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Leading Companies and Speakers Join Interior Design Summit’s Roster

Furniture World News Desk on 9/30/2017


The Interior Design Summit, a transformational business symposium for interior design professionals and firms, added 14 key sponsors to its roster and introduces eight more speakers for its fourth annual event. Presented by Gail Doby Coaching and Consulting and Luxe Interiors + Design, the Interior Design Summit takes place Friday, October 13 in conjunction with the Fall 2017 High Point Market.

Six highly successful, seasoned professional designers, each representing the pinnacle of their specialties, will share their most valuable insights that help guide their companies’ area of brilliance. Those speakers and topics are:

  • Christi Barbour, Diversify to Ensure your Business’s Sustainable Success
  • Bria Hammell, Build your Brand and Attract your Ideal Clients with Instagram
  • Vicky Serany, Generate Referrals by Helping Others Succeed
  • Christi Spangle, Increase your Productivity and your Bottom Line
  • Cheryl Beachy Stauffer, Generosity Marketing—How Giving Back attracts Clients
  • Karen Wolf, Timelessly infuse Trends into your Designs

In addition, Michelle Jennings Wiebe, president and principal designer of Studio M, Inc., joins Gail Doby and Kimberly Merlitti, a noted, San Francisco-based business financial strategist for interior design, architecture and construction firms, as a panelist for Setting & Selling your Fees, a deep dive into how much you should charge, how and when to raise rates, and how to sell your value, not your time.

These presenters join previously-announced keynote speaker, Lisa Kahn-Allen, owner of Lisa Kahn Designs, and Pamela S. McNally, vice president of digital for SANDOW, Luxe Interiors + Designs parent company, for one of the most robust, business-focused programs available to professional designers.

“The Interior Design Summit is the only conference of its kind, specifically focused on the business side of the interior designers’ business with profit and success strategies at the core of the summit sessions,” says Gail Doby. “Transforming your business is real, and it happens when you
have the proper support, tools and experts that genuinely and openly guide you through the
process.”

Support for the Interior Design Summit is led by title sponsor Lexington Home Brands, and the High Point Market Authority. Other visionary companies working to help ensure the professional growth of interior designers and the home furnishings trade are:

  • French Heritage, Inc.
  • International Market Centers
  • Steelyard
  • Theodore Alexander
  • Universal Furniture International, Inc.
  • Woodard Furniture
  • E by Design
  • Julian Chichester
  • KMM Consulting
  • Mr. Brown
  • Picture Source Somerset
  • Stanford Furniture
  • Stemper & Associates, Inc.
  • Studio M
  • The Chaise Lounge Podcast
  • The Media Matters, Inc.
  • Verellen
  • Weather or Not

Specially developed for Interior Design Summit participants, is a feature called the IDS GRAM|MEs, a curated Market experience that provides IDS attendees with VIP-level access to preeminent showrooms at High Point Market. Visiting the showrooms will also provide attendees with Instagram-worthy opportunities that will result in prizes. The two top prizes are:

  • 12-month Luxe Preferred Program valued at $25,000, provided by Luxe Interiors + Design; and,
  • A VIP Intensive Experience and membership in the Design Success Alliance, valued at $17,500, given by Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting.


Registration is $497, available via the Interior Design Summit website, www.interiordesignsummit.com. Through September 30, use the code TRANSFORM for $100 off the registration price.

Included in the registration are:

  • Full-day educational program on Friday, October 13
  • Breakfast, lunch and breaks on Friday, October 13
  • Cocktail reception co-hosted by Barclay Butera and Gail Doby at Lexington Home Brands’ showroom on Friday, October 13, with complimentary transportation
  • Mimosas and continental breakfast at Woodard Furniture on Sunday, October 15
  • Breakfast at Theodore Alexander on Monday, October 16 followed by the Best of Theodore Alexander tour with Steven Avitable & Anthony Cox
  • High Point Market registration & all attendee perks, including complimentary airport, hotel and Market district shuttles, October 13-16
  • GRAM|ME curated Market experience, October 14-16
  • After Party reception and prize drawings at French Heritage showroom, Monday, October 16

The Interior Design Summit takes place in the ballroom of the International Home Furnishings Center in downtown High Point. Key sponsor, the High Point Market Authority, will work with Summit attendees to pre-register them for market, assist in planning their trip and provide transportation during the event.

 

 


More about Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting: Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting offers one-on-one VIP coaching and consulting services to professional designers and firms, mastermind groups for CEOs and seconds-in-command, online courses and programming, business tools and documents, and live events across the U.S and internationally. Firms from start-ups to those with seven-figure-plus revenues have realized transformational growth in sales, profitability and professional and personal satisfaction. Utilizing highly developed and strategic financial, marketing, organizational and human resources evaluations, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting clears the path for clients to radically improve their businesses, achieve financial success, attain business and personal goals, and work more efficiently. Doby’s background in both interior design and business finance provide the foundation for how many of the top design firms and practitioners now approach the business of doing business. For more information, visit GailDoby.com

More about Luxe Interiors + Design: Home is your greatest luxury. At Luxe Interiors + Design, we celebrate regional architecture and design, and encourage design enthusiasts to seek out and connect with local design professionals in the place they call home. We impart this philosophy through multi-platform channels — in print and digital, and at our events — where we inspire, inform and engage with affluent design enthusiasts, architects, interior designers, home builders and the design community at large.

More about Lexington Home Brands: Lexington Home Brands is a global manufacturer and marketer of residential and contract furnishings, recognized as an industry leader in design innovation and lifestyle merchandising. With a legacy dating back to 1903, the company's diverse assortment includes wood and upholstered furniture at medium-to-upper price points across every relevant style category, from classic to contemporary. The company’s portfolio of brands includes Lexington®, Tommy Bahama Home®, Tommy Bahama Outdoor Living®, Sligh® and Artistica®. Products are distributed through home furnishings retailers, interior design professionals, to-the-trade showrooms and select Internet retailers. Headquartered in High Point, North Carolina, the company has showrooms in High Point, New York, Denver and Las Vegas. For more information, visit lexington.com.