ANNUAL CONFERENCE

April 1st Omni Royal Orleans Hotel
​Business Casual Attire
 Creator: a person or a thing who brings something into existence
​THIS IS YOU!
Your designs impact lives!         Your designs matter!        Your research matters!        Your advocacy matters!        Your involvement matters!
 
But is this how you really feel though? Are you feeling burnt out?
Do you remember your why? Do you know what inspires you? Do you know where you fit in?
 
Whether you're just embarking on your journey in this amazing field of interior design and trying to figure these things out,
​been doing this thirty plus years, or you're somewhere in the middle, this event is for YOU!
 
Through peer networking, vendor engagement and 3 amazing program speakers that will teach you how to effectively focus more by doing less,
through the art of monotasking, provide tools to help you figure out who you are & what your logo is for branding yourself, and educate you on communicating
and working well with others in the industry; we will empower you, inspire you and help you to feel productive and balanced. We want to help you discover
who you really are as a designer & where you fit into the industry. We want you to TAKE THE MASK OFF and learn to be real with yourself and others.
​Let's rise up together as professionals and friends to empower and inspire everyone around us.

​YOU IMPACT LIVES! YOU MATTER!

KEYNOTE 
Monotasking - based of Thatcher Wine's Book:
The Twelve Monotasks; Do One Thing at a Time to do Everything Better
Presenter: Chris Stulpin

Here's the status for most of us today, we are multitasking work (pay the bills), career (trying to achieve goals within our work) partner/spouse/dating, CFO, household management, caretaker (kids, parents) and much more. Each of these has to-do lists and we are forever distracted throughout the day. Add to this technology, this is omnipresent in our lives,a s well as a feeling that we aren't doing enough.

Feel successful, Yet? Is your mind overwhelmed, do you feel like you master any part of your life anymore? What if we could focus more by doing less? This is the idea of monotasking. Monotasking asks if we focus on one thing at a time, would we be able to be more productive and enjoy our lives more.

OPENING SESSION
Find Out Who You Are
​& Brand Yourself for Success:
​Your Logo is You
​Presenter: Lindsay Young

Branding is so much more than an image. It's your culture, your values, your beliefs...it's the core of who you are as a person. Typically, when most people think of a brand, they think of a logo. Yes, that's a component of it, but during this presentation we are going to talk about branding yourself...a unique individual. Your logo is you! This interactive session will help you think about were you want to be in your career in a year, three years, or even ten years. As a professional, you must brand yourself for success.

CLOSING SESSION
Belonging in Interior Design:
​Be Confident. Be Supportive. Be the Change.
​Presenter: Allyn Martin
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We look at ways that the design industry can become more inclusive, how different generation can learn to communicate and work together effectively, how to mentor and develop future generations of talent, and how to build culture in a hybrid work environment.
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