Come out for the next Memphis District ASID meeting. It is going to held on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 from 5-8 pm at Siano Appliance Distributors.
Thanks to Siano for hosting us!
Dear Chapter Members,
We have just been notified by a former national board member in California
Please note that we do not give out or sell members phone numbers at any time and have no relationship with this company as they are not and have never been an Industry Partner.
I have spoken with the company (which is an online retailer of Asian furniture) and threatened them with legal action if they did not stop saying that these calls are in conjunction with ASID. I just wanted to make you aware of this as we don’t know how many calls or the location of the members targeted. I suspect that they gathered the phone numbers from either the national or local referral services.
I ask that you not sell your mailing list to this company and we will ensure that our national mailing list vendor, In Focus, does not do so either. If you hear anything about these calls please let me know. Thanks much - Kirstin
Kirstin Hellwig
Associate Executive Director, Customer Service & Industry Partnerships
ASID | American Society of Interior Designers
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Want to stay on top of all the latest information from the TN ASID Chapter? Our newsletter just hit the stands, feel free to view it here.
Make Plans to attend the November meeting Tomorrow Night
Thursday 11/19/09, 5pm to 7 pm
Qualifies for a PDH hour in “Health, Safety and Welfare”
The BRIDGES Center is the first green commercial building in Memphis BRIDGES Center
When Thursday 11/19/09, 5 pm to 7 pm
Where Bridges Center
Thank you to TIDC for putting together this information for the members of IIDA and ASID. This is a great tool, because as you can see at the bottom of the announcement it spells out in clear language what the bill in the Tennessee system will accomplish. For more information, you may visit www.TIDC.org or contact any of the IIDA or ASID Board Members you may know to ask questions.
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Knoxville is at it again!! Following up on last years successful gathering, everyone is encouraged to attend.
Please note the RSVP request.
December 8th, 2009 from 4:30-6pm join the great folks from Shaw Contract Group at the Johnson City Ferguson Bath and Kitchen Gallery for this exciting CEU opportunity!
Be sure to RSVP by December 1st!
November, 11, 2009
Hello to all members! We are off to a great start for the 2009- 2010 year. As the incoming President, I would like to share some of my thoughts and goals for this year with you.
Our topics are short, but have huge impact. These topics are our goals that are part of our Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is a rolling plan that spans 3 years giving us a guide to what the needs are for our members.
Our first goal is COMMUNICATION. While we are one of the strongest chapters in the country, we are also demographically challenged. That means we need more leadership to connect to ALL our members. Your elected chapter board members have been working hard to get our new website up and running. This week it went live! Please remember that we need your information (articles, events, awards, announcements, schedules, pictures, etc.) that pertains to our community. This website is linked to our national website. We have partnered with DSA Publishing and Naylor, a multi media company, to facilitate our website and newsletter.
We are also utilizing Facebook, Twitter & Blogspot. These sites are linked to the website. www.asidtn.org
Hello to all members! We are off to a great start for the 2009- 2010 year. As the incoming President, I would like to share some of my thoughts and goals for this year with you.
Our topics are short, but have huge impact. These topics are our goals that are part of our Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is a rolling plan that spans 3 years giving us a guide to what the needs are for our members.
Our first goal is COMMUNICATION. While we are one of the strongest chapters in the country, we are also demographically challenged. That means we need more leadership to connect to ALL our members. Your elected chapter board members have been working hard to get our new website up and running. This week it went live! Please remember that we need your information (articles, events, awards, announcements, schedules, pictures, etc.) that pertains to our community. This website is linked to our national website. We have partnered with DSA Publishing and Naylor, a multi media company, to facilitate our website and newsletter.
We are also utilizing Facebook, Twitter & Blogspot. These sites are linked to the website. www.asidtn.org
With our new website in place, communication will become easier. And that allows us to reach new members. There is a category of designers ,"emerging professionals" , that describes these designers as: recent graduates, in the workforce for 2-10 years, ambitious, leaders, etc...This is a category that we would like to become stronger in. With our new multi-media package we will be able to connect with these professionals, as well as, all the designers and design affiliates in Tennessee (and the world).
Your elected local and state board members are working very hard to give you( our members) the knowledge through CEU's, the relationships through meetings, communication through multi-media, products and services through our Industry Partners, design community information gateway through our national website, and so much more. Please acknowledge the leaders in your local communities because without them, we would not be as strong a chapter.
As a leader of this great chapter, I invite each of you to become active in your local ASID community events. We are actively looking for all your "Best Practices" that we can submit to national headquarters for recognition and to give each other great ideas to implement locally and state wide. We are also looking for those local leaders to become state leaders, and eventually national leaders. Historically, Tennessee has produced multiple national leaders that shape the future of our great profession, Interior Design.
As your President, my door is always open. If I can not answer your question or concern, I will happily connect you to the person who will. You may email, text, facebook, call, fax, write, or leave a message at my office. With so many ways to connect, these are the best for now.
I am looking forward to connecting with each of you this year.
Sincerely,
Jill Hertz, ASID,CMG
President, TN Chapter ASID
I am very excited to announce that today we have launched our new and vastly improved Chapter website, http://www.asidtn.org/. As equally exciting is that At Home Tennessee magazine has generously agreed to be the official sponsor of the website and we will be running full page advertisements in At Home Tennessee that will drive potential clients to the website in search of designers.
DSA Publishing, the developers and host of the website, work in partnership with 24 ASID Chapters across the country. Their expertise in design, marketing, and search engine optimization has resulted in some amazing results for the Chapters they represent.
Your Board of Directors has asked DSA to contact each and every member to insure that your information is correct, you are listed in the appropriate specialties and that you understand all the various options.
There is no cost to be listed and www.asidtn.org can be a very viable source of new business.
Please respond to this email and provide DSA with a convenient time they may call you when you will have access to a computer.
Thank you and I know you will be excited with the possibilities of this new opportunity.
Sincerely,
Jill Hertz, ASID
2009-10 President of ASID Tennessee Chapter
Tennessee Chapter ASID and Student Members still have a chance to participate in REAL WORLD DESIGN WEEK. The deadline has been extended to Thursday October 27, 2009. There are several TN STUDENTS who need a mentor.
In the past we've mentored quite a few students in Tennessee, so let's keep up the good work!!
Want to Register? Go HERE
Good Luck and let's help get our students get involved!
The October Board Meeting for the Tennessee Chapter of ASID will be Saturday, October 24, 2009, 8am-11am CST Via Conference call.
If you are a board member please watch your emails inbox for dial in information.
STEP Class Information
ASID is proud to bring this educational opportunity the Tennessee Chapter. This STEP class has been updated to reflect the new testing format.
Important dates to remember:
December 1, 2009 :: Deadline to register for the Spring Exam
January 1, 2010 :: Deadline to register for STEP Class at Pellissippi State in Knoxville, TN
January 15-17, 2010 :: STEP Class in Knoxville at Pellissippi State
April 9-10, 2010 :: NCIDQ Examination Dates (locations vary)
You May Register for Step Here
New information on the testing format change for the NCIDQ Exam may be found here The Tennessee Chapter of ASID is proud to be able to work to bring you this educational opportunity!! Check it out and don't forget, the deadline to register for STEP is December 1.
This is our profession, and the educational process is one that never ends. Please contact other ASID members if you have questions about the examination itself or to gain peer support through their experiences.
Good Luck on the NCIDQ!
We are very pleased to be able to share this proclamation!
A special thank you to Gov. Bredesen for his continued support.
Please contact a Member of ASID to learn more about this fantastic month of October!
This year's conference was a blast! If you missed it? In the coming days we will be sharing some of the fun we all had. Look forward to filling everyone in!
This afternoon I was pleasantly surprised when I received a letter from our TN ASID Chapter President, Tiny Jones, ASID. So, I will share it with you all and please - as always, feel free to comment!!!
This letter to all interested parties will prove to you that you can begin
to teach an old dog new tricks. When the younger members of the
ASID Tennessee Chapter Board decided that we needed to participate
with all new technology and talking about blogging and twitter -
I could not imagine what language they were speaking.
I now have learned
to blog
and twitter
and I understand about facebook.
I hope that we can make information available using these new and exciting
methods to promote ASID in Tennessee and our five districts.We must
always look for positive ways to educate the public about the work that we
love and want to share.
Let our motto be "Working together we will build a greater Tennessee ASID."
Tiny Jones, ASID
President of Tennessee Chapter
So, There you have it! What a trooper!!! Tiny has lead the TN Chapter of ASID to excellence and sees the wave of the future happening before her - And, being Tiny, she isn't going to be left out of the loop!
The old adage of "Old Dog, New Tricks" may be easy to say - But, Tiny is proof positive you can do anything you set out to do!
Further proving - "Working together we will build a greater Tennessee ASID"
Thank you Tiny for taking the time to send this fantastic letter!
Until next time!!!
Welcome!
In the event you don't know who we are, The TN Chapter of ASID is a leading professional organization in the State of Tennessee which encourages our members to become active in the profession of interior design, continue their education, and advance our profession.
We have over 700 members in Tennessee. Our membership is comprised of several Districts in Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Tri-Cities and Chattanooga. Also, we have several student chapters throughout the state as well.
We hope to bring you to the forefront of interior design through this blog by introducing you to great interior designers, rising students, and Industry Partners in our state working to protect people through their knowledge of code, life safety, product offering and relentless work in keeping interior design education a must.
We encourage you to comment on our blog posts and to subscribe to the RSS feed, or through the Google Friend feed. We will be posting often, and will also be posting information on District related news. So, very helpful to help you achieve the most of your ASID membership!
Also, Please follow us on Twitter!
Next up? We are featuring information on the legislative status in the TN House and Senate. Phyllis Jackson, ASID and President of TIDC gave us an update...And we can't wait to share it with you!
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