The AIA Trust offers many programs for your component, such as program funding and educational seminars. In addition there are numerous reference tools to assist you and your component. Many AIA Trust benefit programs are also available to component executives and their staff.
Take advantage of the many ways you can help you and your members be successful!
Program Grants
The AIA Trust-CNA/Schinnerer Component Grants Program supports component projects, conferences, and publications that help to foster leadership, advance management education, and increase the effectiveness of professional practice. More than $200,000 has been awarded to components through this grants program so far. Click here for a list of some of the past award winners. For current grant program guidelines, click here.
Seminars and Webinars
AIA Trust – LegaLine Seminar—Offer your members a seminar on an important topic such as: Copyright issues; Contracting with Consultants; How to Avoid Getting Sued; and How to Address Problem Clauses in Contracts — among others. CES credits for these seminars have been approved by the AIA and most offer HSW credit. Your component may choose to net income from the seminar and/or offer an additional member benefit. Attendance and subscription requirements apply. Click here for details and request form.
AIA Trust Retirement Seminar—Find out important information you need to retire with a free, no sales pitch/no obligation seminar for your members—including how much income you need at retirement, typical sources of retirement income, risks & rewards of long term investing, and important tax changes. Importantly, you’ll cover the numerous plan design options to determine which best suits you, your firm, and/or your component. Attendance and subscription requirements apply. Click here for details and how to request a seminar.
AIA Trust Webinars—You and your members can access on-line seminar presentations for yourselves or for a component (or firm) “lunch and learn” session to help everyone to understand better the many benefits available from the AIA Trust. To access the AIA Trust Webinars, click here.
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Component Executive & Staff Benefits
Many AIA Trust programs are also available to component executives and their staff. Check out the program listings on the left for:
- Retirement Plans
- Group Life & Disability Insurance
- Health Plans for individuals or small groups
- Individual Programs: long term care insurance, auto/home insurance, travel assistance and others.
In addition, visit the Life Management Tools page for helpful information about retirement planning, healthcare issues, and more.
Special Benefits
Member Benefits—Maintain a link on your component web site to the AIA Trust web site for your AIA members to access easily the many benefits available to them from the AIA Trust. In addition, a Trust link from your component site ensures that your component is eligible for Trust programs & assistance—such as grants, free seminars, meeting sponsorships, materials, and other programs. Click here to skip down to the instructions (you will need access to your own web site HTML).
You can also run an article about the AIA Trust in your component newsletter or magazine—or post to your website. Click here for the latest article.
Offer Your Members an Additional Benefit—of a Practice Coach! A Component subscription to LegaLine gives your members access to legal information for a little more than a dollar a day with prompt responses by telephone to practice-related legal questions—such as how to negotiate and interpret contracts, manage risks and prevent lawsuits, resolve or mitigate disputes with clients or contractors—even help determine whether to hire an attorney. A Component Subscription entitles you to a block of calls (additional calls may be purchased at a reduced price). For more information, click on this link or call 1-800-688-9780.
Component Office Management Tools
Component Insurance Primer—Find out about component-specific insurance—such as event cancellation insurance and liability insurance—and the coverage your component needs to protect itself. Click here to download the primer.
Business Owners Insurance provides excellent general liability (P & C) coverage for your component office—with riders that can be added to cover workers compensation, business auto, umbrella, employment practices, directors & officers, and fiduciary liability insurance coverage in one program. For more information, click here.
AIA Trust News Newsletters & Articles—AIA Trust newsletter articles with the latest insights and ideas for running a successful practice on topics ranging from risk management to retirement planning may be reprinted in your component newsletters with acknowledgement made to the AIA Trust.
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