The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences and four flooring trade associations have finalized the curriculum and established dates for the customized learning program that is the basis of “The Institute for Leadership and Business Growth.”
Certified Floorcovering Installers (CFI) hosted its 19th annual convention in Nashville earlier this month, providing us an opportunity to talk with CFI Chairman Jim Walker. He’s the guy that most people in the industry picture when they think of installation.
At the 19th CFI Convention in Nashville on August 9, 2012, the first annual Chris Davis Award was presented to Bernie Madden, owner of Madden-McFarland Interiors, LTD of Leawood, KS for recognition and dedication to quality flooring installation through CFI.
CFI celebrates nineteen years of promoting quality flooring installation. At the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, TN, members and associates will gather to increase their skills and knowledge of the flooring industry.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences and four trade associations in the flooring industry have established the Partnership for Executive Development and Business Growth, a customized program designed to provide participants with an opportunity to study the essentials of business management and develop new skills and strategies to grow their businesses.
Harold Chapman, CFE became chairman of the board of the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) effective July 1, 2012. Chapman, president of Bonitz Flooring Group, Inc., fills the role vacated by Jim Walters of Macco’s Floor Covering Center, Inc. Green Bay, WI, who became immediate past chairman.
Along with ongoing and aggressive media relations and tactics designed to increase floor covering awareness, each year the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) sets out on media tours to communicate and showcase the latest trends, technologies and advancements in flooring.
