About Us:

Angela Brooks is the Marketing Director of DSI, an international corporation lifting the staging industry to new heights. Canadian Staging Professionals (Canada), Certified Staging Professionals (International) and EcoStaging are founded by Christine Rae, President of DSI.

Areas of Expertise

Whether you are a Decorator, Designer, Organizer, Real Estate Agent or someone wanting to build a home staging business - this program is for you!

The Certified Staging Professional^TM workshop is a comprehensive program taught through hands-on interaction, with group exercises, roleplays and in depth practical application of work samples, geared to prepare its participants to enter the staging industry with confidence and experience necessary to succeed.

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Christine offered a comprehensive program in how to develop your own real estate staging business. I am now on the "fast track" to success!
-Nancy Wilkie CSP^TM

CSP^TM Home Staging Training Includes:
Resource Manual & Class Instruction - 350+ pages/30 hour with trainer
Staging Industry Statistics
Key factors in the Home Staging Market
How to sell to different kinds of people
8 Pricing Modules
4 types of consultations - step by step processes
Reporting Systems - including unique and innovative staging tool the CSP^TM Room Ready Hand Book
Instruction on using the CSPER - Certified Staging Professional Evalution Report - unique tool for CSP's
7 Samples of Contracts, Proposals, Letters, Bids and Quotes, Vacant pricing charts, ,
List of different streams of income available to a certified staging consultant
CSP^TM Tool Kit - recommended list
10 Simple steps for staging a room
20 Additional Staging Tips
The 6 F's of staging; Includes elements of design, scale, floor plans, traffic flow, and more!
8 common problems faced when staging
Top Ten Tips and Techniques
Colour - Including CSP^TMStaging Safe Colours, elements of colour, colour planning, Choosing paint and more....
Room solutions with the use of art
Five minute floral ideas and tips
Rental Furniture and how it works
Staging for living palette
Staging a house during the holidays
Selling a house with feng shui
Storage options
Building your inventory
Open house checklist - showing instructions and 20 minute time saving tips...
Knowing your clients - 29 pages to increase your knowledge of the Real estate Industry, includes: determining the role of a stager, objection handling, and identifying secondary target markets
Business start up - 5 Crucial things
10 Wacky Ways to get in front of a Real Estate Professional
Presentations to Real estate Agents
Building a staging team
Anatomy of an effective business plan
56 page Marketing Resource - Success of Marketing written for CSP Stagers by Marketing Guru Angela Brooks
Student Resources
Hands-on Experience
Field training - Day 3 Stagers actually stage a home on the market!
Role-playing & staging exercises
Mentoring - Job Shadowing - *Available in participating areas
CSP^TM Support
Access to Resource Center for CSP^TM graduates
Listed on "Find a Home Stager" directory
Access and availability of branded promotional material
Bulk Advertising Opportunities
Additional Educational Opportunities, such as: teleclasses, online learning, colour certification
The Coffee Break newsletter for members only
Co-marketing Opportunities
Free Refresher attendance of the CSP^TM Program
The Staging Standard Magazine
The Staging Standard Newsletter
Annual Education Conference
CSP^TM M.O.R.E Program - NEW!
1. Your own Blog on the Staging Community Weblog
2. Five Marketing Modules - step by step 8-10 week marketing plan
3. Portfolio Presentations
4. Press Kit Presentations
5. Teleclasses - How To's; Marketing, building a newsletter, branding and more!
Memberships
Membership Advantage Card
One Year Directory -sellthishouseusa.com
One year International
Discount Affiliate Memberships
Certified Staging Professionals^TM provides additional marketing material, tools and teleclasses more details in class and on the CSP^TM* Resource Center

Who would benefit from taking the CSP^TM Program?

Individuals who are serious about becoming a Staging Expert
Decorators, Real Estate Agents, Organizers who want to add a competitive edge to their already existing services
Ambitious people who want to belong to a Staging industry, who encourages excellence and continuing education through their on-going support.

Christine Rae is easily approachable and keeps the class interested in everything she discusses. She always encourages questions and student opinions and is genuinely concerned that we the students are understanding the information she is giving us. I would HIGHLY recommend this class to anyone interested in entering the field of staging. This was well worth the money!
-Glenda James CSP^TM

"The unique CSP^TM tools, student resource centre, website profiles and the incredible advertising that this program provides makes me extremely proud to be associated with the program." says Ann Maurice - TV's House Doctor International Interior Designer and Property Expert

Testimonials

	-- provided us excellent information, tools and support. The field trip was great hands on opportunity. The information and tools that have been provided to us has given us a great start. All the exclusive benefits to CSPs are extraordinary. Tabatha Gibbons, CSP^TM Owen Sound, ON
	The material was presented in an interesting and professional manner. Christine was extremely motivating. I feel the program gave the information and tools necessary for me to feel confident enough to assess a home and provide and accurate consultation. I know that if I have any questions, I can contact CSP for the support I may need. There was so much material covered in such a short time, the 3 days just flew by. I am so looking forward to starting my new business and learning all there is to learn about staging! Thank you so much Christine!! Carol Krell, CSP^TM London, ON
	This class so surpassed my expectations. I am still reading through the training manual. So much useful information! You provided a great understanding to what it is staging is supposed to accomplish...you gave great examples and visuals. You provided a wonderful understanding of how realtor's work and how they get paid. This is very useful as we need to be able to "sell" them on using staging. I am glad that I went forth with taking the class. Even though I've been doing this for a few years, I left feeling even more confident then before! I know that I can expect to see nothing but continuing growth and recongnition for anyone who is CSP. It was well worth it! Gina McNew, CSP^TM Kennesaw, GA
	This course was well worth the time and money. It was fun and met a lot of wonderful people, Christine's friendly approach flowed through the entire 3 days. She was very easy to relate to in terms of her business experiences. It made me realize that I'm on the right track to my company's success. The information binders, powerpoint presentation, the class format was great even though there was homework!!! Take the program. Invest the money, it's totally the best decision you would make. Nicki Nugent, CSP^TM Brampton, ON
	I was and still am so excited about getting things going. This class boosted my spirits and gave me the confidence I needed to get out there. I have been spending so much time organizing and making sure everything is perfect before starting but the class gave me the extra shove to DO IT! Organization was great, material was terrific, the resource manual is fantastic. It is well worht the money! Great information; knowledge shared was wonderful; great group of people, and the insturctor was very knowledgable, patient, and informative. Patricia Kay McAlpin, CSP^TM Rome, GA

	...Be prepared for busy & long days, need to be free of all duties in the evenings ...It's fun & informative and provides you with the skills to launch a new career Kristen Duncan, CSP^TM Mississauga, ON
	The ongoing support and opportunities are paramount. Belinda Bondy, CSP^TM Morriston, ON
	I am extremely satisfied with the course and especially Christine Rae and the CSP program. I came into this with a little knowledge as to what staging is but I am coming out of this with a wealth of knowledge and tools to get into a business where there is definitely a growing market. Hats off to Christine, Lee and all the CSP support staff. Delivered the most essential information in a condensed period of time and enabling the student so walk away with the necessary tools to start in the staging business. I honestly believed that I would not come out of a 3 day program and feel confident and ready to start a new business but with the information and support that Christine Rae & CSP offer it is definitely a reality. The day 3 assignment is definitely a test of what you have learned and it's quite rewarding seeing the difference you can make after taking the course Diana Galic, CSP^TM Oakville, ON
	I was very satisfied with the information taught and also what was provided in the manual. It will give me the confidence needed to start my own business. The manual is excellent. Any questions, I always find the answers I'm looking for in the manual. I would recommend this program for someone who would like to start a business. The course covers everything and the hands on experience is a great learning tool. Kim Bergeron, CSP^TM Pte. Claire, QC
	I tried a homestudy course in interior decorating and much preferred learning by attending your course. Receiving feedback from an instructor is more informative in learning. Debbie Hart, CSP^TM Liverpool, NS