Configura July 2012 Calendar

July 2012 rendering created by CET Designer User and Configura Graphic Designer Lars Lanhed, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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5th Annual CET Designer User Conference Venetian/Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada Oct 24-25, 2012 Free? No, really?

Once again, the CET Designer User Conference is no charge to the first attendee from each dealership.

Additional attendees from the same dealership are only $300/each. (Manufacturer representatives’ registration fee is $500.)

Plus, we’ve negotiated great room rates at The Venetian/Palazzo ($219/night) if you book your room by Sept 22. Call 888-283-6423 and reference Group Code “RCETD.” If you can get to Vegas, we can bet you’ll have a fabulous time … and you’ll learn how to do more and sell more with CET Designer.

Limited number of rooms available. Book early!

Keynote Speaker Ayse Birsel If we, as interior designers, can design anything and everything, why not design and Simplify our lives? Discover how to design the life you love with our keynote speaker, Ayse Birsel. Ayse’s keynote presentation at the CET Designer User Conference will be based on her popular workshop Design the Life you Love, which addresses the issues that many people face when juggling a career, family and other obligations. From everyday objects to fashion to

packaging and graphics, “design” solves problems and strives to make the world a better place. Ayse will show us how to use design principles to shape better lives for ourselves!

Conference highlights Conference highlights include several breakout sessions for designers, IT and dealer management.

CET Designer ”Power Peer” instructors and Configura team members will share their techniques and best practices.

Free subscription We’ve got one more ace: A free one-year new subscription to CET Designer for each dealer that sends a user to the conference, a value of $1,000 (Extensions not included; offer applies to additional, new subscriptions only, not renewals. One free subscription per dealership.).

How to register Registration opens July 2, 2012. Go to www.configura.com/userconference and follow the simple instructions. Hotel and airport info is also there. Space is limited to the first 200 attendees.

Questions?

Don’t hesitate to contact us by using our toll-free number, 866-922-2200, or by sending an email to usinfo@configura.com.

Meet Lars Lanhed, CET Designer User

Jon Lindholm, Employee of the Month

Lars Lanhed is the genius designer behind much of Configura’s branding and some of our renderings.

Jon’s been with Configura almost four years – working from our Linköping, Sweden, headquarters.

What he loves best about the company is that employees are free to explore their creativity.

He is a photographer and designer based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

What do you love best about CET Designer? The software’s simplicity is something that I have truly come to admire. This especially comes to light when comparing it to other software products. What would take me three hours in a normal 3D rendering program only takes me five to 10 minutes in CET Designer. The bottom line is it’s incredibly effective.

What do you love about designing? I love that you actually have the possibility to create whatever is in your imagination. This has not been possible during the majority of my life but with modern 3D rendering software like CET Designer, it finally is. Whatever I imagine, I can create. That’s an amazing feeling.

Tell us a bit about yourself. I was an aspiring musician during my young adulthood, which did not work out. That, however, made me pursue a career in photography. I earned a bachelor of fine arts degree at the University of Gothenburg and have worked as a photographer ever since. Later, I expanded my areas of expertise into graphic design. As a family man, I spend a lot of time with my wife, Elisabeth (who also designs for Configura), and children.

“If you have an idea, the company encourages you to try it and find new ways to improve our product.

Another good thing is that there are no long decision chains,” he says.

For the last year, he’s been working on MyConfigura, the company’s web portal, which just launched June 18.

MyConfigura received a Best of NeoCon award.

“MyConfigura’s challenge was to fit all of our different customers’ needs into one solution. Now that it’s released, we’ve already gotten calls and emails from clients saying that MyConfigura has helped them to simplify their daily work. It’s a great feeling to know that people really like what you’ve helped to create!”

What about fun tidbits about Jon? He used to be a goalkeeper on a hockey team, and he holds a silver medal from the Swedish Championship in the junior league when he played for the team. In the summer, he enjoys watching soccer and also serves as a soccer referee.

Connect With Configura July Webinars

Training Opportunities

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

CET Designer Academy, Grand Rapids, MI Classes*

Special July Webinar Creating Specials With Edit Graphics: Updated With CET Designer 3.0!

July 18 – 3 pm ET July 24 – 11 am ET July 25 – 1 pm ET

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. Sign up at www.configura.com/cet/training.

Beginner: Aug 14-15, Nov 13-14 Advanced: Aug 16-17, Nov 15-16 2012 North American Training Tour Regional CET Designer Classes* for Haworth and Steelcase Dealers

July 18 – 1 pm ET July 19 – 11 am ET

Configura again partners with Steelcase and Haworth to offer CET Designer classes in cities across North America in 2012! Classes are held 8:30 am – 5 pm. We’re able to offer these two-day Beginner and Advanced classes at a discounted rate of $100 per attendee. Watch the calendar for more location announcements.

Rendering and Photo Lab

STEELCASE:

Getting Started With CET Designer July 16 – 11 am ET July 19 – 3 pm ET Reconfiguration Tool

July 12 – 3 pm ET July 19 – 1 pm ET

Like this calendar?

Download it at www.configura.com/calendar.

Santa Monica: Sept 18-19 Beginner, Sept 20-21 Advanced HAWORTH: Denver: July 24-25 Beginner, July 26-27 Advanced Toronto: July 31-Aug 1 Beginner, Aug 2-3 Advanced Washington, DC: Sept 11-12 Beginner, Sept 13-14 Advanced

Steelcase dealers can sign up on the Steelcase University website. Haworth dealers can sign up at https://learning. haworth.com. For more info: training@configura.com. *CET Designer Beginner and Advanced classes are IDCECapproved courses. CEUs are accepted by ASID, IDC and IIDA.