IDS August Chapter Meeting -- Calm the Chaos: Streamline Your Design Projects with One Simple Tool

Date: Tuesday, August 12th, 2025
Time: 9:00-11:30 AM
Location: Cosentino Center Portland - 20900 SW 115th Ave Unit 100, Tualatin, OR 97062

Event Overview

As a designer, how often do you feel overwhelmed, tired of juggling a million tasks and still feeling behind? You're not alone—and there's a better way. Join us for an inspiring session with Betsy Brandenburg, CKBD, founder of Designer Sanity, as she walks us through how to create a simple yet powerful tool called the Design Roadmap—a visual, week-by-week guide to bring calm, clarity, and control to every project. 

We will cover:

• The 3 reasons projects typically go off the rails
• How to build a repeatable process using the 5 standard design phases
• How to create a Design Roadmap to improve scheduling, client communication, and team coordination

Plus, there’s time for live Q&A and you’ll walk away with immediate, actionable takeaways you can start using right away.

Featured Speaker: Betsy Brandenburg, CKBD

Betsy Brandenburg, CKBD, is the founder of Designer Sanity and a longtime interior designer with over 20 years of experience running her firm, Brandenburg Studios, in Portland, Oregon. She is a Voices from the Industry speaker at the National Kitchen and Bath Association's KBIS conference and teaches Professional Practices at Portland Community College. Through her coaching, courses, and live workshops, she helps designers create structure around their creative work, regain control of their time, and fall back in love with their businesses. Her presentations are known for being real, inspiring, and refreshingly actionable.

Hosted By: Cosentino Portland Showroom 

We’re thrilled to be hosted by the Cosentino Portland Showroom, part of the global, family-owned Cosentino Group. Based in Spain, Cosentino is a leader in producing and distributing innovative, sustainable, and high-value surfaces for architecture and design. Their commitment to inspiring solutions and responsible practices makes them the perfect partner for this event. 

Not a member? No problem! Join us as a free guest for up to 2 meetings. After that, it's just $40 per meeting. Or if you would like to become a member CLICK HERE.

Questions? Email our Membership Team: membershipIDSportland@gmail.com for more information. We'd love to have you be a part of our community!