When Talking about Design: a Monthly Program 

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Register by February 26 for complimentary tickets for AIA Members and $10 tickets for Non-members! ($10/$15 after 2/26)

This program will be the kick-off to our month of thematic programming dealing with "finding your voice." We're bringing together three communications professionals to discuss how to talk and write about design in a way that is accessible, informative and useful. A wine and cheese reception follows the discussion.

About the Presenters:

As a professional development consultant and network catalyst, Tim Culvahouse, FAIA, helps fellow architects enrich their practices by sharing what they know. He is the editor of The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design & Persuasion, published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2007, and was the editor of arcCA, the quarterly journal of the AIA California Council, from 2000 to 2012. He is past chair of the board of the San Francisco-based non-profit Public Architecture.

John King is the San Francisco Chronicle’s urban design critic, a beat that begins with architecture and goes from there. A history major from UC Berkeley with a masters in Journalism from Indiana University, he has been honored by the California chapter of the American Institute of Architecture and is an honorary member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. His book “Cityscape 2: Reading the Architecture of San Francisco” was published last fall by Heyday.

Saskia Dennis-VanDijl advises clients in business development and marketing. She counsels principals and senior marketing staff on best practices, marketing trends, and prospective clients. Her recent focus has been on strategic message development for architects, engineers and contractors: developing and organizing messages and creating visual/graphic support for those messages. In collaboration with Mark Cameron, she also teaches a presentation training workshop nationally to architecture, engineering and construction companies.