| ● Affiliation with a national association of Professional Interior Decorators and Designers ● Networking opportunities for yourself and the benefit of your students ● Contacts for potential employment for your students ● Notice of job postings for your students on our website, www.ddacanada.com ● Opportunity for coordinators / administrators to post teaching positions on our website ● Information on industry updates and some upcoming events via access to the ‘Members’ Only’ section on the DDA website and through email broadcasts ● Professional development seminars ● Notification of tradeshow events ● A conduit for collective representation and lobbying on all issues of significance to the decorating industry ● Communication with members and the industry through newsletter, email, regular mail and phone ● Newsletters – which update all members on business issues and trends in the industry ● Knowledge of and field trip access to DDA affiliate members who provide products or services to the trade ● DDA has active committees. As a member you may join a committee and have direct impact on strategic planning, event planning, thereby ● Enhancing your networking ● The opportunity to hold a position on DDA’s member-elected executive board ● Access to members of the Education Committee who are available for participation in your Program Advisory Committee meetings ● Access to the DDA Ambassador Program where executives are asked speak to interior decorating and design students of recognized programs to inform them about our professional association ● Adherence to the DDA Code of Ethics, as listed on the website, www.ddacanada.com |