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AIBD Design and Build Co INTRODUCING THE HYBRID EVENTS By Bernie Kern
In 2017 AIBD kick started four conferences per year
beginning with Atlanta as the Summer Design and Build Conference. Now nearly six years later we have held to our commitment successfully navigating each conference. In 2020 we had to cancel the in person summer Design and Build Conference scheduled in Colorado Springs due to rising COVID cases throughout the world. We had 30 days to turn an in person event into a virtual event. Our Executive Director, Steven Mickley was hard at work working late nights to create a solution and found a brilliant virtual platform, ‘Hopin that creates on line events. Our 2020 Summer Conference was a huge hit that included our first ever virtual ARDA. That event can be found on You Tube at here. The AIBD staff and Conference Committee pulled off what some may think a miracle with a successful virtual Design and Build Conference.
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Today, AIBD continues to present four conferences per year, with two conferences being a hybrid event. The other two remain virtual conferences only. Hybrid is a combination of both an in person event which can also be streamed live on our ‘Hopin platform. When the 2020 Design and Build Conference was canceled in person, the Conference Committee agreed to keep Colorado Springs on the schedule for 2021. The Committee and the AIBD staff made it happen, plus streamed live. The event was a huge success that included the Compass Club event at the Pikes Peak Ghost Museum, a recorded and live Architectural Tour at the famous Old Historic North End Neighborhood in Colorado Springs hosted by AIBD College of Fellow Larry Gilland. The event also included two full days of education classes and a final climax at the American Residential Design Award Banquet Gala. All streamed while in-person. You can
