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NKBA Education Courses Coming To Portland This Fall:
- September 9, 2008 - Mind Your Own Business - Spend some time working on your business for a change rather than working so hard in it. Accounting is not magical but a necessary evil. Instructor Ken Jones, MBA, presents an "edutaining" combination of relevant, open discussion-based topics specifically geared towards your business.
8 NKBA hours/0.8 CEUs... MORE INFO
- November 12, 2008 - Theme Design Principles - There is value in adding popular styles to your designs and this course teaches you how to do it. Sign up for this one-day fascinating class, led by Instructor Kathleen Donhue, CMKBD, to advance your kitchen and bath design expertise.
8 NKBA hours/0.8 CEUs... MORE INFO
NKBA Fall Web-Based Education Series Schedule
Earn NKBA hours, or CEUs, from your home or office. Click here for schedule.
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LEGISLATION UPDATES
To read NKBA's Legislative Position, click here.
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Review of Kitchen and Bath Trend Rooms from KBIS 2008.
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By Kim Barrington
The Kimbro Agency
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If you read my post on the Meredith Corporations trend rooms for the National Kitchen and Bath Show, then you also saw images from these rooms corresponding to the stages women go through during the course of their lifetime.
To clarify my own thoughts on the Idea Center, while these may not be the most exotic kitchens or even contemporary kitchens, say for instance like what Trendir features in their online publication, for what is happening in most of America I think Meredith Corporation and their designers and trade publication editors got it right….for the most part this is the way Americans do live and they do experience each one of these stages. CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE AND MORE PICTURES
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 We're excited to report that J H Publishing has formally announced the launch of Columbia River K&B Magazine, sponsored by the Columbia River Chapter of the National Kitchen & Bath Association. The magazine will publish twice yearly, and will offer localized kitchen and bath design, product and service resources to consumers throughout Oregon and SW Washington. The first issue of CRK&B Magazine will be available fall 2008 at home and garden shows and through select kitchen and bath-related retail outlets across Oregon and SW Washington. To read this Press Release in its entirety (including information about advertising or editorial opportunities) CLICK HERE.
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Columbia River Chapter of NKBA
July 2008
There will be no membership meeting in July.
COMPLETE CALENDAR
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AFFILIATED ASSOCIATION LINKS
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CURRENT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
What's going on in your chapter...Board Meeting Minutes available to Chapter Members upon request
NKBA NATIONAL WEBSITE:
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“I look for a balance between clean, contemporary lines
And an expression of craftsmanship that illustrates or
Reveals a sense of time, place or culture”
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President's Corner
 Your President, Diane Foreman, shares informative, educational and thought provoking articles...a sort of noodle soup for your mind.
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Membership
 Please click link below for current information about membership for the Columbia River Chapter of NKBA.
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Programs
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Goverment Relations
 Stay tuned in for information about government relations. Click "read more" link below for full details or click here to visit our new Blog Site.
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Endorsed Programs
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Professional Development
 Announcements about current classes, study groups and certifications for our chapter.
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE NKBA ENDORSED PROGRAMS INTERNSHIP
The NKBA Endorsed Programs was developed to help provide consistent, quality education for students who desire to become kitchen/bathroom design professionals. Educational institutions all over the country offer kitchen/bath curriculums supported by NKBA.
Students who participate in an NKBA-endorsed curriculum:
- perform classwork based on NKBA's Professional Resource Library
- complete a planned internship of at least 160 hours in the kitchen and/or bath industry.
The internship, generally taken just before or during the final year of classroom work, provides important "real-world experience," and enhances and extends classroom learning.
With preparation through classroom and internship experiences, a student who completes an NKBA-endorsed curriculum should have the competencies considered to be the foundation for practice as a kitchen/bathroom designer. Graduates from a curriculum endorsed by NKBA also have advanced status toward AKBD/CKD/CBD certification. knowledgeable intern.
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Attention Members:
Upgrade your Membership listing and stand out from the crowd. Upgraded listing includes: Your name in bold lettering in the directory, a 100 word business description in the directory, and up to 4 project photos in the member gallery.
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