Masters Designation
Course Details The Certified Staging Professionals Course is taught in 100's of locations across Canada, USA and Australia.
Day One and Day Two - In-class theory
8:00am - 6pm (Plus two hours of home study in the evening)
Students will gain knowledge of home staging principles and the practical of starting a home staging business through in-class instruction, (See course details below) Note: Students must complete a test each evening covering the days learning, securing a minimum of 75% combined score to earn the CSP designation.
Day Three - Hands-on Experience
7:00am - 6pm
Participants are given the opportunity to stage a house on the market place as part of their intensive training. Breaking into groups, they are guided through staging one principle room and one or two secondary rooms on the property. Within hours the class will put staging theory into action and transform the property into wonderfully showcased masterpiece. Note: Before and after photos are provided for the student's portfolio.
CSP™ Home Staging Training Includes: |
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Resource Manual & Class Instruction - 350+ pages |
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Staging Industry Statistics |
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Key factors in the Home Staging Market |
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How to sell to different kinds of people |
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8 Pricing Modules |
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4 types of consultations - step by step processes |
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Reporting Systems - including unique and innovative staging tool the CSP™ Room Ready Hand Book |
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Instruction on using the CSPER - Certified Staging Professional Evaluation Report - unique tool for CSP's |
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7 Samples of Contracts, Proposals, Letters, Bids and Quotes, Vacant pricing charts, , |
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List of different streams of income available to a certified staging consultant |
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CSP™ Tool Kit - recommended list |
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10 Simple steps for staging a room |
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20 Additional Staging Tips |
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The 6 F's of staging; Includes elements of design, scale, floor plans, traffic flow, and more! |
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8 common problems faced when staging |
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Top Ten Tips and Techniques |
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Colour - Including CSP™Staging Safe Colours, elements of colour, colour planning, Choosing paint and more.... |
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Room solutions with the use of art |
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Five minute floral ideas and tips |
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Rental Furniture and how it works |
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Staging a house during the holidays |
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Selling a house with feng shui |
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Storage options |
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Building your inventory |
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Open house checklist - showing instructions and 20 minute time saving tips... |
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Knowing your clients - 29 pages to increase your knowledge of the Real estate Industry, includes: determining the role of a stager, objection handling, and identifying secondary target markets |
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Business start up - 5 Crucial things |
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10 Wacky Ways to get in front of a Real Estate Professional |
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Presentations to Real estate Agents |
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Building a staging team |
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Anatomy of an effective business plan |
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56 page Marketing Resource - Success of Marketing written for CSP Stagers by Marketing Guru Angela Brooks |
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Student Resources |
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Hands-on Experience |
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Field training - Day 3 Stagers actually stage a home on the market! |
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Role-playing & staging exercises |
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Mentoring - Job Shadowing - *Available in participating areas |
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CSP™ Support |
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Access to Resource Center for CSP™ graduates |
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Listed on "Find a Home Stager" directory |
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Access and availability of branded promotional material |
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Bulk Advertising Opportunities |
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Additional Educational Opportunities, such as: teleclasses, online learning, colour certification |
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The Coffee Break newsletter for members only |
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Co-marketing Opportunities |
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Free Refresher attendance of the CSP™ Program |
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The Staging Standard Magazine |
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The Staging Standard Newsletter |
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CSP™ M.O.R.E Program |
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1. Your own Blog on the Staging Community Weblog |
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2. Marketing Modules - step by step 8-10 week marketing plan |
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3. Portfolio Presentations |
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4. Press Kit Presentations |
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5. Teleclasses - How To's; Marketing, building a newsletter, branding and more! |
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Memberships |
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Membership Advantage Card |
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One year International |
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Discount Affiliate Memberships |
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*Certified Staging Professionals™ provides additional marketing material, tools and teleclasses more details in class and on the CSP™ Resource Center |
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