664: Power Talk Friday: Michael Schneider: Virtual Matchmaker for the Interior Design Industry

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Design, Business, Arts

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today with Michael Schneider Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. Michael Schneider founded BDNY and now he’s in the business of connecting interior designers and suppliers in a whole new way with Next Virtual Meetings. Using the speed dating concept, Michael offers designers an easy way to source new products and build vendor relationships right from your living room. Pick it apart: [8:03] Michael review what happens at the Next Virtual Meetings 30-minute session [15:34] Michael shares the process an interior designer uses to sign up for his service [19:40] LuAnn asks Michael why he pays designers to attend meetings [24:13] Michael share about his “land cruise” speed dating type event for designers and suppliers [31:57] Michael reviews how suppliers can participate in his event [35:00] LuAnn reviews Michael’s opportunities for designers LuAnn and Michael Schneider’s Ah-Ha moments: “You have to be nimble. You have to be willing to pivot and figure out where the opportunities are—because they’re there.” - Michael Schneider More About Michael Schneider: Michael Schneider, Founder and CEO of NEXT Events is a hospitality industry connector and business leader. Michael founded the Boutique Design brand in 2005, which now encompasses a magazine, face-to-face events, and the highest regarded hospitality interior design trade show in the world (BDNY). Recently, Boutique Design was acquired for a second time by a publicly-traded company for $45M. As a serial entrepreneur, Michael has spent the last 15 years leveraging relationships and developing innovative ways for his clients to market their business. Now, Michael is looking forward to reinventing and transforming the hospitality interior design industry all over again. Michael enjoys fitness, flying planes, and hanging out in his upstate home with his wife, three sons, and rescue dog. Connect with Michael Schneider: https://nexteventsusa.com/ https://nextvirtualmeetings.com/ https://hospitalitycares.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldschneider5 https://www.linkedin.com/company/next-virtual-meetings?trk=public_profile_topcard_current_company What’s new with LuAnn Nigara: luannuniversity.com http://www.luannnigara.com/cob Get The Goodies! For checklists, resources, and extra goodies from A Well-Designed Business sign up for free here. To Get on LuAnn’s Email List, text the word designbiz to 444999! Purchase LuAnn’s Books Here: Book 1: The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action Book 2: A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Pre-Order Book 3: A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Volume 2 Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn’s Website LuAnn’s Blog Power Talk Friday Like Us: Facebook | Tweet Us: Twitter | Follow Us: Instagram | Listen Here: Podcast A Big THANK YOU to Today’s Podcast Sponsors: Kravet: The Seattle Design Center Spring Design Week is kicking off from May 3rd-7th. Join me and Kravet for “Design Discussions with Barry Lantz.” on May 4th at [10:00] AM PST. I will be hosting an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Barry Lantz of Lantz Collective’s debut collection, “Canvas to Cloth.” Join Barry and me as he shares how his newest collection came to life. Visit the link in our show notes, or at the link in our Instagram bio to register!

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0:00.0	Hey, are you getting ready for Thanksgiving? Maybe you're hosting and you're busy getting all of your dishware organized and your menu organized. Or maybe you're like me. You're at the season where you just get to ring the doorbell with a pie in your hand, right? Either way, I hope you are planning to spend some quality time with friends and family, whether that means it's a big,
0:21.1	raucous crowd and lots of carrying on or downtime. Either way, I'm wishing you a happy
0:26.5	holiday season. And, you know, what happens after Thanksgiving, we have Black Friday.
0:31.6	And on Black Friday, Luann University is officially opening registration. And here's the thing. Because it's Black Friday,
0:39.2	we got some Black Friday deals for you. All right, first of all, let me explain this. Early Bird for
0:44.0	Luann University is open from November 29th through December 31st, 2024. So that is the entire early bird
0:52.4	period. And during the early bird period, you get two bonuses.
0:57.2	Number one, you get the early bird pricing.
0:58.8	But you also get, if you buy, whether you buy a five-week course or a three-hour intensive,
1:05.2	if you purchase and register during the early bird period, you are going to be enrolled in the workshop that
1:13.4	Amber DeLegarza and I are hosting together live. It's called Success by Design. Strategic
1:20.6	Goal Setting meets Time Mastery. Okay. So this is going to be a live workshop. It is going to happen in real time on january second
1:30.4	twenty twenty five and we're going to spend part of the time mapping out how do you set your goals
1:37.1	what do you do how do you decide if it's a legitimate goal if it's a reach goal if it's a too easy
1:43.2	of a goal what should your goals be?
1:45.5	And then Amber will take over and she will help us figure out how to carve that time in our
1:52.9	work life to work on our business. Okay. So it's managing the expectations of the hours
1:59.6	you have available so that you can get it all done.
2:02.3	So this is going to be a fantastic class that you are going to take real time and ask us real questions.
2:08.5	Okay, so those are two bonuses that you get if you sign up any time during the early bird period,
2:14.3	November 29th to December 31st.
2:16.4	But there is an extra bonus if you sign up during
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