EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE ALOA Membership Benefits You I t’s a new year filled with new opportunities for your career and your business. Whatever is in store for you — whether it’s furthering your education, expanding into a new service area or getting more vans on the road — we hope 2018 brings you happiness and prosperity. And, of course, ALOA wants to help you meet all of your goals. As it’s January, that means that you’ve renewed your ALOA SPAI dues. Thank you so much for being a part of this association. We truly want to be of service to our members and give you the most value we can. We are always looking for ways to assist our members and provide services to them. I wanted to take a few moments to remind you of some of the benefits your membership provides for you. Visibility Through your membership, you receive a free listing on the FindALocksmith.com website, which we’ve been updating with a fresh new look and increased function. Aimed at consumers, this website allows users to look for security professionals in their local area. They can search by dis- tance, keyword or services offered, and listings pop up on a map as well as in text for easy location. For a small fee, you’ll soon be able to enhance your listing on the new site as well, giving you a bit more allowed information and prime placement in search results. In addition to FindALocksmith.com, 6 KEYNOTES JANUARY 2018 we also have a referral service where we will put the public in touch with local professionals when we receive calls. We do all that we can to funnel business to you, our trusted members. Link to Education Education is key to security professionals’ continual growth, and we want to help you achieve it. Through our two main yearly conferences — the ALOA Conven- tion & Security Expo and SAFETECH — we provide you with world-class hands- on education through the industry’s most trusted instructors. We additionally hold many other classes regionally and locally throughout the U.S., and this year we’re also holding an IAIL forensics confer- ence in October Our Education Department is always adding new classes as well as finding ways to make education more attainable for our members, such as adding video instruction and home-based testing for the PRP exam. For the most recent updates or for suggestions, please email [email protected]. Keep Informed Not only do we provide you with news via the very Keynotes magazine you’re reading now, but we also bring to you our weekly electronic newsletter packed with industry information and ALOA up- dates. To ensure you receive it each week, please contact [email protected] to ensure your email address on file is up-to-date. Don’t miss out! The Right Sources We know that finding the right sources for your business is essential; you want to purchase from the most trusted partners. That’s why we bring to you the Ultimate Guide for Security Professionals, located online at www.ultimateguideforsecuri- typrofessionals.com. On this useful site, you can find listings for nearly any cat- egory of product that your business might need. From door hardware and key ma- chines to vehicles, access control prod- ucts and tools and supplies, it’s all there. These are but a small sampling of the many member benefits we supply. Be sure to take advantage of everything that’s available to you! If you have any ques- tions or suggestions about what you’d like to see, we’re always here and listen- ing; please contact membership@ALOA. org. We’d love to hear from you. Mary A. May Executive Director [email protected] WWW.ALOA.ORG
