The Drycleaning and Laundry Institute (DLI) will continue to offer educational and learning opportunities in April including “Defining Culture: How You View Your Team and Clients” with Dave Coyle of Maverick Drycleaners on April 17 at 1 p.m. EST.
Also coming up is a Member Virtual Reception and Orientation at 3 p.m. EST on April 3 and an installment of the association’s Marketing Lab at 3 p.m. EST on April 17 that will focus on “How do you use social media to effectively communicate with customers?”
The association will also continue to offer weekly member peer meetings every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. EST on April 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30.
Also coming up soon is an installment of DLI’s Virtual Stain Removal course that meets online over the course of seven dates to train stain removal with a mix of live lectures, videos and hands-on activities from April 30 to May 21. The class will cover removing coffee, ink, grease and other stains from clothing; identifying silk, polyester and other fabrics; using specialty products such as digesters, amyl acetate and acetone; and identifying fibers and fabric construction.
Also coming up this month is the Educational Extravaganza on April 13 from the Illinois Professional Drycleaners and Launderers (IPDL). The event will be hosted by Sankosha and will include a hands-on wetcleaning seminar by Kreussler, an update on the Businesses Reducing Impact on the Environment (BRITE) program by representatives of Cook County Environmental Sustainability Division and seminars on estate and succession planning as well as maximizing POS systems. For more information, go to IPDL.org.
For more information about any of DLI’s upcoming events, visit them at www.DLIonline.org/Education.