NKBA’s professional development workshops are designed to provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to succeed in the kitchen and bathroom industry.

Professional Practice Workshop

Do you run your own small business? Are you looking to collaborate with like-minded people to exchange ideas and improve the quality of your processes and the services you offer? NKBA's Professional Practice workshop will help you to do just that!

Workshop content includes:

  • Contracts and quotes
  • Insurance
  • Understanding client needs
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Selling your ideas

 

Workshop Details

Workshop length

  • 1 day (9.00am-4.00pm)

2025 Workshop dates

  • 3 March (Auckland)
  • 26 March (Christchurch)
  • 14 May (Wellington)
  • 6 August (Auckland)

2025 Workshop fee

  • $500 + GST 

Who is the workshop aimed at?

  • Small business owners
  • Independent designers

How can I enrol?

  • Click here for the enrolment form

 

Workshops are subject to minimum numbers.

Learners will receive an NKBA Certificate of Completion at the end of the workshop.

Want to learn more about this workshop? Email NKBA or call (03) 322 1957 today!

Workshop Tutor

Joneen Rodgers

Joneen is a Gold Designer of NKBA and tutors NKBA’s 1 and 2-day design workshops.

After a period of study and work abroad in Japan, Joneen started her own business, Hello Home Interiors, which she operated for 12 years. Hello Home Interiors won the Creative Small Space Design Award at the 2023 NKBA Excellence in Design Awards. 

Joneen comes from a design background studying a Bachelor of Design in Interior Architecture from Victoria University. She also has a Graduate Diploma in Education and has spent many years tutoring and lecturing at the School of Architecture and Design in Wellington.

Now working for German Kitchens in Wellington, Joneen is passionate about making good design accessible to all and raising the industry standard.