From the course: Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements

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Challenge scenario: Terms and conditions

Challenge scenario: Terms and conditions

From the course: Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements

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Challenge scenario: Terms and conditions

Let's bring that dry illegal copy to life with a few practical challenges. I'll describe a few scenarios that demonstrate how terms and conditions can protect you from disaster. For each scenario you should search for the answers in the AIGA Standard Form of agreement for design services. You can get this form by pointing your browser to aiga.org, then type in the search term, and download the file. After listening to each scenario, you'll want to write your answers in the terms and conditions worksheet that I've provided, so get that ready, too. In the first scenario you start a project and invoice half the fees upfront, you expect the client will send you a check immediately, it doesn't happen. When you call the client, they tell you that they expected to pay you in full at the end of the job and the check will come about a month after the invoice is processed by their accounting department. What clause can you include to make sure you get paid how you prefer? In Scenario 2, you've…

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