Take AICI's New Year's Image Career Challenge to Focus on New Business Success Strategies

Take AICI's New Year's Image Career Challenge to Focus on New Business Success
Strategies

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Image
Consultants International San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (AICI SFBA) is
committed to offering certified image educational programs to advance the
image careers of men and women who seek new ideas and opportunities to
flourish in a not-so-pretty economy.
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The theme of AICI SFBA's 2009 Annual Education Conference is F.O.C.U.S. on
Your Business ~ Fashion, Opportunity, Creativity, Understanding, Success. The
three-day conference will be held from Friday, January 23 through Sunday,
January 25, 2009 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, San Francisco Airport,
Burlingame, CA. Open to the public. Registration and information can be
obtained by contacting Marjory DeRoeck or Carolyn Woodworth at 925-299-0660 or
Email Marjory@theimagestudio.biz.
The three-day conference features five top image professionals:
Friday, January 23 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon: Helena Chenn, AICI CIP,
presents Creating Your Own Marketing Materials. Chenn is a Cupertino-based
wardrobe designer and tailoring expert with a passion for art and graphic
design. She designs most of AICI's promotional materials, and is a frequent
presenter on this topic.
The Friday afternoon workshop, Easy Makeup for You and Your Client, from
1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., will be offered by Christal Saville, a licensed
cosmetologist and makeup instructor at the Makeup Institute of San Francisco.
She is considered to be the Bay Area's top, in-demand makeup and hair stylist.
Saturday, January 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., features Cheri
Bertelsen, AICI CIP, and Yourself. Past president of the SFBA Chapter,
Fresno-based Bertelsen is an acknowledged expert in color, style and design
working with both individuals and corporations.
The Saturday afternoon workshop from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. features
Colette Michelle's presentation of Image for the Mature Woman. Many refer to
this 45-year, San Diego-based veteran in the fields of beauty and image, as
"the Doctor Ruth of Image."
Sunday, January 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., an all-day presentation by
Brenda Kinsel, AICI CIP, Create a Wildly Successful Wardrobe Consulting &
Personal Shopping Business. This Sonoma, CA-based owner of Inside Out-A Style
and Wardrobe Consulting Company, is a best-selling author of several books on
image, including her most recent title, Brenda Kinsel's Fashion Makeover, 30
Days to Diva Style! She is a fashion columnist for Marin County's Pacific
Sun, and has been featured in top women's magazines like InStyle and Real
Simple, and makes frequent broadcast appearances, including The Oprah Show.
"The Annual Education Conference is our most important yearly event," says
Rosa Maria Livesay, AICI FLC, the current chapter president, and owner of RML
Images, based in San Jose. "Our association not only sees to ongoing quality
education for our members, it is the premier association dedicated to
educating image professionals around the world. Anyone can call themselves an
image consultant, but our members are encouraged to achieve accreditation. We
have three levels of certification: First Level is AICI FLC. Second Level is
Certified Image Professional or CIP, and Third Level is Certified Image Master
or CIM. This level is considered to be the equivalent of a Ph.D."
AICI, the Source for Image Professionals in Education, Experience,
Excellence, is the leading and largest professional association of personal
and corporate image consultants worldwide. A nonprofit organization, AICI is
dedicated to advancing the level of professionalism and enhancing the
recognition of image consultants. On the Web www.aici.org. or
http://www.aici.org/about/chapters/san_fran.htm

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Helena Chenn, AICI CIP
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Brenda Kinsel, AICI CIP
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Cheri Bertelsen, AICI CIP
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SOURCE Association of Image Consultants International San Francisco Bay Area
Chapter

LynAnn King, AICI SFBA VP|Marketing, +1-650-550-0090, LynAnnKing@comcast.net