Business Practices On-demand Webinar: What Colorado Employers Need to Know About 2020-21 Changing Laws

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$49 for Members | $69 for Non-members

This webinar has a panel of experts presenting information about recently passed and upcoming in-effect employment laws for Colorado employers, including:

• Senate Bill (SB)19-085: Equal Pay For Equal Work Act
• SB20-205: Sick Leave For Employees 
• House Bill 20-1415: Whistleblower Protection Public Health Emergencies 
• SB20-207: Unemployment Insurance 

View this webinar to learn what you need to know and implement to ensure your firm is compliant with these new regulations. Speakers include Danielle Urban (Fisher Phillips); Kristin White (Fisher Phillips), and Brian Ayers (Employers Council), with moderating done by Calla Pott (Align by Design: Human Capital Consulting).

This webinar was originally recorded September 30, 2020.

Business Practices On-demand Webinar: Lights, Camera…ACTION! Elevating Your Professional Digital Presence 

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Free for Members | $69 for Non-members

This presentation helps you understand best practices on how to set up and deliver for leading communication platforms. Looking and sounding your best is key to how your important message is received and retained. The way you frame your scenes, use visualizations and integrate powerful speech is more critical than ever in the A/E/C business today whether you’re virtually meeting clients, staff or vendors. 

Speakers: 

  Josh Roberts     Deren Abram

The speakers include Josh Roberts, President and Founder, Rainmaker Productions, a company whose mission is to influence decisions of any audience and create winning outcomes in the architectural, engineering and construction (A/E/C) industries and Deren Abram, Producer and Director, TWO24MEDIA, an Emmy award-winning commercial, film and video production company. 

This webinar was originally recorded May 28, 2020.

Business Practices On-demand Webinar: Designer Liabilty in Design Build

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Free for Members | $69 for Non-members

While the design-build delivery model can bring benefits to the owner by integrating the design and construction entities under a single design-build team, saving time and money, it has the potential to increase liability for the designers.  This webinar features three design-build experts from the design, construction, and legal viewpoints who explain how this has become more of a problem and what can be done to counter the trend.

Speakers: 

The speakers included Bill Green, PE, President, The RMH Group and Vice President, ACEC Colorado; Bill Searfoorce, Attorney, Montgomery Little & Soran, PC; and Ted Laszlo, Vice President, Vertix Builders. 

This webinar was originally recorded June 25, 2020.

Relationships and the Art of Making It Rain

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$49 for Members | $69 for Non-members

Successful Consulting Engineers, whether on a technical, management, or ownership track, are all important contributors to the "Art of Making Rain."  In this webinar, the share their thoughts on relationship building as it relates to bringing in projects (making rain) during these “not so normal” times, as well as throughout all phases of an engineer’s career.   

In this seminar, topicis covered include:

• Industry terminology – seller/doer, rainmaker, hunter/gatherer, trusted/strategic advisor or thought leader
• Conscious relationship building throughout your career
• Creating value for yourself, your firm, and your clients
• Some tips and techniques for all of the above

Bring on the rain!

Speakers: 

       Kate Allen, PE                        Craig Watts, PE

This webinar was originally recorded Nov. 19, 2020

ACEC Colorado Government Affairs Orientation 

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Complimentary registration available to ACEC members and $69 for non-members. 

This orientation is presented in three parts:

• How the Process Works in Colorado: An overview of the legislative process in Colorado (election cycle, committees, leadership, bill drafting, bill sponsorship, bill tracking, role of association members, role of lobbyists, etc.). 
• How to Draft & Deliver a Message: Tips and tools for providing input on bills, introducing yourself to and addressing legislators, meeting in-person/virtually with officials, preparing to testify, developing key legislation fact sheets, and participating in grassroots campaigns.
• What to Expect in 2021: A summary of legislation being put forth in Colorado and at the federal level.

Upon registration, you will receive a link to the recording as well as to other resources such as a PDF of the presentation slides and a toolkit with useful links. 

This was originally recorded February 23, 2021.

Be sure to add email@acec-co.org to your email contacts list so you don't miss additional details regarding access to this webinar.   

LinkedIn^® Business Development & Marketing Best Practices for the AEC Industry 

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$49 for Members | $69 for Non-members

How are you and your firm continuing to do business development in this COVID-19 era? How are you managing your digital professional profile? How are you building your professional network without attending in-person events, conferences or even coffee meet-ups? 

These are questions everyone is facing in the architectural-engineering-construction (AEC) industry where the business development needs continue to be adopted to the current environment. LinkedIn^® provides digital opportunities to not only connect with other AEC professionals, but also with potential clients. This presentation explores how both you and your firm can strategically use LinkedIn^® to...

• Keep your digital, professional profile up-to-date,
• Understand best practices for connecting with other professionals
• Gain marketing tips for your LinkedIn^® company page, and
• Enhance your professional presence with posts.  

Speaker:

Julie Wanzer (Business Rewritten, Inc.)

This was originally recorded February 25, 2021.

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Colorado Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Training for Governmental Agencies & Engineers
Education On-demand Webinar  | $99 

ACEC Colorado's Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Training for Governmental Agencies & Engineers course is now approved by the Colorado Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission and is now listed under "Training" at https://ops.colorado.gov/UDPSafetyCommission.

In cooperation with Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado 811, ACEC Colorado is providing subsurface utility training via six modules. The modules include: 

• Who and What Is Colorado 811?
• How to Develop a SUE Scope of Work with Prequalified Consultants
• The Definition of SUE and What Does the Law Say About It?
• How Do Utility Coordinators Use SUE Data?
• What Are the Responsibilities of an Engineer in Charge?
• How Is ASCE 38 Changing in 2021?

These presentations were originally recorded March 18, 2021.

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ACEC Colorado thanks its Excellence Level Sponsors that helped make this program possible: 

On-demand Webinar: Federal, State & Local Vaccine Mandates - What Do They Mean for Your Firm? 

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Complimentary (for employees of member firms) | $69 for Non-members

The federal, state and local vaccine requirements may have major implications for your firm’s operations and costs, but there currently are more questions than answers. January Allen, an attorney and founding partner of Galvanize Law (an ACEC Colorado sustaining member), provided an overview of information and latest updates related to these mandates (information as of Nov. 17).

This was originally recorded Nov. 17, 2021.

Be sure to add email@acec-co.org to your email contacts list so you don't miss additional details regarding access to this webinar.   

On-demand Webinar: Are You Protected Against Cyber Threats? 

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$59 for Employees of Member Firms | $89 for Non-members

More than 90% of cybersecurity incidents can be traced back to human error. What you (and your staff) don’t know can hurt you. If your staff isn’t up to date on the latest cybercrime scams, then they’re putting your data at risk.

Presenter

Jack Smith, initial.IT 

This was originally recorded April 28, 2022.

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