﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Wall And Ceiling Alliance Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.wallandceilingalliance.org</link><description>News related to Wall And Ceiling Alliance</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Wall And Ceiling Alliance All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Managing Up (Live Online) - Dale Carnegie Courses 12/13/2024 7:00 AM - 12/13/2024 8:30 AM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;This 3-hour course includes 90 minutes of live online instruction and 90 minutes of self-directed learning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;In this course, we examine the ways we can influence the efficiency and effectiveness of our organization and work team, even if we are not the ones giving all the orders. We also commit to being more flexible in responding to others. Finally, we explore ways of managing our priorities and expectations, while accomplishing our goals and the goals of our manager at the same time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;Managing Up is about how to sell an idea &amp;ldquo;up&amp;rdquo; the organization. You&amp;rsquo;ll learn the importance of planning how to communicate with managers and colleagues, and now to manage priorities and expectations. Equally important to how we communicate our ideas, we&amp;rsquo;ll learn how to effectively receive suggestions and feedback.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;To learn more about this event, and/or to register, visit Dale Carnegie&amp;#39;s website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.dalecarnegie.com/en/courses/5356/48584"&gt;&lt;b&gt;www.dalecarnegie.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.wallandceilingalliance.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=7962</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:36:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>* WACA Christmas in Paris Holiday Party  12/14/2024 5:30 PM - 12/14/2024 11:30 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Schedule of Events&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;5:30 PM - 7:00PM - Registration &amp;amp; Cocktail Reception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;7:00PM - 8:00PM - Dinner &amp;amp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Book Antiqua&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Announcements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Palatino Linotype&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;9:00PM - 11:45PM - Dancing to Follow - Pop Rocks Band &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:justify; margin:0in"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;"&gt;Dress:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;Wear black, white, or any hue of pink. Dress in any of these colors to fit the theme. Formal attire is optional.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#444444;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hotel Accommodations:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Special room rate per night at The Fairmont.&amp;nbsp;To book your room online, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Comic Sans MS&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white"&gt;&lt;a href="https://book.passkey.com/go/WACAHolidayParty2024" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#2751db"&gt;click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#102058"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Limited room block; reserve your room before they&amp;#39;re gone.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Hotel Recommendations:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;InterContinental Mark Hopkins &amp;amp; Stanford Court&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Event cancellation policy:&lt;/strong&gt; To receive a full refund, advance cancellation &lt;strong&gt;notice of 14&amp;nbsp;days&lt;/strong&gt; prior to the event must be emailed to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:accounting@wallandceiling.org"&gt;accounting@wallandceiling.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;- for sponsorship or accounting questions, call (925) 523-3900.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt;Review WACA&amp;#39;s Meeting, Event, &amp;amp; COVID-19 Policies &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wallandceilingalliance.org/meeting-event--covid-19-policies.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Hotel Strike. Important Update for Your Stay in San Francisco.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Dear Registered Guests,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;We wanted to share a quick update regarding the ongoing hotel strike issues in San Francisco. We&amp;rsquo;ve spoken directly with the Fairmont, and we&amp;rsquo;re pleased to confirm that they are not experiencing any union labor disruptions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;As a reminder, our holiday party is just around the corner&amp;mdash;happening Saturday, December 14th. If you&amp;rsquo;re planning to stay overnight, we encourage you to make your arrangements in advance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Just so you know, the following hotels in San Francisco are currently affected by the strike: Grand Hyatt San Francisco, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Marriott Union Square, Palace Hotel, Westin St. Francis, and San Francisco Marriott Marquis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Thank you for your attention, and we look forward to celebrating with you soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Warm regards,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;WACA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.wallandceilingalliance.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=7965</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:26:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>26th Annual Lean Construction Congress 2024 12/22/2024  - 12/25/2024 </title><description>&lt;h2&gt;ADVANCE YOUR LEAN JOURNEY AT CONGRESS&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Gain new ideas and perspectives that will enrich your work and drive your Lean practice forward. Playing a vital role in the ever-evolving design and construction industry for over 25&amp;nbsp;years, Congress is where your Lean community comes together for unparalleled knowledge-sharing across disciplines. Attendees come back year after year to reconnect while sharing experiences and successes&amp;mdash;and return home with critical, actionable knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Join more than 1,400 of your colleagues and industry leaders for the Lean event of the year. You will have the opportunity to earn continuing education credits, engage in cutting-edge Lean methods, and network with your peers and Lean leaders. Registration details will be available soon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To learn more about this event, and/or to register soon, visit LCI&amp;#39;s website &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://leanconstruction.org/lci-congress/"&gt;www.lcicongress.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.wallandceilingalliance.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=7929</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:57:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Christmas Holiday - Office Closed 12/25/2024 </title><description>&lt;p class="x" style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;The Office will be closed Wednesday, December 25&amp;nbsp;in observance of&amp;nbsp;the Christmas holiday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="x" style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="x" style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Best wishes for a wonderful end-of-year holiday with family &amp;amp; friends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.wallandceilingalliance.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=7891</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:07:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>