Designer Events

Rocky Mountain Designers' Market

Thank you to all of the designers and industry partners who attended our fifth annual Designers’ Market. The event was co-sponsored by sources+design and Luxe Magazine and featured over 30 presentations covering a variety of design related topics.

Save the Date!
2010 Rocky Mountain Designers’ Market, May 12-13, 2010
Call 303.282.3228 for more information.

2010 Designer Seminar Series

RSVP is required for all Seminar Series events. Please contact Sarah Fisbeck at 303-282-3233 or sarahf@denverdesign.com for seminar registration information.

Cathy Whitlock presents, Re-de-signing Your Career: New Directions for Today's Interior Designer

Presentation Outline:
The Designing Career: Past, Present and Future
The Design Specialties: An Array of Alternatives from A-Z

Cathy Whitlock's career as a book author, magazine writer, design marketer, lecturer and interior designer spans many directions, both nationally and internationally.

Cathy Whitlock She is the author of the books Re-de-sign: New Directions for the Interior Design Career and the upcoming Cinema Style: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction. A contributing writer for Traditional Home magazine, her work also appears in Veranda, Architectural Digest, Capitol File, American Airlines Celebrated Living, Flower, Array, ASID Icon and internationally for Glamour UK and Four Seasons Hotel magazines. She also writes the weekly blog Cinema Style (wwwcinemastyle.blogspot.com) on inspiration, trends and designs in the movies and is a frequent blogger for The Huffington Post.

A graduate of Parsons School of Design and member of ASID, Cathy has more than twenty-two years of experience in the interior design industry with practices in New York, Chicago and Nashville. She appeared as a frequent on-air personality and spokesperson on Home and Garden Television's top-rated Decorating With Style, and has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and the Fine Living Channel.

Formerly with Universal Pictures and the late British film producer Sir Lew Grade’s ITC Entertainment, Cathy worked on the marketing campaigns of Coal Miner’s Daughter, Animal House, Jaws and the Academy Award winning film, The Deerhunter.

Date:	Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time:	11:00am
Location:	Denver Design District, East Conference Room
Cost:	$10 for registered designers $15 for non-registered designers RSVP is required. Call 303.282.3233 or email sarahf@denverdesign.com Cash or Check only.

Designer's Network Events

The Designer's Network is a forum to educate, to listen, and to be heard….but mostly just to connect. It provides designers the opportunity to meet, share their stories and their situations together, as peers, not as competitors. The meetings will be 50% educational and 50% social, featuring speakers and topics chosen specifically for designers. The quarterly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at 5:00 pm at the Denver Design District and are complimentary.

We invite all members of the trade to join our Designer's Network events. To be placed on the Designer's Network electronic invitation list, please email the following information to Sarah at sarahf@denverdesign.com.

* Students are welcome to attend Designer Network Events.

Designer Success Series 2010

Smart Marketing Strategies, Ways to Earn New Business

Guest Speaker:	Jennifer Lester, Philosophy Communication, Inc.
Date:	Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Time:	5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:	The Rug Source Showroom
Cost:	Free, Complimentary Event

Invest Marketing Dollars Wisely and Avoid Common Marketing Mistakes
Jennifer Lester, co-founder of Philosophy Communication, a public relations and marketing firm, will be speaking about how design professionals can win new business through smart marketing strategies.

“It is important for design professionals to carefully plan their marketing programs to land new business, especially during tough economic times,” Lester said. “I will discuss specific strategies that include how marketing and public relations campaigns help increase awareness and revenue.”

Lester will present a collaborative session providing attendees tools and tactics to best market their businesses. Participants will learn how to use branding and public relations to translate into more business. They will also gain advice on where to invest their marketing dollars to achieve the greatest return. For more than 15 years, Lester has been providing marketing strategies for clients such as Roth Distributing Company, American Society of Landscape Architects Colorado, Mundus Bishop Design, Three Sixty Design, R-Squared Design, the Town of Frisco, and Caribou Coffee.

About Philosophy Communication, Inc.
Founded in 2001, Philosophy Communication is a full-service marketing and public relations agency dedicated to the art of shaping thought.

Marina Dagenais is the coordinator for Designer Network. If you have comments or suggestions for future events, we invite you to contact Marina at 303-282-3226 or marina@denverdesign.com. Please RSVP to Marina.

Students are Welcome