Register for Upcoming webinars
Upcoming webinars
Inside IDA & Membership: Live Q&A with the President and Committee Chairs
IDA’s President and Committee Chairs
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
12:00pm EST
via Zoom
Have questions about your membership or the IDA? Join us for a live, interactive webinar where we’ll address your submitted questions and provide clear, helpful answers. Whether you’re wondering about benefits, renewals, IDA resources, or how to get more involved—this is your opportunity to get the clarity you need.
Submit your questions in advance and tune in to hear them answered by our team. We’ll cover the most common inquiries and tackle your specific concerns during this informative session.
All members welcome. Bring your curiosity—we’re here to help!
AI Unlocked: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Improve Marketing, Save Time & Reduce Costs
Barry Nix
Door & Gate Domination
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
12:00pm EST
via Zoom
Learn how to leverage Artificial Intelligence in your marketing by boosting results, lowering costs, and increasing efficiency. This session explores practical AI tools and strategies to enhance targeting and some of the automate tasks of your campaigns. Learn how to streamline your workflow and drive better conversions with smarter, more effective marketing for your business.
Barry Nix is the visionary Founder and CEO of Door & Gate Domination, a leading digital marketing agency serving garage door and gate contractors across North America. With over 20 years of expertise in digital marketing, Barry has a deep level of understand with implementing cutting-edge strategies in web design, SEO, PPC, and social media. He is also the author of a book titled Garage Door Marketing Machine, empowering contractors to grow and dominate their markets. He is also the host of the the Podcast, Garage Door Growth. Barry is a proud University of Alabama alumnus, currently based in Dallas-Fort Worth, and enjoys college sports, painting, cooking, and traveling with his family.
What's My Genius? Unlocking Every Team member For Potential
Kathy Neilsen
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
12:00pm EST
via Zoom
Do you have a process for hiring the right people and making sure they are on the right seat on the bus? Do you have people that are on the wrong bus and want to learn how to avoid that in the future? Do you want help transforming your culture and make sure you are hiring well and know the real problem areas within your organization? Do you understand how people are wired and the reason they succeed or fail in certain positions? In this session, learn about several key positions in your company and the avatar that you would want and the reason for it.
Kathy Nielsen is very passionate about the operations of businesses and the attention, or lack thereof, that goes to the office and the need to protect companies.
Kathy has been in the service industry for over 20 years. Beginning as an office manager for a heating and cooling company, throughout her career, she moved into a General Manager position of a larger heating and cooling company and grew and polished that company into a leader in their area. Later, while in Texas running a plumbing company, she helped many of her industry peers through coaching, teaching software use and how to do what she did as a successful GM. She found her passion with coaching and teaching. She also brings the view of the other side of the picture married to a technician herself for over 21 years. She also taught a group called Office Champions Club to grow great leaders and managers from those that were great doers at their jobs that we put in positions of management without teaching those skills. She is certified in assessments with Results Group for leadership, team, and individual development including creating hiring process and tools to get the right people on the right seat of the bus and keep them!