EducationAIA Continuing Education System

AIA Member Needs

AIA members look to AIA CES for cost-effective courses that advance their careers, suit their individual delivery preferences (face-to-face or online), and — above all — help them meet these continuing education requirements:

• Varying credit and course requirements for state, provincial, or national license renewals
• Eighteen AIA CES learning unit (LU) hours per year for AIA membership renewal

Provider Benefits

Here are just some of the benefits and privileges you'll enjoy as a Registered Provider:

• Authorization to publicize your organization as an AIA CES Registered Provider, promote your courses as "Registered with AIA CES," and use the official AIA CES logo
• Free course advertising and links to your Web site in the largest international educational listing for design and building professionals: the online AIA CES Course Directory
• Exclusive password-protected access to online support resources, forms, and templates
• The monthly CES Provider Connection e-newsletter and other announcements by e-mail
• Discounted rates to the AIA CES Provider workshops and other specially targeted training courses and events

Subscription Options

AIA CES Registered Provider subscriptions give you options:

• How you offer courses (face-to-face or distance learning)
• Where you offer courses (locally, nationally, or globally)
• What you pay (based on provider type and course offerings)

Example: If you are a building product manufacturer, your subscription options would be (a) Basic, (b) Regional, (c) Passport, or (d) Platform.

Subscription Options	Annual Fee	Regions	International	Face-to-Face	Distance
Passport	$3,750	3+
Regional	$2,100	2
Basic	$1,600	1
Professional Provider	$850	3+
Architecture Firm: External	$650	3+
Architecture Firm: Internal	$315	1

Note: If you are an AIA state or local component, please contact AIA CES to register as a provider.

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Hear some exciting facts from some of our current AIA CES Providers...

How does Pabco Gypsum use the Continuing Education System to connect to AIA Members?

We are pleased to have the opportunity to present industry-specific topics to the architectural community, topics which allow them to better understand how gypsum wallboard products are continually evolving to better meet specific goals. For example, mold and mildew resistant products, impact and abuse resistant gypsum wallboard products are playing an increasingly more important role in building design. We assist the AIA and its members in keeping them up to date with the latest industry technology and product developments.

How does PSMJ Resources market courses to AIA members as well as other practicing architects through the Continuing Education Program?

We market our events, products, and knowledge to the various firm leaders and staff we have collected in our database over the past 30 years in business. We send our brochure out to targeted audiences via email, direct mail, and various social media avenues. We also post information on upcoming course events on association on-line bulletin boards, and rely on our corporate partners and sponsors to help us get the word out to new attendees.

For over 35 years, PSMJ Resources has been helping A/E/C firms all across the globe achieve business success. With offices in the United States as well as the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Australia, PSMJ offers over 150 titles in book, audio, and video format. In addition, the company publishes several monthly periodicals and delivers dozens of seminars, roundtables, conferences, webinars, and in-house training sessions every year for A/E/C professionals around the world. PSMJ’s sought after consulting expertise covers a range of critical business areas, such as strategic planning, project management, valuation, succession planning, and mergers & acquisitions.

What are the techniques or tools Boston Society of Architects use to market courses to AIA members as well as other practicing architects?

The BSA maintains a database that is rich with our members and allies. Communications are targeted to be sure the right people are receiving only messages and promotions that are relevant to them. Techniques for outreach are also targeted and include direct mail, electronic mail, social media, posters, postcards, radio and word-of-mouth. Every one of those channels drive visitors back to the website, architects.org, which receives around 17,000 visitors each month. In the last year, architects.org received over 120,000 unique visits. We also rely on the marketing channels managed by our partners and allies.