Formed last year, the Society of Applied Hypnosis is the only professional organization that is dedicated to the competence training, testing and certification of working hypnotists in the world today. Unique in its emphasis that its members must be publicly tested in both their knowledge and skills prior to certification, the Society is pioneering the efforts to move hypnosis from the "alternative" world into the mainstream. The course I am presenting worldwide this year as The New Curriculum is designed to be a complete modernization of hypnosis training. As a requirement for membership in the Society for Applied Hypnosis, this experience provides the most comprehensive preparation for professional practice available today.