Meet Shay Geyer – Our Guest Host for #IDzinechat – Tuesday, 7/27/10, 8pm EST

#IDzinechat was created with the concept of helping consumers with their ever-burning questions about any topic related to interior design.  A bevy of design professionals, through the encouragement of Leslie Carothers, (a social media expert in the home furnishings’ field), decided to come together to offer the gift of their time and knowledge.  This gift has no expectation for financial compensation.  It is the design professionals’ hope, an educated consumer will be more at ease, should the occasion present itself to engage with an industry expert for the best solutions.  No one should have to go this alone!

 

(Courtesy ~ IBB Design Group)

It’s an honor and a privilege, to have a well-known, Texas-based, interior designer, Shay Geyer, to offer her time to our group as the next host for #IDzinechat.  Shay will be moderating the discussion, with some lead-in questions, but the conversations will not be limited to just those.  We hope it will get the cogwheels turning for a lively discussion and we are so excited to have her on board.

Here is an introduction to Shay Geyer – our “Designer Detective”:

Growing up with a mother who is one of the country's most sought after interior designers, Shay developed a natural flair for design by studying IBB Design Fine Furnishings founder, (also her mother), Beth Rafferty.

Designing professionally since 2001, she considers her design style to be traditional, with clean lines and a comfortable feeling, and with a touch of glamour. Her work has been published in several magazines, including her monthly editorial feature in “ON Magazine”. Shay’s goal, in design, is to create a warm, inviting atmosphere that reflects the unique, personal taste and lifestyle of each client. Her passion for home furnishings and creativity has landed her many celebrity clients as well as projects that span the country. Her unique style and ability to forecast design trends, awarded her the position of design expert for Good Morning Texas. She has been a part of the show since 2006.

Due to the popularity of her “Good Morning Texas” design segments, Shay launched the Designer Detective blog, in 2008, as a way to interact with the viewers. The popular design blog, offering design tips and trends, now has a worldwide following. Shay has embraced the social media phenomenon as a way to market and showcase her family’s business, as well as to learn from and network with other designers and clients. She has served on several social media panels, including Kravet’s social media tour. As a woman who loves to throw a party, Shay connected with Global Views to host a Tweetup for April 2010’s High Point Home Furnishings market.  She has big plans for a fall Tweetup to be announced, soon!  You can find Shay on Twitter (www.twitter.com/designershay), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/shaygeyer) and LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shay-geyer/7/a37/284)

Shay is married to wonderful man, named Brian, has a beautiful 5 ½ year old princess named Jaylie, and a boxer named Sassy. Family, church, and giving back to the community are high on her priority list. She is involved in several charitable organizations, including: the Junior League of Dallas, Genesis Women’s Shelter, The Family Place Partner’s Auxiliary, The Elan Circle of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and is a founding member of STAR Children’s Charities.

We’re so excited to have Shay on board for our chat!  Be sure to mark your calendars, Tuesday, July 27th, at 8pm, EST, to join us for this terrific, Twitter event!  Watch for reminders, as we get closer to the event.  You can follow this chat in several different ways:  http://tweetchat.com/room/IDzinechat, http://twubs.com/idzinechat, or just log onto your Twitter account and use the hashtag - #IDzinechat.  We also have a Twitter page:  http://twitter.com/IDzinechat4U to follow for updates.

For more details on how to participate, please click HERE 

(Edited by Wanda S. Horton)

#IDzinechat Recap from 6/24/10 ~ Also Announcing Shay Geyer as the Next Host!

Wow!  What another great #IDzinechat on Twitter!  The next one will be coming, within the month of July.  Don’t worry, we understand many of you have the July 4th holiday to celebrate, as well as your breath to catch after all of the activity with this chat.  We want great attendance from designers and consumers, alike!  More info will come from our next host and will be posted on this page.

We are pleased to announce, @designershay – Shay Geyer, will be taking the reigns for July!  The concept has always been to pass #IDzinechat from one designer to the next, to help share in organizing the chat, as well as to be in the driver’s seat of promoting it and asking other design peers to promote the event, too.  During each chat, we’ll take requests for the next host(s) to volunteer.  (We certainly can have more than one, as some of you operate as a team.)  First come, first serve may be the best way to do this.  The criteria will be, a design pro should be the host and have an active Twitter account and some other social media forums, in order to connect others to the event.

We’ve also had lots of conversations about the frequency.  Some would love to have this weekly, and others, monthly.  (And of course, all would be on a regularly scheduled date.)  It seems the consensus, so far, has been monthly.  The idea is to build anticipation and to not dilute the content.  Others, who suggested weekly, feel more momentum will be built this way.  From a promotional point of view, weekly may be a bit challenging for the folks coordinating the promotional activity.  (I’ve taken on keeping up this blog page and the Twub’s page, so I must say, monthly makes my calendar look a bit less hectic with all of my other volunteer work.)  It’s certainly up for discussion and with the consideration of how the task can be managed.  This was our only second event, and in a few months, one can begin to imagine how big it will become!

In the coming week, the participant’s list will grow, as names are collected from the tweets.  We’ll do our best to honor everyone who took the time to share their time and expertise.  You are all rock stars in the world of design!

If you have feedback, be sure to tweet it to:  @IDzinechat4U and use the hashtag, #IDzinechat.  Please consider following that page, too.

Thank you for the gift you have given to consumers and to the world of interior design!

All my best! ~ @WandaSHorton on Twitter.  (With special thanks to the concept’s creator of #IDzinechat, Leslie Carothers, also known as @tkpleslie on Twitter!  This was made possible through your fab idea!)