Tag: Membership

Q4 2022

DLI Graduates Complete Summer 2022 Introduction and Advanced Drycleaning Courses

DLI’s School of Drycleaning Technology trained students in the art and science of running a successful drycleaning business. Students attended The Institute’s 380th General Drycleaning Course, comprised of the one-week Introduction to Drycleaning and two-week Advanced Drycleaning Courses. Founded in 1927, DLI’s School of Drycleaning Technology has helped shape the careers of thousands of drycleaners worldwide.

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Q4 2022

DLI Launches Redesigned Website

Making things easier for members to find and access on the web was the main concern for the team charged with redesigning DLIonline.org. The team completely overhauled the site with the intention of attracting non-member professional fabric care business owners to the Institute and making membership benefits much simpler to find, understand, and access.

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Q4 2022

Escape Winter with DLI and NCA

Dominican Republic to Host Conference January 12-15, 2023

DLI & NCA officially announced the adults-only destination for DLI and NCA’s 2023 Five-Star Brainstorming Conference, January 12-15, 2023. The luxurious, all-inclusive Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana resort in the Dominican Republic features breathtaking landscapes, spas, golf courses, restaurants, tours, excursions, and much more. Come to this island paradise and enjoy the following:

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Q2 2022

Renewing Members Save Money with DLI Membership Pays Program

Renew to Receive Your Gift Certificate Package

DLI’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS CREATED THE PROGRAM TO HELP MEMBERS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE: BY RETURNING MONEY TO YOUR BOTTOM LINE. Renewing your DLI membership in 2022 comes with an extra benefit in the form of gift certificates worth $450 or more.

Gift certificates shared by participating Allied Trades companies are valid for one year after the date of beginning membership with DLI.

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Q2 2022

Learn. Share. Connect. Grow.

Weekly Peer-to-Peer Membership Meetings Bring Members Together

WANT TO HAVE YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND ON THE INDUSTRY? Want to know what other DLI Members are doing about this or that problem? Every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, DLI hosts an hour-long video conference to help members connect and share ideas. Here are some of the ideas members discussed at recent meetings. All members are invited by email to attend. Check your inbox on Tuesday mornings for the invitation.

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Q1 2022

Meet DLI’s 2021-2022 Board of Directors

DLI’s Board of Directors recognizes valued contributions and inducts new volunteer leadership each year. New Directors are sworn in as their predecessors move to an executive position or become DLI Senators, an exclusive title for previous members of the Board. This year DLI welcomes a host of new faces to its governing body. 

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Q1 2022

DLI Membership Pays Significant Savings

New 2022 Package Delivers Gift Certificates from Popular Vendors Worth $470+

Drycleaning & Laundry Institute membership saves members money.  Not intangible money but actual savings in the form of gift certificates from popular industry companies. Members of DLI’s Board of Directors invited Allied Trades Members, industry service providers, suppliers, and manufacturers who support the industry and Institute, to provide direct discounts on products members buy and use regularly. 

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Q1 2022

New Blended Courses Offer Students More Flexibility

2022 Course Offerings Include On-Site, Virtual, and a Combination of Both

The Drycleaning and Laundry Institute released plans for its School of Drycleaning Technology courses throughout 2022. This year DLI offers a host of options for students, including On-Site Courses, Virtual Courses, and Blended Learning (a combination of virtual and on-site training).

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Q3 2021

DLI Launches New ‘Marketing Lab’ Program to Help Members Develop Marketing Ideas and Exchange Advice 

Beginning June 16 & 17, members of the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) began tapping into the wealth of experience of their peers DLI’s new Marketing Lab peer review group. In the group, DLI members develop marketing efforts together, or just help each other tweak current efforts. From plans to final pieces and implementation, members will present marketing ideas to a group of their peers for live, immediate feedback. Ideas shared in the group are available to all members of the group, giving members access to a collective idea machine. In-group collaboration will help make marketing pieces stronger.

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Q2 2021

DLI’s Inner Circle Group Members Forge New Relationships at First Meeting

DLI’s Inner Circle is a virtual management group program spearheaded by Diana Vollmer with Ascend Consulting Group.

DLI Forming New Groups, Space is Limited

DLI’s Inner Circle, The Drycleaning & Laundry Institute’s new, virtual management group program, held its first meeting Thursday, February 25. The program is spearheaded by Diana Vollmer with Ascend Consulting Group, a veteran management group director. The group is composed of 13 members from the U.S. and Canada. While this group is up and running, DLI plans to add more groups to the program and is currently accepting registrations for members to join a group.

 

“We talked about the state of the industry and what immediate opportunities are available, what you can do now, during Covid, to help sustain and grow your business,” said Brian Johnson, DLI’s Director of Education and group liaison.

 

Members of the group also forged new relationships, with some members sharing contact information to discuss ideas in more detail between quarterly meetings.

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