FAIC online courses

FAIC Online Courses Offer Early Registration Discount!

Have you taken a chance to look at the online courses being offered
by The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation this
year? We encourage all of you to take advantage of these unique
opportunities to refine your skills for your careers.

Early-bird special!  Register for any 2011 FAIC Online Courses prior
to February 25, 2011 and save $75.00 per course!  Early-bird rates
are just $125 for AIC members, $225 for non-members.  Registration
rates after February 25, 2011 are $200 for members, $300 for
non-members.

"Establishing a Conservation Practice" (March 3-31, 2011) is a
course for conservators who wish to own or manage a professional
conservation business. This course will be of interest to those
thinking about establishing their own professional conservation
practice, making their private practice more "business-like" or for
those who have taken on some managerial functions for their
employer.

"Digital Photography 101 for Conservators" (April 28-May 26, 2011)
is intended for conservators who want to learn how digital
photography can be used in their profession. The course will cover
the components of a digital image, storing and archiving digital
images and how conservators are using digital photography and some
of the ethical issues involved.

"Marketing for Conservation" (June 16-July 14, 2011) is perfect for
conservators who own or manage a professional conservation business
or laboratory. Whether you are in private practice or part of a
conservation laboratory doing outside work, you need customers. How
do you reach them? How do you keep them? How do you decide where to
use your limited time and money most effectively for marketing? This
course will help to guide you through the world of marketing
specifically for conservation.

"Laboratory Safety for Conservation" (July 21-August 18, 2011)
covers important topics that are essential to your safety, the
safety of your co-workers and preventing damage from environmental
hazards. The course leads you through development of a chemical
hygiene plan for your laboratory, based on readings, videos, and
other materials that illustrate general principles as well as
specific guidelines for safety in the laboratory.

"Estimating Conservation Projects" (September 1-29, 2011) will teach
you how to analyze a project, how to categorize costs, and how to
estimate project expenses. Lessons include what to include when
presenting an estimate to a client, how to break estimates into
smaller components for greater accuracy, how to manage project
members with different backgrounds and more.

"Mitigating Risk: Contracts and Insurance for Conservation" (October
13-November 10, 2011) will teach you how to identify the risks you
face, and learn how to reduce those risks and how to manage risks
through the use of contracts, insurance, and other means. Upon
completion of this course you will be able to identify the three
most significant risks to your conservation business, understand how
to use contracts, insurance and other measures to reduce the impact
of identified risks, identify types of insurance that may be
required by law in your state and other topics.

For registration and full information, see

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/courses>

or call AIC at 202-452-9545 for more information.

Abigail Choudhury
Development and Education Associate
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic
    and Artistic Works
1156 15th Street, NW
Suite 320
Washington, DC 20005
202-661-8070
Fax: 202-452-9328


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