I had the opportunity to attend the Canadian Staging Professionals Conference in Las Vegas as an extra day after the Real Estate Staging Association Conference. It was a fabulous day of people sharing their expertise. Teresa Robertson of "Design to Go" winner of the CSP mentor of the year for 2010.  Teresa shared with the group her ideas "to help grow and manage a successful staging business." Nairn Friemann, president of "Ingenuity & Pizzazz, Inc." shared "Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations with sellers in 10 simple steps." From the "Social Media Academy For Women". Francine Allaire shared steps for "using Flip Video's and some simple scripts to increase your visibility on Social Media". Forbes called Francine one of the "Top 20 Women for Entrepreneurs" to follow on Twitter f... 02/15/2011

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The Real Estate Staging Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas was a huge success.  The RESA conference was held in January and approximately 400 stagers from all over North America were there.Although there were many hi-lights from the RESA conference event the top three for me were:1.  Jackson West from "Reveal Estate" home staging.Jackson's presentation for the RESA conference was "How to Close More Sales and Raise Your Profits by Perfecting Client Proposals".I learned a great deal and am now putting together a template for my own Client Proposal.2.  Christine Rae from "Certified Staging Professionals".Christine is very passionate about going green and especially being green in your home staging business.Some things Christine shared about the state of our water here on the planet... 02/10/2011

In one of my previous posts, I shared Hamilton/Halton Real Estate Staging Association Chapter's Charity of choice "Wall's of Hope". Sera Mansueto, the founder of "Wall's of Hope" was being honoured by Debbie Travis as an unsung hero in Oakville for her generous and hard work in helping families in the Oakville area. The show "All For One" was taped at the end of August and aired on October 31. Many of our RESA chapter members were part of the 5 day project honouring Sera . It was an exciting, exhausting, and educational 5 days. Here are some pictures of some of our RESA Chapter members.  You might recognize some of them. Linda Graydon from "Soulscape Interiors" was chosen by Debbie Travis as the Design Crew Leader.  It was a very stressful 5 days. Igor from "Restaurant Makeover" was the... 11/15/2010

Hamilton/Burlington Real Estate Staging Association October Chapter Meeting was a big success. We had many in attendance and some very good presentations. Linda Graydon shared some photos with the group of our "Wall's of Hope" project.   Linda also shared a slideshow of the "Debbie Travis"  project some of us also participated in.  Debbie Travis's new show is"All For One". This is me listening intently to what Debbie is telling me. Also during the meeting I shared the picture hanging tip I learned here on Activerain via Kym Tarr's blog post. Laurie Carther from "Silklauer" Designs also shared a picture or mirror hanging tip. Our guest speaker was Anthony Giaitzis from "Stoneridge Insurance Company".  He is husband of Luisa Giaitzis who is one of our members. He has come up with a RESA G... 11/01/2010

  The Hamilton/Burlington RESA Chapter met on September 27 at Tansley Woods Community Centre. Our guest speaker was Laurey Fawcett from Sherwin Williams Paint. Laurey had a lot of information to share about paint and how to pick the right paint for your project.  She taught us how to read the fan deck properly and the types of finishes were discussed.  Unfortunately we were unable to have Laurey complete her whole 1.5 hour presentation due to the time allowed for our meeting.  This was a little disappointing. Each member attending the RESA Chapter meeting will be getting a free fan deck. Laurey shared a website to our Hamilton/Burlington Chapter members to receive free paint chips in large sizes to use for our businesses.  I am unable to share this website unfortunately.   Our Hamilton/... 10/04/2010

I have just earned the RESA-PRO™ home staging designation. For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                                                           Karen Hubert of Center Stage Design earns Prestigious RESA-PRO™ Home Staging Designation Ancaster, Ontario, September 27th,,2010. Karen Hubert of Center Stage Design has earned the RESA-PRO™ designation.   RESA-PRO™ designees must meet the following 6 mandatory requirements:   Must pass the RESA® Ethics Exam.    Must agree to follow the RESA® Code of Ethics.  A minimum of 1 year in business, as a professional home stager (proof by either a Business License, DBA,  LLC, CORP, Re-sale license or Legal  Partnership,) Proof of Home Staging Busin... 09/27/2010