The Five P’s For Success:

• Procuring: He’ll share his methods for obtaining new business.
• Planning: Organizing his design team, selecting products for luxury interiors and setting fees.
• Partnerships: Building relationships with contractors to boost business and increase profits for both.
• Psychology: Helping couples negotiate a project; pulling together one project that simultaneously speaks to the individual tastes, desires, needs, and personalities of two unique people.
• Publicity: Obtaining visibility on a variety of media platforms Grubb will share his own award-winning projects as examples, providing tips to those designers looking to polish their business practices.

Course Learning Objectives:
1. Learn a variety of ideas to market, interview, and procure projects, plus how to plan a project, discover a client’s actual budget, and organize the project for the client to understand the process.
2. Utilize existing relationships with contractors or other trades-people to partner and increase profit.
3. Use psychology when working with couples; playing therapist and facilitating today’s demands for luxury – no matter what the budget.
4. Gain publicity – Learn ideas to pitch projects and yourself to a multitude of media outlets for maximum exposure for your projects and yourself.

About Our Speaker
“Throughout his career, Christopher has been a sought-after speaker on the international and domestic lecture circuit on what makes design compelling, a contributing writer to many media outlets as well as a guest judge for multiple design competitions. Arch-Interiors has been featured in books, hundreds of magazines and newspapers, and Christopher has shared his design skills on multiple radio and television shows – including recurring appearances on LXTV/NBC and Martha Stewart Living Radio and hosts design segments For House Tipster of the design industry elite. The firm has received dozens of awards and is honored to be named the best interior design firm in California by Build Magazine, in addition to being featured in an entire issue of World Architecture Magazine in Hong Kong with over 70 pages exclusively covering the works of Arch-Interiors and Christopher was named one of the 50 Innovators in Kitchen and Bath Design in 2017.”

Just recently in the 2019 May/June edition of the KBB magazine, Christopher Grubb received recognition by being listed among the seven Praiseworthy Picks for KBB’s 2019 Person of the Year! Recognized as being one of the kitchen and bath industry’s movers and shakers.

Please help us get the word out about this event by sharing and forwarding this email with your professional colleagues and get them to RSVP – ASAP!

More References:
Website Bio: christophergrubb.com/cgrubb/christopher-grubb-bio/
NKBA Profile: nkba.org/christopher-grubb
Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_J._Grubb
KBB Magazine: KBB’s 2019 Priaseworthy Picks

ATTENDANCE FEES:
NKBA MEMBERS: Pre-Pay By Aug 18th: $15
Pre-Pay Aug 18-21st and at the door: $20

NON-NKBA MEMBERS: Pre-Pay by Aug 18th: $20
Pre-Pay Aug 18-21st and at the door: $25

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www.hillcountrynkba.com

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Food provided by our gracious host for this event: Ferguson Showroom
Food Menu: Barons Round of Beef: Herb-rubbed beef with seared forest mushrooms & Pinot Noir demi-glace / Caesar Salad / Roasted Garlic Smashers / Green beans with onion & sun-dried tomatoes / Fresh baked rolls with whipped butter.