Vanessa DeKoekkoek
Product Manager, DesignCynclyVanessa DeKoekkoek is a Product Manager at Cyncly and a design technology leader passionate about helping professionals work smarter. With a background as a kitchen and bath designer and design educator, she pairs creative insight with a practical, solutions-driven mindset, translating complex tools into intuitive workflows that help designers move faster and present with confidence. A frequent industry speaker, Vanessa shares approachable, actionable guidance that turns innovation into real-world impact. She holds a Floor Plans & Specifications Specialty Badge from NKBA, serves on the KBIS Exhibitor Committee, and is a voting member of the NARI Education Committee, supporting the advancement of the kitchen and bath industry through education, innovation, and collaboration.
AI in Action: Smarter Designs, Stronger Business
AI is rapidly transforming not just how designers create, but how they manage their time, projects, and overall business performance. The challenge is
…AI is rapidly transforming not just how designers create, but how they manage their time, projects, and overall business performance. The challenge is no longer access to AI tools but knowing how to use them to create measurable impact, not just in y
…AI is rapidly transforming not just how designers create, but how they manage their time, projects, and overall business performance. The challenge is no longer access to AI tools but knowing how to use them to create measurable impact, not just in your design projects, but in your day-to-day business operations.
This interactive workshop combines real-world application and technical strategy to help you rethink how your design business operates
…AI is rapidly transforming not just how designers create, but how they manage their time, projects, and overall business performance. The challenge is no longer access to AI tools but knowing how to use them to create measurable impact, not just in your design projects, but in your day-to-day business operations.
This interactive workshop combines real-world application and technical strategy to help you rethink how your design business operates day to day and how to make the most of your time. Through guided exercises and real business scenarios, you’ll explore how a small design business is adapting to the speed of AI while learning how to apply those same principles to your own work.
In this hands-on session, you won’t just learn concepts. You’ll begin building a personalized framework to track productivity, streamline workflows, and identify opportunities for growth to maximize your resources.
You will learn how to:
Turn AI into Actionable Workflows
Move beyond inspiration and apply AI across your daily tasks, from client communication and project documentation to sourcing and scheduling, so you can reduce manual effort and focus on higher-value work.
Build a Business Dashboard to Easily Track What Matters
Learn how to structure a simple, effective dashboard to measure how your time is spent, identify inefficiencies, and track key activities that drive measurable impact across your projects and business operations.
Automate to Create Capacity for Growth
Discover how to identify repetitive tasks and apply AI-driven automation to free up time, improve consistency, and create space to grow your business or advance your career.
Learning Objectives:
• Apply AI to improve design workflows and daily business operations with measurable impact.
• Create a simple dashboard to track time, productivity, and business performance.
• Identify and automate repetitive tasks to improve efficiency and support business growth.
AI in Action: Smarter Workflows, Smarter Designs
This session is for designers who are ready to move beyond simply using AI as a tool and are instead prepared to leverage it as a strategic partner. T
…This session is for designers who are ready to move beyond simply using AI as a tool and are instead prepared to leverage it as a strategic partner. This session provides a practical, step-by-step guide to addressing the most pressing AI-related chal
…This session is for designers who are ready to move beyond simply using AI as a tool and are instead prepared to leverage it as a strategic partner. This session provides a practical, step-by-step guide to addressing the most pressing AI-related challenges and opportunities in kitchen and bath design.
Using a "walk-through style" format with real project examples, you will learn how to:
Deconstruct AI-Generated Inspiration: We'll break down how t
…This session is for designers who are ready to move beyond simply using AI as a tool and are instead prepared to leverage it as a strategic partner. This session provides a practical, step-by-step guide to addressing the most pressing AI-related challenges and opportunities in kitchen and bath design.
Using a "walk-through style" format with real project examples, you will learn how to:
Deconstruct AI-Generated Inspiration: We'll break down how to manage client expectations, assess the feasibility of AI concepts, and gently guide them from an idealized image to a functional, budget-friendly design.
Transform AI into Your Competitive Advantage: Go beyond simple ideation. Learn how to use AI to supercharge your design process, from generating hyper-realistic renderings and virtual walkthroughs to automating tedious tasks like material sourcing and creating detailed project timelines.
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