IDC’s popular Industry Sales Professionals Course (ISPC) series has returned and will be held in a hybrid format, offering limited in-person participation to IDC members – interior designers, students, and interns for a chance to network and connect at Midgley Tecnica Ltd. in their showroom in Toronto. This panel will also be virtually broadcast to everyone who registers for the online course.

Tailored exclusively to meet the needs of architecture and design industry sales professionals, this practically-oriented course will feature several Q & A sessions with panels of registered interior designers and architects, drawn from boutique and large design firms serving the retail, commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and residential sectors.

The series will run monthly from Sept. 16, 2021, to Nov. 18, 2021. Participants who attend three or more panels of the six offered will receive an official ISPC certificate and LinkedIn designation attendance. A certificate of completion will be issued to all registrants in attendance for each panel.

Retail Design 

During the first Q & A panel session, “Hospitality and Retail Design”, hear from senior interior designers about what they need from sales professionals, and how best to go about working with them in order to become a trusted resource. Learn about these unique design sectors and the expectations of designers. Additionally, the panel addresses post-COVID-19 industry and how firms are working, particularly with Industry partners.