Academy

Volunteering with IIDA can elevate your career, expand your network, and shape the future of the design industry. IIDA members convene to discuss how giving back has fueled their personal and professional growth - from leadership development and industry connections to new skills and career opportunities.

Learn how to master the art of presentations and public speaking with IIDA. Whether pitching to potential clients, delivering a project update, or speaking at a conference, the ability to communicate ideas effectively can have a lasting impact on your career. Executive Vice President and CEO, Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, is joined by industry experts as they discuss practical strategies to help you deliver persuasive, memorable, and powerful presentations in any speaking scenario.

In the second episode of the 2025 season, we convene a panel urban designers and industry experts to discuss how design can contribute to resolving the housing crisis, and creating a future with new solutions and better options for all.

In this Chapter Leadership Academy (CLA) session, Veronica Whitaker, IIDA HQ Design Competitions Manager, shares best practices and strategies to help you enhance or launch your local design competition.

In the first episode of the 2025 season, we convene a panel of experts and sustainability leaders to discuss topics like circularity and reuse, and to share best practices, next practices, opportunity spotting, and key strategies to boost sustainable practice now and lay the groundwork for a more sustainable future. This episode is sponsored by Interface.

This webinar discusses the science of biophilia and biophilic design and how it can promote health-conscious built environments and furniture to meet the functional, aesthetic, and technological and experiential needs of a diverse clientele.

This program discusses the importance of Interior Design Legislation as well as Idaho’s current status in the legislative process.

In this Collective Design special series, sponsored by Tarkett, IIDA convenes design leaders for a discussion on ideas that will help cultivate greater diversity in the design industry. We examine how to create new and strengthen existing pathways for more diversity in design, starting with efforts that empower young designers.

In this Collective Design special series, sponsored by Tarkett, IIDA convenes design leaders to examine the current state of design for diverse populations of all types, designing inclusive spaces, and refining actionable strategies around EDI for the design industry.