summer school
for design minds
Hey, Designers and WT Pros
Forget everything you know about summer school. This is my version — curated, caffeinated, and created for designers and window treatment pros who want to stay sharp, sell smarter, and stay ahead of what’s next.
Join us for this live webinar series that hits the sweet spot between professional development and creative inspiration.
Whether you’re looking to level up your product knowledge, refresh your client presentation skills, or dive into the latest design trends, these sessions are packed with real-world insights you can put to use right now.
And yes — we’ll drop some CEU’s while we’re at it.
"Level up your design game -- one summer session at a time"
What You’ll Learn:
Each curated webinar category covers a fresh theme — fast, focused, and ready to re-energize your business.
The Future-Proof Designer Toolkit
AI tools, digital tricks, and tech every design pro should be using now to streamline workflows and boost profits.
The Science of Design
Strategies for delivering a custom design experience with confidence — including luxury, storytelling, and client psychology.
The Trend Report Cliff Notes
Design show recaps, what’s next for design and window treatments, and the silhouettes, colors, and patterns making wav
Textile Tactics: From Swatch to Spec Learn how to read between the threads to avoid costly mistakes and elevate your design vision with textile tech support, appropriate selection, and pattern application.
Harnessing AI in the Window Covering World Thursday, June 19th
In Part 1, Deb will help demystify AI, introduce tools and strategies that any design pro can implement. We'll walk through the steps to get you started, define your AI plan and build a foundation to be able to use AI effectively. You'll walk away with actionable strategies to integrate AI into your sales and design processes. Think workflows, mood boards, content, marketing, customer service.
Harnessing AI in the Window Covering World Tuesday, June 24th
In Part 2, we’ll explore and demo the top AI tools no designer should be without. Follow along in this highly interactive format as we provide practical demos, tips, workflows and case studies to apply AI in real life.
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Delivering The Luxury Window Coverings Experience 2.0 Thursday, June 26th
As a luxury purveyor, our challenge is to offer exceptional experiences; engaging clients on a higher level through our brand. Gain exceptional insight into what this highly sought-after clientele expects; who they turn to for advice, what products and services they consider valuable. We’ll redefine the new luxury WT experience; discuss the luxury consumer- what they strive for and what it means to your market. Through concrete examples, we’ll explore positioning, sourcing and crafting your image as a stylemaker to the elusive high-end customer. We’ll finish with sampling, presentation and marketing tips to get that client’s attention.
Future Views: Design Trends for 2025 and Beyond Tuesday, July 8th
This is a mid-year check-in on key trends, helping you adapt and stay ahead of the curve. This presentation is a quick review of trends that have taken hold in the first half of the year along with a deep dive into emerging trends poised for growth in the second half. Deb will open her little black book of secret sources and market finds as she shares new designs, palettes, silhouettes, patterns, textiles and more through imagery and actual samples to monetize key directions. You’ll walk away understanding the trends that are shaping the next wave of window covering design, the drivers behind purchasing custom, and many more aspects of what it takes to work with today’s design client
“Your summer syllabus for staying ahead of the curve.”
Stay tuned and check back for fresh ideas, expert insights, zero pop quizzes.We’ll be adding new webinars and workshops in the coming weeks.
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