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Upcoming webinars
Understanding Wind-Load Doors and Requirements
Joe Berger
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
12:00pm EST
via Zoom
During this webinar, Joe Berger will discuss how to read drawings and properly install as well as how wind-load doors perform in a storm.
Born into the industry as a 3rd generation door man, Joe Berger began his career in the manufacturing facility packing hardware at 14 years old. As time went on he worked in every department manufacturing residential and commercial Miami-Dade impact rated doors. Once Joe turned 18 years old, he went out in the field to learn the installation and service side of the business. This experience allowed him the knowledge to pass the IDEA Accreditation and become the first master tech in the tri-county area. Mr. Berger also became the license holder and qualifier at age 24.
After many years and hundreds of installs/repairs later he went into R & D department. There he was involved in designing and manufacturing new products. It was at that time that Joe was awarded multiple design patents on garage door hardware and formed Stealth Hardware Solutions. His entire career has been focused within a “Wind-load market”. He has been actively working in this market for the past 27 years. Joe is also a husband to a wonderful wife and father of two children. He spends weekends at Baseball practice and swimming in their pool (or anything to keep his two young children entertained). Joe and his wife try to travel as much as they can using her flight benefits from her job as a flight attendan
What’s Working Now: Marketing Trends That Matter for the Door Industry
Kim Chhabria & Abram Garcia
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
12:00pm EST
via Zoom
In a market where attention spans are short and customer expectations are high, how do today’s door professionals cut through the noise? Join us for a fast-paced, practical look at the marketing trends shaping 2025 and how businesses can put them to work.
Led by association marketing strategists Kim Chhabria and Abram Garcia, this session will spotlight:
- Digital Trends: Discover what matters most for your customers today.
- Messaging That Converts: Learn how to simplify your value proposition and speak directly to what your customers care about most.
- Marketing on a Budget: High-impact, low-lift tactics that work for small teams and independent businesses.
- Tools and Templates: Walk away with real examples you can adapt.
Whether you’re a dealer-owner, manufacturer, or industry marketer, this session is designed to give you real strategies to strengthen your brand, grow your leads, and better connect with customers.
Kim Chhabria
Abram Garcia
Insurance 101: Everything You Need to Know About Insurance for IDA Members
Andrew Stergiou
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
12:00pm EST
via Zoom
Insurance 101 will review all the necessary coverages and pitfalls of an insurance program for IDA members including General Liability, Automobile, Workers Compensation, Umbrella, Employment Practices Liability, and Property. We will advise of coverage deficiencies, current market landscape, and how to save the most amount of money during the course of the year.
Andrew is responsible for designing and developing targeted insurance and risk management programs that align with his clients’ unique business objectives. He is also actively involved with the placement, management, and administration of association and construction insurance programs that connect members with preferred risk and insurance services that are custom designed for their industry.
He has been in the insurance industry since 2002. Prior to Alliant, Andrew served as a Senior Vice President at Tanenbaum Harber where he was responsible for producing and managing new business.
Andrew attended University of Southern California and earned a BS in Business Administration from Fordham University, with a concentration in Business Economics and Marketing.
The Seven Things Your Organization Needs to Do to Move Forward with AI
Beth Ziesenis
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
12:00pm EST
via Zoom
Professionals have embraced AI in the workplace, but many companies are not ready for it. Join Beth Z, Your Nerdy Best Friend, for an overview of the challenges of AI in your business and how to put your company and
employees on the right path to increased productivity and decreased stress. Join this program to discover:
- Why you need an AI policy (and what goes into one)
- How AI can replace tasks (not jobs)
- What goes into an “AI Day”
- How to protect your company’s data
- When to talk about the AI ethics
Since her first Motorola RAZR flip phone, Beth has made a verb out of the word “nerd.” She’s here to help you filter through thousands of apps, gadgets, widgets and doodads to find the perfect free and bargain technology tools for work and home. Although the only real trophy she ever won was for making perfect French fries at McDonald’s in high school, Beth Z has been featured on Best Speaker lists by several organizations who write best speaker lists. She has written a whole shelf of books on apps and has spoken to more than 100 thousand audience members just like you. And if you’re puzzling over why she goes by “Beth Z”… it’s because she only finds about three people a year who can pronounce her last name.