Discover the Secrets of ArchiCAD's Best Practices
Stop Wasting Time Fighting ArchiCAD
Get More Done in Far Less Time with Incredible Results

“The Best Practices Course is exactly what ArchiCAD users needed to have years ago!”

Takis Apostolides, Cyprus
(Current Best Practices Course Member)

If you’ve ever felt “there must be a better way to do this”… and dreamed of
using ArchiCAD with a sense of ease in a flowing, creative and productive process…

Once you integrate these simple yet powerful Best Practices essential principles:

• You’ll have ArchiCAD working FOR you instead of against you.
• You’ll be amazed at how much more productive you will be.
• Your creativity will be freed as you work in harmony with the structure and philosophy at the core of the program.

“This course provides much more than it’s advertised to do. The material is presented in an progressively organized and very thorough manner. The chunks of information are just the right size to incorporate into a busy practice. Well worth the investment in time and money. If you want to LEARN ArchiCAD, this is the way to go.”

R. Bruce Germond, Rhinelander WI
(Current Best Practices Course Member)

My name is Eric Bobrow. I’ve been working with ArchiCAD for over 21 years as a reseller, trainer and consultant. My company Bobrow Consulting Group was a Graphisoft Platinum VAR, former U.S. Reseller of the Year and ranked in the top 5 American resellers for more than a decade.

I love helping people learn to use ArchiCAD better, and have created dozens of Tips and Tricks articles and Video Tutorials that have been published on the ArchiCAD Wiki, AECbytes, Cadalyst, my Youtube channel and other websites. I’ve also worked on the front lines doing tons of tech support on challenges from the most basic to the most technically challenging gnarly parts of the program.

I’ve been called “the veritable Guru of ArchiCAD experts” and “the ArchiCAD Jedi Master” by some of my colleagues.

I love ArchiCAD, and I understand it inside and out – and I want you to feel as comfortable and confident as I do when working with this amazing software.

To that effect, I’m taking all of my knowledge and experience and putting it into a unique learning experience for ArchiCAD users around the world:

If some of these points seem familiar, or like I’m reading your mind, it’s because I’ve been helping architects and other design professionals for over 20 years. I keep hearing these complaints, and fervent pleas: “Help Me!”

Over and over again, I’ve helped users figure out how to make things work. Along the way, I always make sure to teach the general principles that stand behind the surface symptoms, and throw in some “gems” – the tips that make people go “wow – I had no idea you could do that!”

“I appreciate your ability to bridge the gap between computer programmer and architect. Your Best Practices course helps give clear insight on how to have this program work for us as opposed to us working for the program. Thanks again.”

Chris Sorensen, Los Angeles CA (current Best Practices Course member)

You may know me personally as your reseller, or have only connected with me online through MasterTemplate or my numerous Tips and Tricks articles and video tips. It doesn’t matter. Through the magic of Web 3.0 I’m going to be able to work with you and give you a “brain dump” of how I see things and how I work with ArchiCAD.

The Best Practices Course is delivered in bite-sized pieces that you can easily find the time to watch and digest. It is a combination of screen-capture (video demonstrations of how to do things within ArchiCAD), live video (listening and watching me explain concepts) and mind-mapping (diagrammatic representations of the inter-relations of ideas, methods and processes that help make things crystal clear).

The course is built around the 7 Keys to Best Practices for ArchiCAD, which are seven key principles that will help you become more effective and efficient in your use of the software. Understanding them conceptually is a good start, then examining, exploring and learning how to apply them throughout the interface and the project workflow will make a tremendous difference. They will literally transform your practice.

“The 7 keys concept is terrific. It reduces a very comprehensive, and complex, software program into logical (understandable) steps. I particularly like the ability to replay the videos. Every time I re-do them I learn a bit more, and find things that did not actually register in previous sessions; this Sesame Street approach is, for me, helpful.”

Earl Applegate, North Carolina (Current Best Practices Course Member)

There’s lots of meat to this course, yet it’s designed to be easy for you to digest, in concise modules of 10 – 20 minutes each. The curriculum is organized as a 26 week series totaling 21 hours of material. Each week you’ll get 3 or 4 modules totaling about 45 minutes. You can watch an entire week’s content during lunch, or grab a 10 minute module during a coffee break. If you are too busy one week, or even two, you can catch up when it’s convenient – take a couple of hours out on a Saturday to watch three week’s worth.

Of course, since the videos play on demand, you can watch them whenever you want, and over and over again if you wish. That way you can glean all the goodies and make sure you really understand some of these challenging ideas.

In addition to 24/7 permanent online access, you may order the course on 6 DVDs, which will be delivered to you once a month with all the lessons and bonus materials from the previous month.

Here is what you get:

The Best Practices Course registration fee is a total bargain at $497 – much less than the equivalent three days of classroom training. It’s more convenient – you can do it on your own schedule, there’s no travel time, and in smaller doses so you can really absorb it – and you can watch each module as many times as you wish.

Every lesson is carefully edited to make it clear and easy for you to understand, wasting no time. You’ll learn essential principles along with practical step by step techniques. This course is better than classroom training, and costs much less too!

You can start honing your ArchiCAD skills today. Simply click the orange button to sign up for the Best Practices Course and get instant access to the training materials:

Registration for the Best Practices Course is only open for a limited time.
The doors will close at midnight Pacific Time on Wednesday March 9.
After that date I’m going to focus on creating more of the training materials,
and helping members of the course integrate these lessons into their practice.

Simply click the orange button for instant access, and you’ll be on your way!

NOTE: INSTALLMENT PLAN NOW AVAILABLE!
Click HERE to jump to the bottom of this page for details on how to sign up

“Getting ArchiCAD out of the box was exciting – you can launch straight into modeling, you can do the online tutorials. However, I would have saved a lot of time if there had been a clear and concise tutorial like yours on the best practices and the overriding principles of ArchiCAD, to put some better order into things.”

Greg Butler, Australia (Current Best Practices Course Member)

I could stop here, and feel really good about offering you something this powerful and transformative for such a modest investment.

$497 is a great bargain for the benefits and time savings you’ll gain from the Best Practices course. However, I’m going to add something very special to help make this offer  irresistible.

There is something a little impersonal about video. I create it in my office, and you watch it at another time and place. Neither of us sees each other (except you might see me onscreen). And we can’t really talk about things – so I might not know where you need some extra help or explanation.

I’m adding in a special extra bonus – a coaching program.

Once a month, we’ll have a 90 minute call. If you want, you can send in some questions ahead of time, and even send in a project file. For 60 minutes, I’ll answer and demonstrate based on what people submitted, then we’ll open the floor to Q&A.

Using GoToMeeting, I’ll be able to show you things in ArchiCAD right on the fly. Up to this point, the only people who got this were the lucky ones in the Los Angeles ArchiCAD User Group. Now you can get this sort of expert (and caring) help regardless of where you are in the world!

Wow! Now we’re talking a real bargain. The Best Practices Course is the equivalent of a three day training seminar (maybe better) worth $795. And the monthly coaching calls are worth $462. So the total value you get is $795 + $462 = $1257.

And your investment is only a fraction of that: $497. To join the course today and get instant access, just click the orange button below:

I’ve had many people ask me if the course is for all levels of users, or just for people who have been using ArchiCAD for a while. The truth is that the course is designed to help anyone USING ArchiCAD to work better, faster and easier.

If you’re already using ArchiCAD for your design work, you’re ready for the Best Practices Course. If you’re working on your first real project, or your tenth, or even your 100th – you can and will benefit. The way I see it is – you’ve been focusing on getting your project done, and doing the best you can – while I’ve been focusing on how the software works in the most optimum way. So I’ve got lots to teach you that will help you be more efficient and resolve both the problems you know about, and the ones you don’t even know you have!

On the other hand, if you’re a beginner, just getting started – you need something different to get going with ArchiCAD. To help you, I’ve decided to create a new mini-course – the Best Practices QuickStart Course! This series of 6 training lesson modules will get you going quickly in a way that is consistent with Best Practices principles. This QuickStart will enable you to benefit from the Best Practices Course.

The QuickStart Course is ideal for supplementing other training – either in a class with your reseller or distributor, or with a book such as ArchiCAD Step by Step, or using the free Interactive Training materials that Graphisoft provides. It will give you important guidance to make sure that you learn the basics in a way that will fit in with the Best Practices principles that will serve you over the long term.

The Best Practices QuickStart will actually be a good review of the basics for many users, since almost everyone has some gaps in their understanding that may be filled in with a quick brushup like this.

The Best Practices QuickStart Course will be created and published in April 2011. Sign up now for the Best Practices Course and get this QuickStart Course free as an additional bonus!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The guarantee. This is “risk-free”. You have 30 days to try this out, and if you’re not happy, you can get your money back. It’s up to me to make sure you’re satisfied.

Recently I asked current members of the Best Practices Course to rate the course and share their comments with you. The information was collected by Shopper Approved, a recognized website rating service.

The results were impressive: an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars!

The comments that members provided were even more amazing. I was so pleased to see their enthusiasm and effusive praise for my work. I feel honored, and it motivates me to strive even harder to keep everyone happy!

Click on the Shopper Approved seal (immediately above) to see the detailed ratings and read the comments collected from course members, including the following one:

“The Best Practices Course is a well of knowledge for an Architect to streamline the design work. Learning the software and approaches to it presented by Eric Bobrow is fun and something I look forward to every week. Fantastic job Eric! My practice is getting a great boost in productivity.”

Marek Stoklosa, Pleasanton CA (Current Best Practices Course Member)

I think I may be going overboard, but I can’t stop making the Best Practices Course even more of an amazing value for you!

I’ve decided to add one more thing – something which I know you’ll like. Everyone who joins the Best Practices Course during this one week registration period will receive this extra special bonus:

This BONUS video training is a great supplement to the Best Practices Course – it may just help you win one more project!

I plan to sell this rendering and presentation training as a separate product later this year. At this point, however, I’m going to give it to you for free – if you join the Best Practices Course this week. Don’t miss out…

This is an opportunity you won’t regret – if you take advantage of it.

So if you want to transform your practice, learn the essential principles that will make you much more productive and allow your work day to really flow, don’t miss out. Enough said.

And remember – you have no risk – if you don’t feel like the course is going to offer you far more value than the money you invest in it, simply contact me for a refund within the first 30 days. I’m taking all the risk – I have to make you happy!

As I said earlier, registration for the Best Practices Course is only open for a limited time. The doors will close at midnight Pacific Time on Wednesday March 9. After that date I’m going to focus on creating more of the training materials, and helping members of the course take these lessons and put them into practice.

Don’t miss your chance.
Registration closes March 9 – sign up today!
Simply click the orange button for instant access to the training materials, and you’ll be on your way…

If you are interested in the Best Practices Course but $497 is too much of a stretch, you may now sign up for the course with 6 monthly installments of only $97. Of course, you pay a bit more: $97 x 6 = $582 compared to $497, but if this works better for your cash flow, then grab it now!

To sign up for the installment plan, click any of the orange Add to Cart buttons to go to the shopping cart page, then enter the special code “6×97” (without the quotes) into the promotion code box in the upper right and click the Apply button.

You’ll then see an option appear for choosing the 6 installment plan. Your card will only be charged $97 today – and you’ll get instant access to the course!

We’re down to the final 24 hours of registration now, and I’ve decided to throw in one final “killer” bonus.

Did you have a favorite professor in college? Did you ever go hang out with him or her during “office hours”?

That’s what I’m about to give you: a special “OFFICE HOURS” session of 3 hours each month. I’ll open the doors, and course members may visit me virtually. You can take a number, and have a chance to ask your questions, and get some advice, coaching, demonstration of how to deal with a technical question – whatever you need. The session will be broadcast as a web seminar, and recorded and posted for later viewing.

For the next 6 months I’ll add these Office Hours to the Best Practices Course program. This is in addition to the regular 90 minute coaching call. You’ll get more time with me – 18 more hours in all. Most of it will be pure training – a perfect supplement to the carefully structured course. I’ll fill in the gaps, wherever you and other course members need extra help.

Just like your favorite professor, I’ll be there for you. It’ll be fun, we’ll hang out. And you’ll learn a lot!

Just to be fair, this bonus will be made available to all course members enrolled before the end of this current registration period. This is a huge investment of my time in your success. Sign up now – this offer will NOT be repeated.

I’d love to know how you feel about the course. Is this something you feel would help you? Do you have any questions? Please add a comment below. I read every one, and will respond when I can.

Thanks for taking the time to read all the way to the bottom of the page!

Eric