Busi-tecture

“Marketing and business development skills are as essential in project managers as is the ability to adhere to schedules, oversee a team, and execute project delivery. Below are five marketing responsibilities that every project manager should take on.”

One of the AIA’s most important roles is to persuade lawmakers of architecture’s value. ARCHITECT follows the organization’s lobbyists into the complex world of government advocacy and learns that architects themselves can make all the difference.

“I think it’s a good profession in that it forces you to kind of learn a lot of different things that you can take into the world and marketplace that aren’t necessarily in architecture,” said Aaron West, an architect at FOCUS: Architecture + Design, in Arlington, Va. “It’s a tough program, generally, but it’s a rewarding program.”

Relationships + Experiences = Recommendations.

A recommendation is worth its weight in gold.  Don’t leave an internship without it!

nickarnett:

During an all-staff meeting a few years ago, the then-director of Pima County Public Library told her staff that she wanted them to be innovative, take risks, and that she would back them up if and when mistakes were made. In every trip I make with this project there’s a story that truly inspires…