The Academy of Home Staging and Design’s hands-on approach to learning and application equips you with the tools and training needed to leave the program and launch your own business. Over the course of six, fun, information-rich days, their instructors and guest speakers will help you master critical design principles, employ a systematic process to simplify each home staging project, and integrate sound business fundamentals into your new staging practice.
The New York Course is a 6 consecutive day, DUAL DESIGNATION COURSE. Along with the core designation of Advanced Home Stager Certification, you will also earn the Staging Design Pro designation. The Staging Design Pro designation, unique to The Academy, covers design techniques for the luxury design and staging market that you can apply to your home staging design business. You will also learn how interior decorators charge and work with their clients including a special field trip to the design center with additional speakers. See day 5 of the itinerary below!
The Academy of Home Staging & Redesign’s and Certification Course Outline:
DAY 1
- Overview of staging and the staging process
- Staging design principles, guidelines, and tips
- Building your portfolio / showcasing your talents in the best light
- Academy Exclusive – Hands-On Accessory Exercises
- Academy Exclusive – Create Themed Style Boards
DAY 2
- Academy Exclusive – step by step, space planning and staging formulas
- Academy Exclusive Exercise – 6 part space planning exercise
- Academy Exclusive – Lived-in pricing formulas and up-selling this service
- Stage a lived-in home out in the field using what the homeowner already owns
DAY 3
- Shopping secrets and best bargains
- Industry connections and resources
- What to have in your kit
- Speaker – furniture representative demystifies furniture rental and you receive your furniture rental catalog
- Academy Exclusive – Vacant home pricing formulas
- Academy Exclusive Field Exercise – measure and space plan a vacant home, selecting the furnishings and preparing a mock bid
DAY 4
- Academy Exclusive Color Theory Exercise – Select a unifying paint color and complementary accent colors
- Academy Exclusive– Consultation pricing options and how to up-sell this service
- Academy Exclusive Consultation Field Exercise on a real home – Determine layouts, upgrades, paint colors and practice client dialogue. Role-play with students and discuss alternative solutions.
DAY 5
- BONUS SEGMENT – Field trip to the Design Center with shopping exercises and several speakers who reveal their invaluable trade secrets to designing interiors
- BONUS SEGMENT – Interior Design presentation – learn Interior Design Basics to add to your skill set including how interior designers work, charge, and resources the interior designer utilizes
- Contracts
- Insurance
- Marketing, Advertising and Promotions – Over 60 effective ways to market for little or no cost
DAY 6
- How to get on the first page of google
- Crucial content for your business card, brochure and website
- The 30 day agenda to your quick business start up
- Congratulations! You’re Advanced Home Stager and Staging Design Pro Certified!
About The Instructor: Kara Woods
In 2007, Kara Woods founded Staged to Move, one of the first professional home staging companies in Northern Fairfield County, Connecticut. Combining a background in consulting, information technology, and training–with a decided talent for design–Kara offers staging expertise and business know-how.
Those in Kara’s “classroom” find her teaching style personable, comfortable, and approachable. She enjoys figuring out students’ needs and translating the abstract into practical, on-the-job examples. She appreciates the Academy’s certification course for uniquely offering hands-on experience with all three staging environments (occupied, vacant, and staging consultations). In addition, she is proud to be a member of an organization that believes in providing the best education through the use of project coaching, organizing, and achieving a competitive edge in the staging business.
Kara values results from her work and her teaching. “The seemingly small changes that I make as a stager, and my work as an instructor, affect how people live and interact. That’s a great day of work to me! I feel wonderful helping to make that happen.”
Kara has been featured on FOX Television and named the 2010/11 Professional Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women for outstanding leadership and commitment in the staging and design profession. Out of 75,000 applicants, Kara was one of 4,500 honored as a member of the 2011 Presidential Who’s Who Among Business and Professional Achievers. In 2009, Kara’s company won the Designers Challenge Award at the 2009 Association of Design and Education (ADE) Conference. She is trained in design and business management and is the former North Eastern Regional Vice President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA).
When you register for the New York Course happening 9/16/2019 – 9/21/2019 and mention that you were referred by RESA, The Academy of Home Staging & Design will pay for your RESA home stager individual membership for two years (valued at $380).
Learn more and register here.
On the West Coast? Check out the schedule for The Academy of Home Staging & Design’s courses with Wanda Colón here.
Felicia has a background in production design and studied at Academy Of Art University where she had a focus in Motion Pictures And Television. In her free time you can find her reading about the latest marketing trends or hanging out with her husband in Disneyland.
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