How Has the Economic Downturn Affected AIGA?

The following is an excerpt from an article written by Rik Grefe, AIGA Excutive Director. It applies to many of us in the UPSTNY Design community, Member or Non-Member.

AIGA is developing services to help designers prepare for the economy’s beginning to grow again—in particular, several training partnerships that will help designers take advantage of this slow period by improving their skills and becoming more competitive. We have also reinforced the AIGA Center for Practice Management by launching a new series of affordably priced webinars, offered exclusively to AIGA members, to help them get through the management challenges of this slowdown. We believe strongly—and many management experts concur—that the mantra of any professional designer must be: train, train, train, learn, learn, learn.

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Posted by newyorkupstate in News | March 9, 2009