{"id":16746,"date":"2024-01-30T15:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/?p=16746"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:06:27","slug":"idc-presidents-message-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/idc-presidents-message-january-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"IDC President\u2019s Message &#8211; January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oGIQZvTb-rA?si=NsnE3OPEnmj_wI6e\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the President\u2019s Message series, featuring IDC\u2019s new President, Jennifer Wiwchar-Fast. Tune in for information about IDC updates, program information and deadlines, industry news, upcoming events around the country, and ways to get directly involved with IDC.<\/p>\n<p>In this message:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you for joining us at the ARIDO+IDC stage at IDS in Toronto. <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/idc-arido-stage-at-ids-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View event speakers<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Submit your nominations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/nominations-open-for-2024-regional-impact-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDC Impact Award<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.ca\/r\/InteriorDesigners2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Salary Survey<\/a> for interior designers.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>All IDC awards programs open in Feb. Stay tuned for more info!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Upcoming events in the west region:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/ida-winter-hospitality-and-retail-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDA Winter Educational: Basics for Hospitality and Retail Design<\/a> \u2013 Feb. 21 (virtual)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/pidims-43rd-annual-general-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIDIM\u2019s 43rd Annual General Meeting<\/a> \u2013 Feb. 26 (TBC)<\/li>\n<li>Industry Sales Professionals Course \u2013 March (Vancouver, BC)<\/li>\n<li>Regional Impact Breakfast West \u2013 March (Vancouver, BC)<\/li>\n<li>Industry Sales Professionals Course \u2013 April 26 (Winnipeg, MB)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Upcoming events in the east region:\n<ul>\n<li>DesignEx Toronto at CSC Building Expo \u2013 Feb. 28 (Toronto, ON)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/montreal-networking-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spring Mixer at Port de Montreal<\/a> \u2013 April 11 (Montreal, QC)<\/li>\n<li>DesignEx Ottawa \u2013 May (Ottawa, ON)<\/li>\n<li>Regional Impact Breakfast East \u2013 May (TBC)<\/li>\n<li>DesignEx Willow Spring Winery \u2013 June (Stouffville, ON)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Upcoming events internationally:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/designing-for-success-in-the-public-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIFMA + IDC present \u2018Designing for Success in the Public Sector\u2019<\/a> \u2013 Feb. 22 (virtual)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/idc-trade-mission-to-ifex-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDC Trade Mission to IFEX<\/a> \u2013 Feb. 29 &#8211; March 2 (Jakarta, Indonesia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/idc-trade-mission-to-ifex-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDC Trade Mission to MIFF<\/a> \u2013 March 1 &#8211; 4 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li>IDEC Annual Conference \u2013 March 6 &#8211; 9 (New York City, NY)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>IDC team is working on virtual events that support DEI initiatives, such as Black History Month in Feb., Women\u2019s History Month in March, Asian Heritage Month in May, and National Indigenous History Month in June. Stay tuned for more info!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Membership renewal invoices have been sent out. Please submit your payment to avoid penalties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please send your events, news items and any questions to <a href=\"mailto:communications@idcanada.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communications@idcanada.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to IDC\u2019s website and social channels for more updates and the next President\u2019s Message in March.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tune in for information about IDC updates, program information and deadlines, industry news, upcoming events around the country, and ways to get directly involved with IDC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16746"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16853,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16746\/revisions\/16853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}