
SPEAKERS: Matt Brown | Glen Boudreaux | Kerrie Kelly | Ann Pailthorp | Tom Schwenk
ASID, RID, IFDA
Glen Boudreaux, ASID, IFDA, RID principal and owner, of Glen Boudreaux & Associates has spent the last 30 years creating the most distinctive residential and commercial projects providing personal luxury lifestyle environments for high end residential and commercial clients across the United States. With his design build team of architects, builders, and artisans, Glen provides a rare blend of design, style and comfort, clearly capturing his client’s vision, lifestyle and personality. He has designed residential and commercial interiors, new construction and remodels from 2,500 to 20,000 square feet throughout Texas and the United States.
Glen, is an Interior Designer, product designer, instructor, national speaker and past showroom owner. He is the owner of The MetalTile Collection (a tile manufacturing business) and Design Education, Seminars That Make You THINK (a Seminar & Consulting Business) for interior designers. Glen has an Interior Design Degree from Louisiana State University School of Architecture. He is Past-President of IFDA, past chairman of the Dallas Association of ASID, past president of TAID, Member of Baylor University Interior Design Program Advisory Board and has served on the boards of these organizations throughout the last 27 years. Glen is a speaker and seminar presenter for ASID, TAID, Metrocon, Dallas Market Center, International Home Builders, design organizations and trade shows throughout the country.
He has worked in the Interior Design Field for 31 years producing award winning designs and being published in local and national publications. Glen’s distinctive approach to casual elegance, integration and attention to subtle design details, has made him a sought after designer for those who demand a vision of excellence.
Seminar Information
Are you ready for a paradigm shift? In this ever changing economy, design professionals are finding that it is not only important to design a quality space but design a smart business as well. This seminar takes an innovative approach to discussing the tools that will ensure your success in this new age of economics and design, now and in the future. Discover the R's to weather the recession and prepare for the new "Elite" consumer. You will learn who the new “Elite” luxury clients are and how we reach them. We will explore the habits of these new elite luxury clients and what changes are needed to get and keep these clients. We will discuss how to raise your business to the next level, new strategies and technologies that help strengthen and streamline your business. We will look at new approaches to establish more credibility, to grow your business and to increase your bottom line. We have to be creative, more focused and more businesslike in our communication, our networking, our customer service and managing our business. We have to remain positive and stay focused. This seminar will give you a different business perspective and help you prepare to be prosperous for the times ahead.
This course examines integrity, ethics and our values system in the interior design industry. In the process of exploring these issues, we will examine ideas and discuss the perspectives that shape our business decisions and practices. We will discuss the progression of decision making in ways that will be useful in our professional and civic lives as well as enhance our moral sensibility and expand our capacity for moral inquiry. Several methods will be used to achieve these goals including situational discussions.