CEU Courses
Sustainability: The Next Normal
HSW CREDIT
Sustainability now includes material health and how spaces affect wellbeing. This session covers trends in human health, sustainability certifications like Cradle to Cradle Certified™, and challenges like climate change and design impacts.
Creating a Greener Future
HSW CREDIT
This course explores sustainable design in K–12 schools, focusing on indoor air quality, material health, circularity, and carbon reduction. Participants will learn strategies to improve ventilation, reduce waste, use low-emission materials, and foster collaborative sustainability efforts.
A Wellness Lifestyle
GENERAL CREDIT
In this interactive session, we’ll explore how effective practice management fosters health and wellness in design. Drawing from our experience with design firms across the US, we’ll highlight how leaders practicing wellness themselves create more resilient teams, boost creativity, and improve employee satisfaction—ultimately enhancing project outcomes.
Belonging at Every Level: From Culture to Construction
HSW CREDIT
This course explores how both team practices and interior solutions foster a sense of belonging and well-being in the built environment. Participants will examine both interpersonal strategies such as communication, psychological safety, and team culture, and design strategies like human-centered planning, accessibility, sensory comfort, and spatial storytelling, to create spaces that are accessible to everyone. The session provides practical tools to support health, safety, and welfare by creating environments that are both emotionally supportive and physically inclusive.
Networking & Communication
GENERAL CREDIT
This course explores the power of networking and effective communication. You’ll map your personal and professional networks, identify new contacts, and discover groups to expand your reach. We’ll reframe how you think about networking, making it more approachable and goal-oriented. You’ll also learn key questions and best practices to build lasting, meaningful connections.
It’s All About That Carpet Spec
GENERAL CREDIT
All About That Carpet Spec will cover carpet construction basics, including fiber types, extrusion, dyeing, tufting, and finishing. Participants will learn how these processes affect carpet performance and key factors to consider when selecting carpets, such as scope, usage, aesthetics, maintenance, and sustainability.
It’s All About That Resilient Spec
GENERAL CREDIT
Resilient flooring is popular for its design and durability, but it can pose challenges like noise, falls, and health concerns. This course teaches how to choose the right product to address these issues and ensure a safe, long-lasting environment.
What’s Your Pixie Dust
GENERAL CREDIT
In this course, we’ll explore what defines a personal brand, how to create an authentic one, and its impact on career growth. You’ll craft your own brand statement and learn to manage it to build meaningful connections, earn trust, and present your best self.
EDUCATION
Design for Student Success
HSW CREDIT
This course examines how classroom acoustics, sensory design, and color theory influence learning. You’ll learn to reduce noise, support neurodivergent students, and use color to boost mood and productivity—creating inclusive, effective learning environments.
Understanding Today’s Schools
HSW CREDIT
This course examines today’s evolving educational landscape, focusing on teacher retention, student behavior, population shifts, and Gen Z’s views on learning. Through data and discussion, participants will explore challenges and strategies for building more effective, inclusive schools.
Wellness in Education
HSW CREDIT
This course explores how school environments influence students’ emotional, mental, and social well-being. Participants will learn to support SEL, foster belonging, and design inclusive, sensory-aware spaces that balance safety with warmth and promote holistic wellness.
Physical Meets Digital
HSW CREDIT
This session explores the “Phygital” blend of physical and digital learning. Participants will learn how play, movement, biophilic design, social media, and hybrid learning shape student engagement, gaining practical strategies to design inclusive, future-ready classrooms.
Safe and Effective Cleaning, Sanitizing & Disinfecting
HSW CREDIT
Covid exposed how unprepared we were to maintain our spaces safely. With increased product use came new risks—to health, surfaces, and protocols. This CEU helps you navigate safer, more effective maintenance practices in a changed world.
Taming Moisture: How to Prevent, Survive and Solve Moisture Problems in Concrete
HSW CREDIT
Moisture is the leading cause of flooring failures, costing commercial property owners over $1 billion annually. This course explores why these issues are increasing, how moisture behaves in flooring underneath, and effective ways to prevent or resolve damage before it impacts flooring .
Acoustics, Flooring and the Built Environment
HSW CREDIT
With the rise of hard surface flooring, multi-story buildings, and open offices, noise has become a key concern for architects, designers, and property managers. This course covers the impact of sound on health, how it’s measured, and how flooring materials can help reduce noise in multi-level buildings. Format: Video Course
The Phenomenon of Resilient Flooring
HSW CREDIT
Resilient flooring is popular for its design and durability, but it can pose challenges like noise, falls, and health concerns. This course teaches how to choose the right product to address these issues and ensure a safe, long-lasting environment.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT REQUIRED*
*A subject matter expert is required to facilitate the following sessions.
MEET THE EXPERTS
CAREY STEVENS
ALLYN MARTIN
KALEY DECKER
SHANNON CRIDER LANGLEY
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT REQUIRED*
Creative Wellness
GENERAL CREDIT | SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: KALEY DECKER + SHANNON CRIDER LANGLEY
This webinar explores the connection between creativity and well-being, highlighting how practices like mindfulness can enhance creative flow and output. Designed for commercial interior designers, the course offers tools to prevent burnout and build habits that support both personal wellness and professional creativity in high-pressure environments.
Design Thinking to Drive Innovation in Architecture and Design
GENERAL CREDIT | SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: ALLYN MARTIN
Design with people instead of for them by utilizing Design Thinking principles when crafting spaces. In this active learning session, participants will gain an understanding of the Design Thinking process, learn strategies to build empathy and better understand occupants, effectively brainstorm ideas, and quickly prototype solutions to drive innovation and create spaces and solutions that truly reflect users of a space.
DISC and Networking
GENERAL CREDIT | SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: ALLYN MARTIN + CAREY STEVENS
This course introduces the DISC assessment, a tool for understanding behavioral styles and improving communication. Participants will learn how to apply DISC insights to enhance teamwork, leadership, and personal effectiveness in both professional and personal settings.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT REQUIRED*
Improv for Business: Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity for A&D Professionals
GENERAL CREDIT | SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: ALLYN MARTIN
This course uses improvisational theater principles to boost communication, creativity, and collaboration in the workplace. Through interactive activities and discussion, participants will learn to listen actively, adapt to change, and foster psychological safety. Improv encourages flexible thinking, authentic communication, and stronger team connections—key skills for today’s dynamic work environments.
Navigating Difficult Conversations
GENERAL CREDIT | SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: ALLYN MARTIN
This course provides strategies for navigating difficult conversations with confidence and empathy. Participants will learn effective communication techniques to manage conflict, foster understanding, and strengthen relationships in both professional and personal settings.
