PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE Plan for Success in 2019 I hope everyone had a fantas- tic Thanksgiving and Christmas! May the New Year be a prosper- ous one for you all and filled with successes and met goals. 2019 Goals While I wish success for you all, it’s up to you to make it happen — and that means planning. As we begin January, take some time to write out your business goals for the year. Maybe you want to gain new customers or increase profitability from the ones you have. Or perhaps you want to enter a new service area, learn a new skill or hire more employees. Maybe net- working is on your list so you can bet- ter connect to the community of secu- rity professionals for advice, referrals or camaraderie. What’s incredible is that, for all of the goals above, ALOA can help. Go to the ALOA Convention and SAFETECH to network and learn new technical or busi- ness skills. Take advantage of ALOA’s membership benefits such as your free FindALocksmith.com listing (make sure it’s up to date!) to better reach new cus- tomers. Enact the advice in Keynotes business articles to better market to new customers. There’s so many ways that ALOA can help you professionally. Con- tact [email protected] to learn more about your member benefits. Getting More Involved With ALOA When you’re making your business goals, also think of ways you can make new commitments to ALOA in the New Year. Running for a board seat is one way to be WWW.ALOA.ORG “If one of your business goals is to delve deeper into safe and vault work, this is a great event for you to attend.” more involved. We have association elec- tions coming up in a few months, and nomination forms are due March 1. Get those signatures done and your forms in, and be a leader for your association. If you can’t make the time commitment to serve on the ALOA Board, one way that everyone can get more involved is to re- cruit new members. Connect with your local security professional community and let them know about the amazing benefits you get with ALOA membership. Have an employee or coworker who is not yet a member? Offer to sponsor him or her! Talk to people at local tradeshows and events. Growing the membership is important to bring in fresh voices and perspectives to the association and to keep the industry moving forward. Be a part of those efforts to keep ALOA membership strong. While you’re recruiting ALOA mem- bers, inform them about the AIL division. Our institutional locksmiths are a great group of professionals who face unique challenges and opportunities that some of us in other sectors don’t encounter. In this issue of Keynotes, we discuss some of t - t e a 5 w Join Us at SAFETECH I am sure you already noticed the SAFETECH brochure included with this issue of Keynotes. If one of your busi- ness goals is to delve deeper into safe and vault work, this is a great event for you to attend. We’ve made it easy for you to see what classes to start with, as classes are orga- nized into tracks with the suggested or- der of attendance. As classes tend to fill up, register early so you can learn about manipulation, safety deposit lock servic- ing and basic and advanced safe opening. Thank you all for being a part of ALOA. Get those professional plans rolling, and best wishes for a successful 2019! Respectfully, Jim Wiedman, CML President ALOA Security Professionals Association, Inc. [email protected] JANUARY 2019 KEYNOTES 5
