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ON DEMAND:
ON-DEMAND SESSIONS; ON-DEMAND (PRE-RECORDED ONLY)
How Living In Place Principles Affects Our Business
& Professional Lives
Louie Delaware, CLIPP, The Living In Place Institute;
Maria Stapperfenne, CMKBD, CLIPP; Tewksbury Kitchens and Baths
Toni Sabatinom AKBD, Toni Sabatino Style
TRACK: DESIGN
Learn from 2 well-known K&B experts and the Founder of The
Living In Place Institute to understand why design is critical to
making all homes more accessible and safer. Gain the awareness
of your role in managing all your projects in this new, positive
approach to design and products for home accessibility and
safety. Learn how Living In Place principles can help your business
as you help all of your clients live with independence and dignity.
Leadership, Without Title
Dina Al-Dajani, CMKBD, Seminole State College of Florida
TRACK: LEADERSHIP
Great leaders are change makers who play an essential role
in driving results and achieving goals. At any small or large
organization, positive leaders not only increase organization
effectiveness, individual motivations, commitment, and engagement
but also create a safe healthy work environment, which can
greatly influence individuals' productivity and health as well as
emotional state of mind. Effective and inspiring leaders focus on
honing essential leadership pillars. Effective leaders take personal
responsibility and accountability for their career development
and help to further an organization's goals through improving
individuals' engagement and helping individuals develop the
capacities the organization needs to succeed. Elevating leadership
skills among individuals brings out the best in others and drives
performance and results.
Opposite George: Kitchen Design Rules You Can
Creatively Ignore
Leslie Hart-Davidson, HDD Studios
TRACK: DESIGN
Through the hilarious lens of popular culture, " Opposite George:
Kitchen Design Rules You Can Creatively Ignore " honors the iconic
Seinfeld episode where George Costanza decides to disregard
every instinct and do the opposite for a day. This session will
challenge the accepted and sometimes rigid norms of kitchen
design in order to break free of creative ruts to better customize
and personalize the design outcomes for clients. Using a Love
Boat-load of television and movie references, the seven rules
presented will examine the premise of the norm, then pick it
apart through audience discussion and a fun activity. " Rule 3:
Worship the Work Triangle, " for example, begins with an Opposite
George declaration that functionality is in the eye of the beholder.
The activity to challenge the norm is a hands-on " Groceries
to Leftovers Audit " that includes a step-by-step analysis of an
existing or proposed kitchen layout from bringing in a bag of
groceries for a meal, preparing the meal, to storing the leftovers
after cleaning. Understanding the required functionality for your
client can differ vastly from project to project, so the audit exercise
showcases Opposite George's declaration about the end user.
Attendees will leave the session with a head full of nostalgic oneliners
from TV and film, a heart full of empathy and empowerment
to better help their clients live better in their home, and a packet
full of witty, helpful guides to make their client interactions and
outcomes more successful.
Smart Home + Sustainability + Wellness = Impact on
Aging in Place Design
Michael Kristofka, Simon/Myers, LLC
TRACK: DESIGN
Homeowners that want to age in place continue to rise in number,
and they are making home improvement decisions to do so
sooner than ever. We recently completed a national US survey of
homeowners about some of these bigger home improvement trends
in smart home innovations, the importance of sustainability, and
their top wellness considerations. While aging in place design has
come a long way from redesigning spaces for ease of movement
and safety, these three trends have varying degrees of importance
and influence on future aging in place designs and solutions. What
are the implications for each? How should designers incorporate
these insights into any home designs now? What key product
attributes are most important for homeowners that want to age
in place? What trend has the greatest home improvement ROI for
those planning to age in place?
Stand Out in the Market With Your Custom Cabinet Lines
Jessica Curry, CKD, Interiors by J. Curry LLC
TRACK: MARKETING
As cabinet dealers we've all come up against the negativity
clients or builders may express about manufactured cabinets
simply because they are not built in house. The goal of this
session is to take away the stigma that makes our cabinets and
kitchens seem inferior. While there are varying levels of cabinetry
lines, some that are less or more custom than others. Many
of the products that professional kitchen and bath designers
sell/design with can provide a truly custom end result. Learn
strategies to put yourself in front of your potential clients that will
value your partnered relationships with cabinet companies. Sell
with confidence and stand behind your products. There's no one
more in tune with design capabilities, unique woods, finishes, or
material of the products than you are as a designer, it's time we
use that to your advantage! Once we can educate our clients on
the benefits of working with an active NKBA member designer
or certified designer from start to finish, it will be hard for them
to say no. Designers see the big picture, and while the cabinetry
is an important part of the design process, we also care about
the flow clearances and aesthetics of the whole room and all the
pieces and how they work together.
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