Don't miss it!!! It's True - All Stagers Welcome!! Annual Pacific Northwest Staging Expo! Some reviews of our presentation: Stick with the "trends" of the business. Love hearing about what a difference staging makes in "all " markets, (good economy or bad). The topics you spoke to were great. Keep the same format. Great door prizes (even if I didn't win one)!!! - Cynthia Thank you so much for inviting me. The Expo was a success. You should be proud. As a former Fashion Merchandise Director for several renowned Retail Department Stores, and now launching a new Staging business, I was especially impressed by the Trend Reports as this was an important part of my job as Fashion Director. Most business owners do not understand that in order to be successful, and remain on top of the food chain, keeping abreast of current trends is a must and in all areas, not just Home. Trends crossover from many different areas: Lifestyle, Fashion, Politics, Auto Industry, Colors, Fabrics etc. We must keep in mind that our clients, (Homeowners, Realtors, Developers, Vendors as well as Buyers), are all influenced by what's going on the the world. Stay Tuned In People... It was a great event, can't wait until the next one!!! - Felicia Sponsors Include:
Presented by: 
StagersLIST.com and MasterCraft Furniture PRESENT the
First Annual Northwest Home Staging Expo
September 13, 2008
Who is invited? EVERY stager, redesigner, decorator, regardless of training or designation. 
Join other industry professionals for the opportunity to hear Christine Rae, Staging Expert/Trainer and Author of Home Staging For Dummies present
Trends in Your Marketplace
In addition, Kym Hough, Experienced Staging Professional, will present
Marketing Your Business Daily
Terrylynn Fisher, 31 Year Realtor Professional will present
How to Become a Collaborator With Your Realtor
Mary DeBella, Home Staging Professional, will present
Inventory and Warehouse Management
Furniture Factory Tour
AND MUCH MORE!
WHERE: MasterCraft Furniture
10075 SW Commerce Circle, Wilsonville, OR 97070
(10 minutes south of Portland)
1-800-677-SOFA
WHEN: Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 2pm-6pm
Industry Suppliers will have booths available for great Resourcing of product 
Once you register you will be entered into the Expo Raffle, a $1,000 Value!
For more information, call Local Event Coordinator Mary DeBella of
Northwest Staging & ReDesign at (503) 657-3295
or email Events@StagersLIST.com
RESA
True Decor
Staged By Design
People's Furniture Rental
Mead Smith Attorneys at Law
Devine Paint
Next Stage Furniture
Blessima Decor
Real Deals
EXPO - First Annual NorthWest Expo 9-13-08 Your friends in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska want to network with YOU
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Alright, IF we're going on the road Chris, that bus needs the Expo and StagersLIST logo on the side or I'm not getting in.
This sounds soooo cool! I wish I was closer and could attend. Best of luck to all of you!
Sounds fabulous. How far would this event be from the border crossing? Maybe some Vancouver stagers could travel down together.
Can't wait for the event! For those of you in Vancouver, Canada the event is in Portland which should take approx 6 hours to drive. The location is just south (approx 20 min) from the Oregon / Washington border. YOu can also take the Amtrak train down - it's a GREAT ride! It is shaping up beautifully and would LOVE to have anyone join us! Anyone coming from northern California can hook up with the train and come up from there! Be sure to register through www.StagersLIST.com so we can count on you!
Mary DeBella, Northwest Staging & Redesign - Local Event Coordinator
VANCOUVERITES: Just checked www.amtrak.com It's a bus to Seattle, train to Portland. 8 hours total. Leaving Sat puts us into Portland at 6 p.m., when everything is all over! Public transit would mean leaving Friday, and staying overnight.
Leah, in case you're interested... I know Gail Alexander (http://activerain.com/settingthestage in Seattle is trying to get a group of people to charter a bus down together. I think there will be a lot of people from Washington joining us. FYI local hotels (within 1/4 mile) are La Quinta http://www.lq.com/lq/properties/propertyProfile.do?ident=LQ856&propId=856 and Holiday Inn http://www.hiportlandsouth.com/home.htm
We are also trying to negotiate group rates at the hotels, so if you're interested, shoot me an email and I'll give you the details!
The last email was from me! Forgot to login first! :-)
Mary DeBella
Terrylynn - looks like another great presentation I am going to have to miss out on because of location. Would love to attend - I am sure it will be an informative Expo. Good Luck!
Sounds fun! I am sure you will all have fun at the expo... nice bus chris!!
I am so glad to see the bus will be stopping here in my area! It looks like a wonderful event and I can't wait. See you there!
This is going to be an exciting event and I am hoping to get at least one busfull (55) to attend this event in Portland. Those of you in Canada, if you would like to come down and join us, we would love to have you (just think of the fun not only at the event, but coming and going). Plans at this point are to have the bus pick us up in 3 locations. Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood (north end), Southcenter Mall (south end) and Patti Peyton from Gig Harbor suggested a stop in Tacoma (which is a great idea...thanks Patti) so probably a stop at the Tacoma Mall. Do we need a stop in Vancouver, WA and if so where would be a good on and off I-5?
If you are interested in sharing the bus ride, please email me ASAP as we need to get the bus reserved soon as there is a convention in Seattle that weekend and our options are limited. Cost for the bus ride is approximately $30. round trip (if we get 55 people).
Hope you all decide to come. They had something similar in California a month or so ago and it was a HUGE success.
Wow...the train is coming, so hop on. We'll be delighted to see you.
Melissa, we wish you were closer too...perhaps a California vacation one of these days?
Leah, so glad you are coming!!!
GAIL you rock, thanks for the organizing. It should be fun on that bus. SO, take notes on the ride down so we can get all the wisdom on the bus too.
Michele, Marey, we wish you could come too. Expo will be coming to a city near you so keep watch.
Kathy YEAH! See you in October.
TerryLynn - I'm sure you meant SEPTEMBER - not October? You are welcome to come in October and you and I will have a party! :-)
Mary - at least she's using a date in the future, it was August. lol. : )
The date is 9/13/08!
Chris
Do everything you can to come to this event. we are dying to meet everyone! We are working on a East Coast one as we speak. So if you are west of the Missiissippi you must come! Kym
Mary, um yes. oops :-D
Chris care to tell me how all the comments are centered? I've never had that happen before and I don't know what I did to cause it. I am SOO techie.
Kym, right you are, can't wait to go east with the EXPO. Coming soon to a city near YOU.
Terrylyn,
This seems like a a rollicking good time. I'll have to take a hard look at my schedule.
Oh Susan, that would be great. Would love to have you there to give us feedback and contribute to the wisdom.
Good luck with your presentation at the staging expo! Please give us a post in the Got Money Group so we can benefit from your expertise.
Thanks!
Donna Mitchell, Home Loan Consultant, www.donnasgotmoney.com
Blog: Donna's Got Money
Group: Got Money?
Everyone who attends will be so glad they did, these gals are spectacular and very generous with their knowledge! Looking forward to a post about Mary DeBella's inventory and warehouse management presentation :]
Donna, thanks so much, glad to have you aboard.
Ronelle, you are SOOOO kind, glad you got alot out of it. And, I am looking forward to Mary's talk too, she is amazingly organized and a good speaker. I enjoy her take on things. You can hide in our suitcase and come with? How are things in your area? Haven't seen you for about 6 weeks...are you all doing a RT, perhaps we can come to yours and hook up?
Mary, didn't mean to forget to comment, Ah DAH...I'm just running a bit these days, which is a good thing. So, I'll be there in September. Although we could meet at IRIS in October too if you like.
Hi!
I was just wondering if any other training provider besides CSP is able to sponsor these events or is it exclusive to CSP?
I ask because a particular training institution is saying the Expo is exclusive rather than inclusive.
Not trying to stir up trouble...hate to ask but now I'm curious.
Terrylynn, you must have a BIG suitcase, lol. wouldlove to have an RT, but there is not to much to offer stagers around here, I have to go to Concord, Walnut Creek, Sac or Roseville for that kind of thing. By the way I have unique situation going on here can I send you a private email?
Dane, speakers MUST be sponsors and EVERYONE IS WELCOME - NO RESTRICTIONS AT ALL - ALL STAGERS, DESIGNERS AND REDESIGNERS ARE WELCOME TO THIS EVENT regardless of training. Sorry there is misinformation being spread. It's absolutely not sent out by us. We know that as a strong and unified industry we all thrive and there there is room for all of us in the industry. We are excited about the fact that the stagers of today are the people creating the industry of tomorrow.
The Expos are well received because they are opportunities to network and because we exclude no one. The responses have been wonderful. The Trends talk is valuable for all stagers as are the other topics that are very current for anyone running a viable business. Actually Trends today are affecting tomorrow's business and most stagers are so busy working today that they don't have time to prepare for next year. Our topics are designed to give valuable information for the business stagers will be doing next year. Then we have Realtor tips, Marketing your business and Warehouse from Mary DeBella, who is an expert in this arena. The attendees are in for a real treat. It just gets better with each one we do. You'll just have to stop by one and see what we are talking about.
Leah, and other Vancouver area stagers... Google maps says it is about a 6 hour drive to the EXPO... anyone want to drive drive down?
new to Active Rain...
Teresa
Ronelle, of course anytime. Thanks for your trust and confidence in me.
Teresa, hoping to see you there. We get on the plane tomorrow am and are so excited, over 120 coming!!!!!
Thanks for the great Expo in Portland. What a great turnout to an awesome event. Everyone I talked with loved the information everyone shared and felt it would help them take their business to the next level. You do a fantastic job and your willingness to share information is exactly what our industry needs to propel the industry forward.
For any of you with an Expo coming to your area, be sure to make plans to attend. You won't be disappointed. These gals are great.
I'll second Gail's enthusiastic endorsement! This was time well spent and I'm so thankful that I was able to attend!
To all the expo organizers, the event was awesome. I started my business this year, and this was my first industry event. It was wonderful to see other people to take this business seriously and are such true professionals.
Love all the enthusiasm...we had such a great time visiting with you all it just went too fast maybe next time two days ha! Kym
Gail and Margaret, thanks so much for the review. It meant alot for us to be there and so welcomed by old friends...and meet the new people too. It is an exciting time to be in this industry. And you make it especially rewarding with your trust and support of us. THANK YOU