The mission of the AIA Small Firm Exchange (SFx) is to advance the mutual interests of architects practicing in small firms. The objectives of the AIA SFx are three-fold:
1. Advocate the value of small firms, the national SFx, and local SFx groups, both within the AIA and to the public.
2. Curate and disseminate the most pertinent resources and information, from the AIA & elsewhere, that benefit small firms.
3. Inform the AIA of current issues facing small firms and areas in which current resources/information are lacking.
Approximately 75% of all firms within the AIA are small firms (less than 10 employees), which equates to 14,459 small firms within the organization.
~26.8% = sole practitioners = 5,173
~33.5% = 1-5 employees = 6,459
~14.7% = 5-10 employees = 2,827
For context, small firms share of staff is 16.0% and share of billings is 12.0%
We need to find ways to leverage that size for collaboration and influence, just like the individual large firms do.
Team: Leonard Kady, David Del Vecchio, Sara O'Neil-Manion, Steven Burns BQE, Brad Benjamin Table of Contents Collaborative Draft- A work in progress. Further data to be edited into doc. Library of AIA Articles, Architecture Magazine Articles, Arch record Articles Marketing, Financial/Legal, Practice Management Originally added: business plans, performance indicators, financial management, owner's manual, liability Recently added: branding, marketing and sales, guerrilla marketing, entrepreneurial-thinking, compensation methods for architectural service, Interior design fees and salary financial management, word of mouth, advertising Critical research would require us to have immediate access to the electronic version of: The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice, 15th Edition, American Institute of Architects ISBN: 978-1-118-30882-0 1184 pages November 2013. Concern for AIA branding, content coherence editorial differentiation and APP value will depend on the book's cover to cover reading by all contributors YAF, AIA Associates SPP, SFRT. The Handbook 15 is for size firms. The APP is for Small firms and start ups. We recommend early planning of live feed dashboard tools.