aimed at educating future interior designers through in-person experience. It empowers students to succeed in the industry and build relationships with the design community, providing them with the tools to jump-start their careers.
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7.15.10 | Washington, DC | The National
Council for Interior Design
Qualification, Inc. released the pass rates for the
spring
2010 examination. Since the spring administration was the first version
of the examination modified for updated content, NCIDQ set a new cut
score to comply with standards in the licensing and certification
examination industry. Beginning with the fall 2010
administration, NCIDQ will report the pass rates for first-time test
takers only.
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7.14.10 | Washington, DC | The American
Society of Interior Designers recently co-sponsored a briefing on
Capitol Hill to educate members of congress about the challenges facing high performance buildings after
construction is complete.
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7.14.10 | Indianapolis, IN, Washington, DC, Grand Rapids, MI | The Interior Design Educators Council, the National Council for Interior
Design Qualification, and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation announced the winners of a video competition. The competition was created to raise awareness about the value of interior design.
- First place: Simon Chung, Hong
Kong Polytechnic University
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Second place: Erica Burgon and Kurt Leikis, Utah State University
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Third place: Ashley Coons and Kendra Ames, Utah State University
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