Join the IIDA Ohio Kentucky Chapter virtually on January 22nd for our annual meeting filled with talk of the future of our chapter! Come meet our current chapter leaders and hear what exciting items we have coming down the pipeline in 2025.

Content presented Ashley Paré https://www.youtube.com/@ownyourworth1 on YouTube, https://ashleypare.com/ Join Ashley Paré and the IIDA Ohio Kentucky Chapter as we delve into the fundamental principles of self-advocacy and explore how to confidently communicate your value without the fear of negative consequences. Through interactive discussions, case studies, and practical exercises, you'll learn how to leverage this critical skill that empowers individuals to articulate their needs, preferences, and rights in various settings, from the workplace to personal relationships and beyond. In a world where complexities abound and diverse voices clamor for attention, the ability to advocate for oneself becomes indispensable. Ashley Paré is the CEO & Founder of Own Your Worth®. She’s helped thousands of women grow careers on their own terms by being authentic in tough conversations, building bridges through negotiation, and trusting “no” is not the end. As a Leadership Coach & Keynote Speaker, Ashley gives clients the tools to own their worth in order to create wealth, power and impact. Ashley is a TEDx Speaker with more than a decade of corporate experience in global Human Resources. She’s been featured in The New York Times, Glamour, CNN Money, Good Morning America and more.

In this Friday Forum we will be having a future thinking conversation with Rebekah Matheny. Rebekah recently completed a "Design Futures" course at the Institute for the Future after receiving the Enrich Fund Grant. She will be leading attendees through a discussion around a meaningful interiors design topic using tools learned in the course. "Design Futures is a course that teaches you how to create interactions with "the future," learn from those interactions, and apply those learnings to your life and work. Through a unique curriculum that builds on the deep experience from award-winning design futurists, you will learn to analyze possible futures, build worlds and scenes from those futures, and populate those scenes with compelling artifacts and media. The course culminates with the design of projects and programs that integrate your new knowledge and skills into actionable outcomes." Rebekah Matheny is an Associate Professor of Design at The Ohio State University. Her teaching and research focus on changing human behaviors through the design of physical places to cultivate a sustainable future.

You can donate and learn more about The Oasis Alliance at this link: https://www.theoasisalliance.org/donate This Friday Forum will focus on the impact interior design can have trauma survivors and the community at large. Danielle Woodhouse Johnson will speak on her experience working with the public, what makes a successful project, and how the design community can get more involved. Danielle Woodhouse Johnson is the founder of The Oasis Alliance, an organization that brightens the lives of trauma survivors by co-designing personalized spaces that encourage and support recovery, growth, and wellbeing. The Oasis Alliance believes that interior design is an underutilized tool to empower, encourage and resurrect people at their lowest point. By engaging in a collaborative design process with their clients, the Oasis team aims to help trauma survivors reclaim their sense of self and feelings of agency, enabling them to take a first step in moving through trauma and loss.