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North America- February 8, 2012 The Real Estate Staging Association™ (RESA) announced the 2012 Home Staging Industry and Leadership Award Winners during the International Home Staging Convention February 1, 2012 in Las Vegas Nevada.
RESA recognized staging professionals in chapter, state and regional leadership positions. Professional home stagers in 5 regions throughout North America received awards in both Rookie Stager of the Year and Professional Stager of the Year categories. RESA also recognized a staging REALTOR of the year, innovator of the year and product of the year as well as many other categories.
The RESA® Home Staging Industry Awards™ Winners are:
RESA® 2012 State President of the Year™ Tammie O’Brien
RESA® 2012 Chapter President of the Year™ Karen Eubank
RESA® 2012 Regional Vice President of the Year™ Tori Toth
RESA® 2012 National Board Member of the Year™ Kathy Nielsen
RESA® 2012 Staging Innovator of the Year™ Tammie O’Brien
RESA® 2012 REALTOR of the Year™ USA Jenny Stevenson
RESA® 2012 REALTOR of the Year™ Canada Arsen Gulesserian
RESA® 2012 Product or Service of the Year™ Market Ready Real Estate Online Consultations
RESA® 2012 Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 1 Northeast Nairn Friemann
RESA® 2012 Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 2 Midwest Margaret Gehr
RESA® 2012 Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 3 Southern Karen Dembsky
RESA® 2012 Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 4 West Christine Cooper
RESA® 2012 Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 4 Maureen Bray
RESA® 2012 Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 5 Canada Monica Stanciu
RESA® 2012 Rookie Stager of the Year™ Region USA Gregg Henry
RESA® 2012 Rookie Stager of the Year™ Region Canada Kristy Mattiazzo
RESA® 2012 Company of the Year™ Canada Rooms in Bloom Home Staging & Design, Inc.
RESA® 2012 Company of the Year™ USA Pineapple Interiors
RESA® 2012 Company of the Year™ Just Perfect! Home Staging + More
RESA® 2012 Spouse of the Year™ Canada Eric Bowen
RESA® 2012 Spouse of the Year™ USA The Godfather of Staging Gary Barnett
RESA® 2012 Best Occupied Staging™ USA Kathy Burke
RESA® 2012 Best Occupied Staging™ Canada Alana Merritt
RESA® 2012 Rookie Stager of the Year™ Kristy Mattiazzo
RESA® 2012 Professional Stager of the Year™ Nairn Friemann
RESA® 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award™ Christine Rae
“We would like to thank everyone for their participation in the awards process, without the support of our membership we would not be able to recognize so may well deserving people in our industry.” Shell Brodnax, President/CEO Real Estate Staging Association.
About The Real Estate Staging Association®
The Real Estate Staging Association® (RESA®) is the trade association for professional real estate stagers and redesigners For more information on the real estate staging and the convention visit www.RESAConvention.com For more information about real estate staging, or to find a professional stager or redesigner call 800-201-8687 and speak with Shell Brodnax, or visit the RESA® Web site at www.RealEstateStagingAssociation.com ####
Do you want your industry to be taken seriously? Perfect! So does the Real Estate Staging Association® (RESA®), the trade association for professional home stagers.
Every industry starts someplace. Let’s compare the staging industry to the real estate industry. At one point, there were no licensed real estate agents. The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® was founded as the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges on May 12, 1908 at the YMCA Auditorium in Chicago, IL. With 120 founding members, 19 Boards, and one State Association, the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges’ objective was “to unite the real estate men of America for the purpose of effectively exerting a combined influence upon matters affecting real estate interests.” (more…)
North America- December 2, 2011 The Real Estate Staging Association® (RESA®) is pleased to announce the 2012 Home Staging Industry Award™ Finalists. The winners will be announced and presented with their prestigious awards at the annual convention February 1, 2012, in Las Vegas Nevada.
The RESA® Home Staging Industry Awards™ Finalists are:
RESA® Product of the Year™-
RESA® Innovator of the Year™-
RESA® Staging REALTOR® of the Year™-
RESA® Rookie Stager of the Year™ United States-
RESA® Rookie Stager of the Year™ Canada-
RESA® Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 1 Northeast-
RESA® Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 2 Midwest-
RESA® Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 3 Southern-
RESA® Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 4 West-
RESA® Professional Stager of the Year™ Region 5 Canada-
RESA® Home Staging Company of the Year™ Canada-
RESA® Home Staging Company of the Year™ United States-
RESA® Spouse of the Year™ United States-
RESA® Best Occupied Staging™ Canada-
RESA® Best Occupied Staging™ United States
“We would like to thank everyone for their participation in the awards process, without the support of our membership we would not be able to recognize so may well deserving people in our industry.” Shell Brodnax, President/CEO Real Estate Staging Association.
About The Real Estate Staging Association®
The Real Estate Staging Association® (RESA®) is the trade association for professional real estate stagers and redesigners For more information on the real estate staging and the convention visit www.RESAConvention.com For more information about real estate staging, or to find a professional stager or redesigner call 800-201-8687 and speak with Shell Brodnax, or visit the RESA® Web site at www.RealEstateStagingAssociation.com ####
FREE WEBINAR – FACEBOOK for BUSINESS
August 21st, 2011 7-9pm EST – Register Today
RESA Members: Do you have your business set up on facebook? Are you effectively marketing your staging business in this powerful online network? It is okay to use facebook for both pleasure and business!
Have you have been confused, procrastinating or just haven’t had the time to learn about facebook for business? – Now is your chance! Join Angela Brooks as she walks you step-by-step through the basics of facebook. She will also share a few marketing strategies for those actively using facebook now… (more…)
The Home Staging CalculatorTM iPhone App is one of the most useful tools to hit the real estate industry since the MLS.
Real estate professionals have traditionally had a difficult time explaining home staging to their clients and getting them to see the value in home staging. The Home Staging CalculatorTM will calculate how much money your clients are likely to spend or save if they decide to stage or not to stage based on the statistics released by the Real Estate Staging Association® (RESA®). This app is 100% customizable to cover all situations
The app also includes the complete Consumer’s Guide to Real Estate StagingTM. The guide covers statistics, explains home staging, why it works and what types of questions to ask when hiring a professional stager.
If you don’t work with a home stager, no worries, the app also links to the RESA’s home staging directory.
Category: Productivity
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Android and Blackberry coming soon!
The Real Estate Staging AssociationTM (RESA) announced the 2011 Home Staging Industry and Leadership Award Winners during the International Home Staging Convention January 24th, in Las Vegas Nevada.
RESA recognized Staging Professionals in chapter, state and regional leadership positions. Professional home stagers in 5 regions throughout North America received awards in both Rookie Stager of the Year and Professional Stager of the Year categories. RESA also recognized a staging REALTOR of the year, innovator of the year, product of the year and spouse of the year.
Local Chapter President of the Year is Karen Otto with Home Star Staging in Plano, Texas.
RESA 2011 State President of the Year is Bernadette Flaim with Attention 2 Detail, Leonia, New Jersey.
Regional Vice President of the Year is Charlene Storozuk with Dezigner Digz, Burlington Ontario, Canada
Product of the Year- Darby Inventory Management for Home Stagers
Innovator of the Year- (A Tie) Ashley Whittenberger, The Interiority Complex and Patti Morrow the Interior Design Protection Council.
Staging REALTOR® of the Year- Doug Folsetter Remax Escarpment Realty, Inc Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
RESA Spouse of the Year- Chris Norton
Rookie Stager of the Year Region 1 Northeast-Birgit Anich, Redesign Your Space Norwalk, CT
Rookie Stager of the Year Region 3 Southern-Cyndee Long, Seaside Home Stager Pawleys Island, SC
Rookie Stager of the Year Region 4 West-Linda Turner, House to Home Staging & Interior Design, Calabasas, CA
Rookie Stager of the Year Region 5 Canada-(A Tie) Christine Bird, New View Home Staging, Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Rookie Stager of the Year Region 5 Canada-Sally Weatherley, Exit Stage Right, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Professional Stager of the Year Region 1 Northeast-Claudia Jacobs, Designs LLC Goshen, NY
Professional Stager of the Year Region 2 Midwest-Teresa Meyer, Stage A Star Staging & Consulting Services, Cincinnati, OH
Professional Stager of the Year Region 3 Southern-Kathy Nielsen, Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC, Atlanta, GA
Professional Stager of the Year Region 4 West-Annie Pinsker-Brown, Stage to Sell, Culver City, CA
Professional Stager of the Year Region 5 Canada-Heather Cook, Rooms in Bloom Home Staging & Design, Kitchener, Ontario Canada
The overall RESA 2011 Rookie Stager of the Year-is Birgit Anich, Redesign Your Space, Norwalk, CT.
The overall RESA 2011 Professional Stager of the Year-is Annie Pinsker-Brown, Stage to Sell, Culver City, CA.
Award Winners Photos
Convention Photos
About The Real Estate Staging Association
The Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) is the trade association for Professional Real Estate Stagers. For more information on the nominees and the convention please visit www.RESAConvention.com For more information about Real Estate Staging, the RESA Endorsement Program, or to find a professional stager call 800-201-8687 and speak with Shell Brodnax, or visit the RESA Web site at www.RealEstateStagingAssociation.com
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The RESA Lunch & Learn Real Estate Staging 101- The Consumer’s Guide to Real Estate Staging was just approved for 2 continuing education credits in the consumer protection category in the state of California.
A Lunch and Learn is a presentation that positions you, the home stager, as the resident expert in home staging. This 2 hour presentation provides you with the ability to share with real estate agents the benefits of home staging and enables you to teach the agents on how best to communicate the value of home staging to sellers as well as how to overcome objections. Available to members and non-members. You will be required to enter your own staging photo examples. You must have Power Point.
The RESA Lunch and Learn is designed to help you market home staging in your local area. The goal is to get new clients and educate agents on your local level through your Lunch and Learns. You may also charge a small fee to attend the workshop. Fees typically increase attendance, as people tend not to cancel if they have paid. Serve a quick lunch of your choice and conduct an amazing workshop.
For those interested in turning this Lunch and Learn presentation into a class where agents can earn continuing education credits, you may apply to become a RESA approved instructor. Credits and requirements vary by state.
NOTE: You do NOT have to be RESA Approved Instructor to offer this workshop and buy the Lunch & Learn. You ONLY have to be a RESA approved instructor to give agents Continuing Education credits if they attend your Lunch & Learn.
If you are already an approved instructor in your state you MAY NOT offer continuing education credits for this Lunch and Learn unless you are approved by RESA.
Stagers you asked for it and RESA delivers again! Over the last several years we have had home stagers asking RESA to produce a tool that will help agents and stagers explain home staging to sellers.
Everyone is well aware of our printed version of the Consumer’s Guide to Real Estate Staging. We have used those same helpful concepts and translated it into a fun, fresh, HGTV type of vibe in DVD format.
The DVD is a great way for stagers and agents to communicate the benefits of staging to homeowners in an effective manner. By having the trade association for your industry communicate the benefits of home staging simply reiterates what stagers and agents tell sellers and adds credibility to what you are already saying.
We cover, what staging is, the benefits, statistics and how to find and hire a professional home stager. I am so excited about this project and I wanted to give you a glimpse of the hard work several people put into this project.
Home stagers, you asked for it, we listened and we delivered! RESA is partnering with several training providers and top stagers in North America to deliver the first ever continuing education program for all stagers. (more…)
