Tuesday, February 13, 2007
10 a.m. Feature Presentation
Sponsored and hosted by: Winston, Suite 16-100
Presented by: DeAnna Radaj, Allied ASID, Bante Design LLC
The Importance of Small
 Talk Learn the importance of this often overlooked skill. DeAnna Radaj, a residential designer and national speaker on business topics, will discuss why small talk is a necessary skill for anyone and everyone in the design business. She’ll discuss behavior traits of a good small talker, preparing for an event, how to work a room at a party when you are among strangers, and proper "exiting" techniques to leave them wanting more. This workshop is a must for anyone who wants to work on his or her social skills, generate new clients and network a new company.
Radaj has a BS in Marketing from Marquette University and an Interior Design degree from MATC in Milwaukee. Her 15+ years as operations and marketing director for the Nature of Things Stores has led her to numerous design challenges in the development of store spaces of a variety of sizes, custom product development and merchandising strategies. She has been a trainer on the subjects of coaching employees, sales, merchandising and marketing/PR. Radaj has designed retail spaces, as well as consulted on numerous residential projects, specializing in bedrooms and nurseries.
Radaj has been featured in M magazine, MKE, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Milwaukee Home magazine. She was part of the 2004 WI Breast Cancer show house and was a featured presenter at the 2006 Snowmass Village Wellness Weekend, the NARI Home and Remodeling Show and the Midwest Home Expo in Chicago. Radaj is the author of numerous articles, is the former editor of the WI ASID newsletter (which featured her column “The Business of Design”) where she is still a contributor and her first design book is entitled “Designing the Life of Your Dreams from the Outside In” (7/06).
Also on February 13 ...
Noon–3 p.m.
Look Forward to the Return of Warm Weather on 16 and 17
Tour the indoor/outdoor showrooms on floors 16 and 17 and take a look at some of the most exciting pieces of furniture and accessories for summer homes, patios, pool areas, sunrooms and more. All showrooms are showcasing the new 2007 furniture collections, so plant the seed with your clients to begin looking for new patio furniture now.
Pollack & Donghia Present
“The RISD Museum Collection,
Women’s Work:A Common Thread”
4–4:45 p.m. Presentation; Mart Conference Center; 2nd Floor
4:45–6 p.m. Cocktails in the Donghia Showroom, Suite 631
Taking place during the 2nd Tuesday™ Program Series, Mark Pollack, principal and design director, will give a behind-the-scenes look at POLLACK’s new collection of fabrics inspired by artifacts from the archives of The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. The 21 textiles shown in Women’s Work: A Common Thread celebrate the beauty inherent in ordinary and not so ordinary textiles. Whether it is the multiplicity of pleats found in a Hmong skirt, the delicate pattern of hand-knit women’s stockings or Native American beadwork, the needle arts as practiced by women in diverse cultures and time periods will be explored.
R.S.V.P. to Donghia at 312.822.0766. |
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The Merchandise Mart Design Center invites you to enjoy the February, March and April 2nd Tuesday Feature Presentations, as well as additional showroom events throughout the day. R.S.V.P. by calling 312.527.7866. |
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
10 a.m. Feature Presentation
Presented by: Fred Berns, Business by Design
Sponsored and hosted by: J. Marshall Design, Suite 1600
Learn How to Get Twice Your Price
Article by: Fred Berns
 Earning twice as much as a design professional doesn’t take rocket science. It takes ten simple steps. They involve little more than some focus, a bit of marketing, a tad of personal promotion, and a whole lot of commitment. I cover those steps in my program entitled Double the Fees You Set and Get, March 13 at The Mart.
Don’t tell me you can’t afford to spend time on these ten easy steps. If you don’t earn the kind of money you want, you can’t afford not to follow them. Take the first one: Set Your Eyes on the Prize. Set your fee at twice its current level, and post it on our phone, by your computer, and in your car. Wake up to that number. Go to sleep with it. Focus only on activities that will generate it. Pursue only those prospects who can afford it. View that fee as if you already earn it. Before long, you will. The other nine steps in Double the Fees are just as easy.
What’s really cool about the program is that it shows you how to earn twice as much and work less than you do now. If you want to earn some serious income as a design professional, you’ll want to attend this program. You’re just 10 steps away from doubling the fees you set and get.
Tuesday,April 10, 2007
10 a.m. Feature Presentation
Sponsored and hosted by: Bright Group, Suite 6-166
Presented by: Steve Nobel, founder, NOBELINKS
Aiming at Affluence: Marketing Interior Design to Luxury Clients
 Steve Nobel is a member of the Luxury Marketing Council in New York and is the founder and principal of NOBELINKS, a consulting firm specializing in the home furnishings market. His creative presentation demonstrates successful marketing techniques that may be used by designers to create better business from more resourceful clients. One of his past attendees raves, “Steve Nobel invites us to go beyond our assumptions of the wealthy. He illuminates our target market and gives us solid tools to reach them.”
Arrive for Nobel’s presentation by 10 a.m. and receive parking validation at MartParc Wells. R.S.V.P. to 312.527.7866 |
