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Business Administration

The Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture: A Complete Guide to Running and Starting Your Own Firm (Wiley & Sons) 
This guide is dedicated to the professional practice and business administration of a private-practice landscape architecture office. (Amazon.com)

Marketing and Communications

"When Your New Job Is to Find Your Next Job," by consultant Marjanne Pearson for ArchNewNow
The quick-tip overview of approaching your next job offers some constructive, modern approaches that can distinguish a candidate. (Online)

How to Market Design Consultancy Services: Finding, Winning, Keeping, and Developing Clients 
This second, revised edition helps readers improve their marketing skills, no matter how large or small your design company, nor which of the many disciplines you specialise in. The guide has accessible advice and information, and is useful for all design consultancies (Amazon.com)

Writing for Design Professionals: A Guide to Writing Successful Proposals, Letters, Brochures, Portfolios, Reports, Presentations, and Job Applications (2nd edition) 
Written and oral communication plays a vital role in advancing design professionals' careers, yet few design schools offer training. Updated and expanded, this book presents the principles of clear writing, illustrated by realistic examples and exercises drawn from the world of practice, from marketing and promotion materials to reports and client communications. (Amazon.com)

Presentation

Building Design Portfolios: Innovative Concepts for Presenting Your Work 
This book talks both to the professionals who have both designed their own portfolios and those on the other side of the table who have looked at scores of portfolios, to uncover the tips and tricks that have won jobs, as well as the must-avoid moves that have lost opportunities. This book is not only a handbook for dos and don'ts; it also provides plenty of inspiration from a wide collection of portfolios, both virtual and real-life. (Amazon.com)

Designing a Digital Portfolio 
It isn't easy finding a job these days and for those working in the creative fields like graphic design, illustration, photography, filmmaking, and music, a digital portfolio is just the shiny object you need to catch the attention of a prospective employer. But you can't just slap a few files on a CD and call it a night. (Amazon.com)

Finding Opportunities 

Business Opportunities 

Federal Business Opportunities 

EnviroBidNet – Landscape Architect Opportunities 

RFP Database 

ASLA Opportunities (RFPs / RFQs)

Job Opportunities 

ArchitectureJobsCentral – Landscape Architecture Jobs 

ASLA Job Link 

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) Jobs

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Jobs

Indeed.com Landscape Architecture Jobs

Jobster.com Landscape Architecture Jobs 

SimplyHired.com Landscape Architecture Jobs 

U.C. Davis Landscape Architecture Jobs

World Landscape Architect International Listings 

Grants 

Yahoo! Directory of Environmental and Nature Grant Making Foundations 

Environmental Grant Making Foundations 

Directories 

Firm Finder

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Established Professionals 
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Young Professionals
All Associate, Student, and Student Affiliate Members, plus all Full, Fellow, and International Members associated with schools and universities, are automatically enrolled in this platform to exchange information, resources, and advice. Follow link and login to access and contribute. To subsequently access, login to the site, and it will show up as a link on your welcome screen, or if already logged in, go to "My ASLA" under the "Membership" dropdown and it will appear. 


Business Surveys

ASLA Business Quarterly, Second Quarter, 2009, M
Survey finds positive signs for landscape architecture firms 

ASLA Business Quarterly, First Quarter, 2009 M
Survey confirms growing economic struggles for landscape architecture firms 

For Students:
 

Student Scholarships
 

ASLA List of Scholarships

Landscape Architecture Foundation 

LAprofession.org List of Scholarships

Master’s Degree Programs in Landscape Architecture
 

ASLA’s List of Accredited Programs 

Design Intelligence 2009 Landscape Architecture Program Rankings 


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