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Rendering created in CET Designer by Juan Melendez, RGO OďŹƒce Products

Try CET Designer for free at www.configura.com/cet.

We’ll get you started! Call us at 877-238-0808.

August learning opportunities Free webinars for anyone, whether a beginner or advanced user.

Please call 877-568-4106 and use code 671-407-662 and join by clicking on “Join Webinar Now” at www.configura.com/cet/training.

Special Aug Webinar: Using Paperview in CET Designer – FREE Paperview in CET Designer allows you to create customized printouts for your project. Learn all about viewports, templates, titleblocks and more!

Aug 15, 11-12 noon ET Aug 17, 2-3 pm ET Aug 22, 11-12 Noon ET See our complete list of free webinars – including free on-demand webinars – at www.configura.com/cet/training. *CET Designer Beginner and Advanced classes are IDCEC approved courses.

CEUs are accepted by ASID, IDC, and IIDA.

Regularly Scheduled Webinar in Aug: Getting Started with CET Designer – FREE Aug 15, 2-3 pm ET; Aug 18, 11-12 Noon ET

Using the ProjectSymbols Extension – FREE Aug 19, 11-12 Noon ET; Aug 29, 2-3 pm ET

Upcoming Events: CET Designer Academy, Grand Rapids, MI Classes* These two-day Beginner and Advanced classes in CET Designer are interactive and hands-on. The cost is $300 per two-day session and includes course materials.

Beginner: Aug 23-24, Sept 20-21, Oct 11-12 Advanced: Aug 25-26, Sept 22-23, Oct 13-14 Sign up at www.configura.com/cet/training.

Regional Training for Haworth and Steelcase Users Two-day Beginner and Advanced classes, $100/person Week of Aug 8 – Los Angeles; Week of Sept 12 – Dallas

Special Promotions: If you have five or more CET Designer licenses, we will come to your dealership to lead a two-day training session for $1,000!

Contact tracy.lanning@configura.com for more information.

Best of of CET Designer® Awards Program – Call for Projects and Renderings Submissions will be posted on our website for viewing, and we’ll have a Wall of Fame at the User Conference. We’ll also have awards for best work – including a brand-new computer with high-end graphics card and with a new CET Designer license (for Best Success Story) plus other prizes. Go to http://www.configura.com/userconference/awards for more information.

Submissions due by Friday, Sept 16.

Meet CET Designer user Juan Melendez, Space Planning Consultant, RGO Office Products Juan, creator of our August rendering, joined RGO Office Products in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. Although he has no formal training in design, he quickly developed the skills necessary to meet and often exceed clients’ expectations for the design and functionality of their spaces. CET Designer helped him to learn the design process.

Juan has received first- and second-place honors in Configura’s CET Designer rendering competitions - evidence of the software’s ease of use and intuitive functionality, even for those without previous design training.

But most important, CET Designer helps space-planning consultants like Juan to create efficient working spaces for clients - quickly, accurately and affordably.

“I appreciate how easy it is to design and spec with CET Designer, giving us the chance to respond very quickly to requisitions and, at the same time, have the opportunity to produce a rendered image, making it easier for everybody to comprehend,” Juan said.

Meet Branden Bouwkamp, Configura Training & Support Branden is part of Configura’s Training & Support team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He and his fiancée, Laura, are getting married in October. They have belonged to the Midwest Boston Terrier Rescue ever since they adopted their first dog, Tobie, a three-legged Boston Terrier. The couple has helped to foster more than a dozen dogs.

Branden’s FAVORITE PART OF HIS WORK: “I have always been interested in computers, and this job allows me to use my computer knowledge in a meaningful way. I enjoy working with colleagues and users to solve all kinds of issues. Working through a problem and solving it is a rewarding feeling. I have been with Configura for more than a year now and could not be happier.”

Branden has been working with computers (supporting and building them) for more than 10 years. He works with users over the phone, email and chat on a daily basis. He maintains the Help Desk tickets and works with project and core developers about bugs, feature requests and crashes.

4th Annual CET Designer® User Conference Oct 26-27, 2011

Pre-conference activities start Oct 25 The Venetian/Palazzo Las Vegas, Nevada It’s on the HOUSE. (Free? Yes, FREE!)

Conference Highlights - Power Peers Creating marketing materials with CET Designer

Abby Stevenson, Senior Project Designer, IOS Learn how to win more work in this fun, creative session! Abby’s got more than a few ideas up her sleeves! With years of experience as a CET Designer user and senior designer at dealerships in the West, Abby is a strong supporter of the Configura solution as a primary specification and rendering tool. ool.l oo Change management and lean process implementation with CET Designer

Eric Yosick, Design Team Leader, Lincoln Office Eric is a Black Belt in Six Sigma methodology – continuous process improvement. Learn why he uses CET Designer to keep his team lean, fast and efficient. Hear first-hand the experience of a dealership that’s gone ‘whole gamut’ with the solution! Eric manages a creative staff at a dealership in n Illinois that uses CET Designer for everything from space planning to sales and ordering. orde ord or deri ring ing. ng ng Creating videos with CET Designer Movie Studio

Kristen McWethy, Senior Designer, bkm OfficeWorks Want to really wow your clients? Take them on a virtual video tour of their proposed space – it’s fun, fast and easy! And it gives you an edge over the competition. Kristen is a senior designer in San Diego where she’s worked for 13 years and used CET Designer for three.

Using CET Designer as a sales tool

Dave Bouffard, Account Executive, POI Business Interiors CET Designer is a ‘cross-over’ tool – it can be used by salespeople, designers and clients to speak the same language in the selling process. Learn how Dave uses CET Designer to gain a speed-to-market advantage. David is an account and sales executive in Toronto where he uses CET Designer every day in his work.

Other presenters include Configura trainers, developer and members of the e executive team from Michigan and Sweden.

And of course, our Keynote Presentation will be by Aidan Chopra, Google product evangelist and author of Google SketchUpTM for Dummies.

http://www.configura.com/userconference