With home staging becoming more and more popular across the country there is an overwhelming consensus within the Home Staging Industry to unite to share and develop ideas the will benefit home sellers, Realtors and home stagers. Starting last November, through the month of February 2008, 27 round table discussion groups were organized across the country at the local level and at regular intervals.

The discussion groups, known as Stage It Forward (SIF) Round Tables, demonstrated how easy and beneficial it is to have local home staging professionals come together to facilitate positive industry growth. Discussions focused on how the home staging industry can move forward in a way that empowers all the entities that are working hard to prosper.  Equally, discussions concentrated on the home staging industry providing professional services that aide the home seller, the Realtor and also helps boost the real estate industry.

As per a recent post by Shell Brodnax of RESA and in partnership with Craig Schiller, the founder of the group Stage It Forward on Active Rain, we are ready to kick off with round two of the local level SIF Round Tables to be held across the US and Canada.

Do you want to know just how great these last events were for everyone who attended? 

The following summarizes how valuable the previous SIF Round Tables proved to be in just a sampling of the 27 cities:

It's CLEAR... 21 SIF RoundTables Across North America Are Going to REFRESH Our Industry!

SIF Roundtables: Los Angeles Area Home Stager Get Together a Big Success!

NCal Staging Round Table, one step for Staging... a milestone for the future!

Houston meets Dallas at the SIF North TX Roundtable Hosted by CORT Furniture

TRI-STATE ROUND TABLE MEETUP - NOV. 16TH, 2007

Eastern PA, Southern NJ and DE Roundtable event- a first for local stagers.

Atlanta Home Stagers - Thank you!

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Now, HOME STAGERS, here is your call to action! 

Please submit a discussion topic to Maureen Bray's post,

Upcoming SIF Round Tables ~ We need YOUR input for the Discussion Questions!

or bookmark her post and come back and share in the next week or two and post a question or topic of discussion. Or post your discussion topic here in my comments section!

Then, please revisit Shell's post, and consider being a facilitator in your area.

SIF and RESA Join Forces- Roundtables and Staging Awareness Month in NOV

A few months back, I was asked to assist in mentoring facilitators on a need be basis, so I am here to help.  If you have any questions regarding facilitating an event, feel free to e-mail me Karen@PeachtreeHomeStaging.com or call me (770) 595-8809.  I will be happy to answer your questions.

I can't wait to see all of the great posts that come from the upcoming SIF Round Tables. 

ENJOY!  LEARN! . . . and PROMOTE our home staging industry.

And a special thank you to RESA for coordinating these upcoming Round Table events for all home stagers regardless of designation or RESA membership.

And feel free to rate "Stagin' Stan -- Quite the Man" on a scale of 1 to 10  --

#10 being our RESA SIF Round Table humor communicator;

#5 a maybe;

#1 just drop the nerd!