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Designing Harmony: Building Successful Business Relationships
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Instructor Porsche Williams, October 2, 2024; 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST. Online
October 2, 2024 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST
Online

A key indicator of business success is the ability to forge and maintain healthy relationships—especially in the design industry, which is rooted in service. This begs the question: How are your professional relationships faring these days? Porsche Williams, CEO of a concierge firm dedicated to supporting business leaders and entrepreneurs, is on hand to help you polish your approach. During her workshop, she’ll share advice on communicating effectively, cultivating long-term vendor partnerships, anticipating client needs, leveraging strategic gifting and engaging with professional organizations, all with the goal of actualizing your most profitable professional self. With the holidays on the horizon and all the networking opportunities they bring, now is the perfect time to hone your skills.

In this class, you will learn how to:
- Effectively communicate to boost client satisfaction
- Build lasting vendor partnerships for seamless projects
- Anticipate client needs and exceed expectations to lock down repeat business
- Engage with professional design organizations to expand your network and resources
- Offer small acts of kindness that can lead to long-lasting bonds

By the end of class, you will have:
- Strategic communication skills and a plan for unleashing them
- Tips for fostering successful business relationships
- A list of professional design organizations to join to grow your network

Additional Information:
This workshop is conducted through Zoom webinar. All you need to join is reliable internet access and computer speakers with good volume.

BOH Insiders get unlimited free LAUNCH classes!
Click here to learn more. If you are already a BOH Insider member and are looking to take this class, please register through your Benefits Portal. Questions? Email membership@businessofhome.com.

Porsche Williams is the CEO of The Prototype, a concierge firm that handles essential business tasks so that interior designers can focus on their craft. With a team of client intake and experience specialists, the company serves clients across the U.S., Canada and Australia. The Prototype partners with the Interior Design Society, the American Society of Interior Designers and Business of Design, and was awarded the inaugural ASID Diversity in Design Small Business Grant in 2024.