Finding New Clients: The Big Debate
Finding new clients is one of the most fundamental
challenges facing interior designers, particularly those at the beginning of
their career. This evening event will feature a panel of experienced interior
designers discussing their own approach to finding new clients, including
successful and unsuccessful approaches they have tried and tested throughout
their careers.
This is intended to be a very interactive event and attendees are encouraged to share their own experiences in finding clients.
About the panel:
Paul Goodchild (Chair)
Paul Goodchild is longstanding Member of the Institute and a Pathway assessor. He is the director of Goodchild Interiors, based in Bristol.
Susie Rumbold
Susie Rumbold is CPD Director of the BIID and Director of BIID Design Practice Tessuto which she founded in 1993.
Alan McVitty
Alan McVitty has had a career spanning all aspects of design and now runs his own practice, McVitty Interior Consultants, based in London.
Elizabeth Lane
Elizabeth Lane is the Director of Projects at RPW Design, coming from a background in hotel operations and FF&E procurement.
6.00pm - Welcome, registration and
refreshments
6.30pm –
Finding New Clients: The Big Debate
7.30pm -
Ends
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