What are You Waiting for? Register NOW for The Greatest Show – the 2023 IAHSP Conference & EXPO for Home Stagers, Real Estate Agents and Designers – Feb 24-26 in NEW ORLEANS!

What You Can Expect
The business of Home Staging, Real Estate and Design.

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This year’s Conference & Expo will be emceed by celebrity designer and host of host of AWEtv’s “Behind the Gates” and “Find Me a Vacation Home”, and spokeswoman for REALTOR.com, Jennifer Farrell.

Topics will take a renewed focus on providing you the tools and inspiration to grow your business and business strategies. Whether you are just starting out, or your business has scaled and you are seeking for advanced business strategies to take your business to the next level, this year’s IAHSP Conference and Expo is loaded with content and value.

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Industry Experts

We have assembled experts from within the industry to share strageties and answer your questions on how they have build programs, teams and strategies that have lead to success and mastery.

Outside Experts

Learn from experts from outside of the industry, who lead national and international brands and teams. Leverage their experience to expand our knowledge and set a higher level of business strategy and business mastery.

Breakout Sessions by Experience Level

Business Owners – Work “on” your business

This year we are creating two conferences in one. Where business owners will learn tools and strategies for working “on” their business. With break out sessions designed for beginner, intermidiate and advanced business owners, to focus on: – Marketing Strategies – Business & Planning – Business FInances

Teams – Work “in” your business

For the employees and teams – We have created a seperate set of sessions for the employees and teams, to learn on the job, taclical ways to perform their jobs better. We have the Top Large Scale Businesses, leading a 3-Part Breakout Session, exclusively for your teams. We will cover: Session 1 – A general overview and introduction of Home Staging, how home staging impacts Real Estate, and the importance of Home Staging in the home sales process. Session 2 – On the job, best practices, practical knowledge on Do’s and Don’ts, and customer service standards. Session 3 – Team building and communication, Apps and efficiency tools, and conflict resolution within teams and clients.

Vendor Expo

Booths and Panel Discussions

In addition to the vendor expositions on Friday evening and Saturday morning, this years conference has a few extra surprises. Cash & Carry – This year, our VIP Ticket holders will have first dibs on purchases from the vendors. Followed by members, then non-members. From The Stage – This year, we are inviting several of the manufacturers on stage for our Manufacturers Panel. There they will be able to share some insights into the industry, shipping and logistics concerns that are impacting your business.

Exclusive VIP Mixer

Saturday Night VIP Mixer – Available exclusively to our VIP Conference Ticket Holders, we are hosting a VIP Mixer, where you will get the opportunity to mingle with our speakers and brands, over a casual mixer. This is a great way to spend a little bit more time talking with and engaging our speakers and vendors, to gain insights and build relationships.

• EDUCATION from TOP Industry Pros for beginners, intermediate and advanced business owners!
• INSPIRATION that will carry you forward to new heights of success!
• MOTIVATION that will get you out the door to achieve your goals!
• NETWORKING with colleagues from around the world!
• SHOPPING OUR VENDOR EXPO with special pricing unavailable to non-attendees!
• AWARDS to recognize top staging individuals and teams!
• GALA DINNER where we have fun and enjoy celebrating each other and our industry!

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Be Part of the Home Staging and Real Estate Industry Event of the Year!

IAHSP brings you the BEST Education, Speakers, Networking, Vendors, and Recognition – and you don’t want to miss out! Register NOW – only $590 for the ENTIRE EVENT including:

• Education Sessions
• Keynote Speaker Sessions
• Awards Dinner & Gala

Prices go up incrementally, so secure the BEST PRICING NOW by registering sooner than later! We have special pricing for TEAMS as well so if you have 3 or more team members we can offer you special discounted pricing for the 3rd+ team member you register.

Advance your Business Growth and Success – whether you are a NEW, GROWING or SEASONED Home Staging Pro – we have topics and education that pertains to YOU and where you are in your business journey.

Our Conference starts off with an EXPO on Friday evening where our attendees get to see our amazing VENDOR PARTNER SPONSORS who have traveled to New Orleans to share their products or services with YOU! We have music, dancing, food, and shopping! It is a great way to KICK OFF our event with a party!

Saturday and Sunday are EDUCATION DAYS with EXPERT SPEAKERS on various topics related to:

• Business Logistics
• Sales Strategies
• Marketing Strategies
• Scaling Your Business
• Adding to Your Team
• Warehousing
• Purchasing Wholesale
• Staging & Design Trends

Our conference is a TRUE CELEBRATION of the Industry – with our Annual Awards Gala Dinner! We issue the IAHSP Staging Industry Awards and our theme this year is the MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE BALL – and we will have fun recognizing all the top stagers in certain categories, and wrap up our conference with a party!

Check out some pics from our last conference!

Stagers of Color Issue of IAHSP Magazine is here!

The greatly anticipated Stagers of Color Issue is here!

This IAHSP Magazine issue is released publicly (versus our other issues that are for members only) as we want those who are thinking about getting into home staging, and those looking to hire pro-Stagers to see the amazing men and women of color who are part of our growing industry.

IAHSP is proud to share this inspiring issue with our global community and hope it helps increase the success of all stagers as they read the inspiring stories of staging journeys each person included. Thank you to all those who submitted to be included in the issue. If you did not submit and want to be included for our next issue, please let us know!

Click HERE to see the online digital magazine.

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Buyer Trends Specialist Course – May 12

Register NOW for the all-new, updated Buyer Trends Specialist (BTS) Designation Course. This will be taught LIVE on May 12th – and recorded for those who cannot attend live. All grads receive NEW BTS Logo, Style Sheets, Course handouts, and more! Position yourself as an EXPERT with your clients and gain CONFIDENCE in discussing updating and trends.

This course will take 4 hours to teach as we cover:

• Learn the 7 Demographic Groups
• Identify Who is Buying What and Why
• Learn How to Identify Home Styles
• Understand Industry Design Terms
• Current Color Trends to use for paint recommendations
• Staging trends to appeal to target buyers
• Trending Furniture Styles
• Trending Furniture Colors
• Interior Material Trends (flooring, fixtures, hardware, counters, carpeting)

IAHSP® EU Conference and Awards 2022

By Sasha Barker

The IAHSP® EU proudly brings to you the 3rd European Conference and the 2nd European Awards.

This year, the conference will be held in Lisbon’s Pestana Palace Hotel on the 28^th and 29^th of May 2022. IAHSP® EU has lined up 7 top industry professionals to share their valuable insights over the course of the weekend. Attendees will have access to inspiring talks on success, time management, design principles and even warehouse logistics, just to name a few! This year’s speakers will be as follows:

• Birgit Anich (Warehouse and Logistics: Tips and Tricks to Maximise Operational Efficacies)

• June Carter (Time Management for Home Stagers)

• Annie Doherty (Design Principles)

• Barbara Heil-Sonneck (First Impressions Matter)

• Marta Monteiro (Vision for Success)

• Jennie Norris (Senior Staging Specialist Course and Certified IAHSP Course Trainer)

• Mariah Wayhudi (How to Save Time, Increase Sales and Generate Leads Using LinkedIn)

The full schedule (subject to change), which will include lunches and coffee breaks, can be found here. Everything you need to know about what is best for your staging business will be at your fingertips, and you’ll also be surrounded by like-minded individuals with a passion for Home Staging – the perfect opportunity to network and build connections.

There will be opportunities to meet our sponsors and discuss their products and services throughout the conference. We’re proud to announce this year’s main sponsor as quality furniture brand Kave Home. Our Gold Sponsors are StagedHomes & 221, and our Bronze Sponsor is data insight company Stageflow, whose support is hugely appreciated.

We are also honored to have Stagedhomes.com, Home Philosophy and Staged4More, who share the same vision with us in giving importance to home staging education, as our Educational Supporters.

On the evening of the 28^th, the 2^nd European Home Staging Awards will take place. This is a wonderful occasion for everybody to come together and celebrate our successes as Home Stagers from all over Europe.

We are looking forward to seeing you all there and are confident it will be a fun, fulfilling weekend. You can find more information about the conference, including this year’s speakers, and buy your tickets here.

The Best LIVE Home Staging & Real Estate Conference Begins in 1 Week – Denver – Sept 24-26. Don’t Miss Out!

In ONE WEEK Pro-Stagers and Realtors will descend on Denver to SOAR! You still have time to register! Flights are inexpensive, our special priced hotel block has been extended and we are ready to host this amazing conference to educate, motivate, and inspire you to new heights of success! Don’t miss out! You know you need the boost and we want you here!

go to http://www.IAHSPConEXPO.com to REGISTER for this AMAZING event!

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(covid protocols in place as needed)

IAHSP® Welcomes New Global Operations Director

American Businessman James Cash Penney, founder of JC Penney, used to say: “growth is never by chance; it is the result of forces working together”. Quotes like this inspire many successful businesses worldwide, including the IAHSP® – International Association of Home Staging Professionals®.

As an institution, the IAHSP® have implemented the semantics of this quote as the driving force for continuously raising its standards, pushing the Home Staging industry forward worldwide.

Being the largest and longest running Home Staging Industry Trade Association with thousands of members worldwide since 1999, the IAHSP®  believes that excellence in education and high professional standards are paramount for the success of Home Staging as an activity, and it has spared no efforts to promote exactly that.

The Association is now ready for its next important step which will benefit the industry as a whole in all corners of the world.

With a global expansion in mind, which allows the IAHSP® to promote the activity and to support stagers around the world, Paloma Harrington-Griffin, the VP of IAHSP®Europe, is joining IAHSP®’s international team as the Global Operations Director.

Paloma will share her expertise and assist with the Association’s global network, making sure all opportunities to strengthen our activity are seized in all territories, building momentum and allowing the representation of Home Staging to expand and grow.

About Paloma Harrington-Griffin and the role

Paloma Harrington- Griffin is an award-winning ASP® Accredited Home Staging Professional, Expert Interior Stylist and Luxury Staging Specialist.

With knowledge and experience within Home Staging, Paloma is the Vice President of the IAHSP®Europe, the Founder of the Home Staging Association UK & Ireland, and Co-Founder of the first Brazilian Home Staging Hub and School, Núcleo de Home Staging.

An entrepreneur at heart, she believes in empowering people through knowledge, education and support. This means that seamlessly, fulfilling the role of assisting with worldwide associations and members, the IAHSP® plan is also fulfilled.

IAHSP®’s new venture focuses on reaching out to new members globally, keeping up the high standards regarding educational and professional opportunities on an international level, and guiding Home Staging institutions into success.

The role entails expanding, networking and supporting in unity to build a united global foundation to increase engagement levels, making the Home Staging Industry the best we have seen yet.

World Wide Staging Service Week – Help us Fundraise for our 2021 Projects – Donate to Go Fund Me – all donations are 100% tax deductible.

Helping Those in Need with Creativity and Passion

Please help us by donating to the IAHSP Foundation that funds Worldwide Staging Service Week. The IAHSP Foundation is a 501(c)(3), your donation is 100% tax deductible. Any amount is appreciated.

In the past, we have done fundraising at our conference, and this year we are getting a jump start so projects that are taking place in September (prior to our conference) will have needed funds. WWSSW – Worldwide Staging Service Week – is all about giving back to the communities in which we work and helping those less fortunate or in need.

Since 2005, WWSSW projects have helped many entities and families in need. From Ronald McDonald Houses to Salvation Army Homeless Shelters to battered women’s shelters to foster care facilities, individuals in need, pet shelters, senior centers, VA centers, fire stations, immigrant families, and more – our talented association members around the world give of their time, creativity and passion to help others.

Please click on the link below to donate and SHARE with others. Thank you in advance for your support!

https://gofund.me/2b418a50

Are YOU Ready to SOAR – Seek Opportunities and RISE? Join us in Denver Sept 24-26

THE Home Staging Industry Event of the YEAR is coming to you LIVE in Denver – Sept 24-26, 2021.

The IAHSP Family Reunion Conference & EXPO brings TOP Educators, Expert KEYNOTE Speakers, Topics that will INSPIRE, MOTIVATE, EDUCATE and CHALLENGE you to RISE above your competition and bring in MORE business!

SEEK OPPORTUNITIES AND RISE!

We chose our conference theme carefully based on what we all experienced last year with not being able to travel, to see our colleagues and friends in person, to shift to stay viable, and more.

SPACE IS LIMITED! Do not wait to register. We have to share numbers with the host hotel – and plan for food, space and hotel rooms. You can pay 50% now and 50% later – just get registered! Go to www.IAHSPConEXPO.com and get EXCITED about what you will LEARN and who you will MEET at this year’s conference!

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HEADQUARTER HOTEL: The Gaylord Rockies

Make your reservation now – don’t wait as the hotel block with our special rate goes away August 23rd! You can reserve your room – and then if you need to change things, you can with no penalty (based on hotel terms) when canceled within the time permitted by the hotel.

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THANK YOU TO OUR CONFERENCE SPONSORS! These wonderful companies will be at our conference to meet YOU – and you can learn about the products and services and SHOP while at the conference!

2020 IAHSP Conference and EXPO Live Event has been Canceled effective June 8, 2020

To Our Valued IAHSP® Family Members,

As the months have progressed during this very unusual 2020, we have been able to shift successfully to continue to deliver resources and education to our members. We hope that you are staying productive and want you to reach out to us for any support we can offer during this time.

I know many of you have been waiting and wondering about our 2020 IAHSP® Conference and EXPO that is scheduled for Sept 25-27 in Denver. We have been waiting on making any kind of formal announcement to see if the State of Colorado will provide any clear guidelines on large gatherings. To date, Governor Polis has not shared any information on when or how gatherings will be allowed. 

What I do know is the ability to meet in larger groups will start off with 50 people and slowly increase in size every few weeks or month. We have no idea when the ability to meet in a group our size will be allowed and by my estimates it would not be until the fall.

Because we have no clear mandate on large meetings for Colorado, with the support of our leadership team, I have made the difficult decision to cancel our live conference. As much as I, and everyone else miss you and would love to be able to see everyone in person, it would not be responsible of us to continue to promote an event we are unsure can even be held. 

Furthermore, the survey we sent out about our 2020 Conference had insightful statistics. The most telling one was two-thirds of the potential attendees surveyed indicated even if the larger groups were allowed, they would still NOT attend a live conference. The reasons were concerns for their health during travel, safety of the large gathering, and costs since many industry members business volume has greatly decreased due to Covid19.  Even if the hotel were to guarantee safety and sanitation measures were in place for all meeting rooms, restaurants, etc., 52% of the respondents shared they would still not attend.

Therefore, the cancelation of the event is due to an unforeseen and unpredictable pandemic that in turn has caused a lack of a facility, attendees and revenue to support our event. We do not want to have a reduced event, as a big part of our conferences is our EXPO and the companies that pay to display and meet all of you and they expect large numbers.  Their sponsorships support our event costs, and without them we would not be able to afford what the hotel has required us to pay in our agreement.  Many of our sponsors are also struggling and believe 2020 is not a year they can move forward with the commitments they have made to IAHSP®.

Our event is a production – not just a meeting with speakers. We want it to be memorable, educational and inspirational.  I am extremely sad about this and I hope you support our responsible decision to act in ways that protect our members and association.

We are looking at offering a virtual conference and are working on the details. Another important piece of feedback from the survey was our members are concerned about attending a multi-day virtual event. They shared it is hard to concentrate with various distractions found at home or offices, and if at home, it is a challenge to not be working to earn money versus sitting at a computer or phone watching and listening to speakers. One of the best parts of a live event is the ability to get away and have time to just focus on the event and learn and that is not possible with an online event. 

We are taking the feedback into consideration and will be sharing what we will be doing for 2020 with all of you once it is finalized.  Whatever we decide to do, it will be recorded for those who are not able to take the time to watch it live so all our members have the opportunity to benefit from the education and information.

– Jennie Norris, IAHSP Chairwoman

For those who already purchased tickets to the 2020 live conference, your ticket purchase will be applied to the virtual conference or applied to 2021 Conference tickets or to your membership. Your status as a VIP will also be retained. We have already paid money to Keynote Speakers, and deposits to the hotel that they are holding, and we will not be receiving any refunds. The funds raised by ticket sales, paid for these expenses that are due in advance. We do not get these funds back from any of the entities and are working with all of them to figure out how we can best work together. The hotel has shared that anyone who booked a room will be refunded with no penalty. If you have any concerns about this, please email me privately at Jennie@iahsp.com.

The Advanced Stager Training Session will be held for those 6+ figure business owners in a workshop setting and will be done virtually or possibly live in a destination location. If it is live, the dates will not be end of September so we are confident in-person gatherings can take place, and attendees feel comfortable traveling.

Once we have all the details confirmed we will share the plans with you. We are working on the 2021 IAHSP® Conference and EXPO details and will share dates with all of you once agreements are signed. 

Until then, know that I am greatly disappointed to share this news with all of you. Our entire team is disappointed and yet in agreement to postpone any large live events for when it is truly safe to do so. My hope was to be able to see all those who planned on attending our event in Denver and give hugs, laugh, and learn together.  

Until that day comes, know that we are here for you and we are all in this together as a big global home staging family. Let us know how we can best support you as we navigate these unique times. 

If you have any questions or thoughts, please email me directly at Jennie@iahsp.com.

All my best,

Jennie Norris, IAHSP® International Chairwoman

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