Event
Golden Rep Workshop
Lunch provided by Metro NY CSI at no charge
Morning Session 10:00 AM 12:00 noon
Title: Golden Reps and the CDT
Wanted: Product representatives who can become trusted advisors to the design team! You must know your product, know all your competitors' products, know how and when construction schedules and budgets are developed, know Division 01 and three-part format specifications, and be willing to share this knowledge with architects without making them feel foolish.
You must have the confidence to tell the design team not to use your product when it's the wrong product. You must be able to handle a substitution request, both yours and your competitor's. Deliver all this (and take our weekend phone calls) and we'll call you first every time, and recommend you to all our colleagues. Interested? Come to this session and we'll discuss what designers want in a rep.
We'll also talk about how CSI's Construction Document Technologist (CDT) Certificate and Certified Construction Product Representative (CCPR) Certification can help you become a golden rep while reviewing the material that will appear on the exams.
Objectives:
1) Learn what product reps must know about construction to support the design team.
2) Review how a construction project unfolds, and what reps should do when.
3) Learn the information that belongs on drawings vs. in the specifications.
4) Discuss handling substitution requests yours, and your competitor's.
Afternoon Session 1:00 PM 3:00 PM
Title: A Link is Not a Relationship
Building on the morning session, we'll discuss how the fundamentals of product representation apply in social media. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and similar social media platforms are new tools but what you should be doing with them isn't!
They're today's way to support your relationship with designers, so that you can remain the go-to person your clients think of first. In this session, we'll discuss using social media to build and maintain relationships with the design team.
You'll leave with a strategy for getting started in social media, or, for the experienced social media user, strategies for making your social media profiles work harder for you. Submit links to your profiles in advance to Joy Davis at jdavis@csinet.org, and we'll discuss what you're doing in social media!
1) Learn to apply your product rep know-how in social media.
2) Identify the role of social media in your marketing strategy.
3) Develop basic profile information that is searchable, and that will portray you as a trustworthy professional.
4) Develop a manageable content strategy for your social media profiles.
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LocationPerkins Eastman Architects (View)
115 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor
New York, NY 10003
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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