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Keynote & Seminars
Design Summit 2013
Keynote Presentation: At Home/At Work: The
Trends Driving Residential and Commercial Design.
Residential design and commercial design are usually thought
of as separate disciplines. But in reality, ideas and applications
that surface in each of these markets are often re-interpreted
and crossover from one to the other.
Keynote Speaker: Paul Taylor
Design Management Practice and Marketing: Twelve
Reasons Why You Should Hire a Designer,
CEU-100288
0.1 CEU Credit Presenter: Paula Bongartz
Company: Hunter Douglas
The main objective of this seminar is to provide the designer
with innovative sales presentations. This seminar can help
position and grow the designer’s business by placing a strong
emphasis on the selling process. This seminar communicates
to the design community why it is important to become a sales
person first and a designer second. The selling process is the
key to repositioning and growing your business. This seminar
will give the designer some tools that they can incorporate into
their presentations. Some ideas may be things they already do
and others will be things they may not have ever thought
about.
Lighting Controls as a Component of Interior
Design, CEU-101317
0.1 CEU Credit Presenters: Patricia Mace &
Trip Speight
Company: Legrand
Lighting controls allow homeowners to control lights, ceiling
fans and small appliances from anywhere in the home, without
the need for special wiring or expensive master controllers.
Lighting controls can be integrated into a home for singleroom
or whole house systems. The intent of this course is to
discuss the role of lighting in design, and more specifically
how lighting controls can impact the olives of occupants and
performances of the home, including enhanced energy
efficiency.
Sustainable Bath & Kitchen Design, CEU-100412
0.1 CEU Credit Presenter: Garrett Dynes
Company: Kohler
We’re all connected. Healthier homes mean healthier people,
communities and planet. In this course, you will learn how to
design healthy and sustainable baths & kitchens, select
sustainable residential products, be able to integrate water
conservation plumbing products for LEED credits into
residential designs and communicate to clients the importance
of sustainable buildings.
Design for All, CEU-101453
0.1 CEU Credit Presenter: Jason McNeely
Company: Hansgrohe
Participants will engage in a discussion on the rapidly growing
aging population. With the growing number of adults needing
or wanting to age in their homes the importance of Universal
Design is more important than ever. As one ages, the use of
the bath changes from a place for pampering to a place of
necessity. The use of Universal Design principles and
selection of the proper products will allow you to blend the
user personal style while accommodating all users’ needs. At
the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to
identify the segment of the population with Aging-in-Place
needs; understand the seven principles of Universal Design;
choose bathroom fixtures that meet the users’ needs; design a
bathroom with proper placement of products in critical use
areas.
Mastering Presentation in the Workplace –A Skills
Workshop Presenter: Jason McNeely, Hansgrohe
Presentation skills and public speaking skills are a necessity of
work and life. Learn tips for successful interviews, clear and
concise communications, and how to write effective
presentations. These skills are important to be successful in
business, sales, training and building trust with clients.
Developing the confidence and capability to give good
presentations, speak well, and engage others is extremely
helpful for self-development, too. With the information gained
in this seminar, some preparation, and practice, you will be
an effective communicator, conducting successful client
demos and winning sales pitches.
Location to be determined.
ILLINOIS | WINTER 2013 | 13