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LEARN SIGN DESIGN

Matt Charboneau's

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Live, interactive training
via webinar, from a sign guy
with 40 years in the
sign industry

CLASSES OFFERED

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Sign Design 101A
One 4 hr Session

Learn the disciplines of
sign face design


- What is the role of the sign?
- What are the 5 sign types?   
- What is read time? 
- What is kerning? 
- What is typography?

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The Electric Sign Design Training Course (ESDTC)
Twelve or Six Class Sessions

Designers are introduced to the planning and design process that electric sign design requires.   
It's not a movie to watch, nor a series of videos to absorb, it's live, interactive and real. 

It's that mentor-experience where you have the freedom to speak your mind and ask the questions that may be difficult to ask because it seems like it should be common knowledge by now.

The most common ROI for designers has been their  increased confidence to defend their designs with the fabricators.

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Sign Survey Class
One 1 Hour session
for 4 or more attendees (up to 8)

How to perform a sign survey!
- What is the objective?
- What are the restrictions?   
- What is the read time? 
- Where are the utilities located?

What are the neighboring signs like?

...and why it all matters for the designer!

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MEET THE INSTRUCTOR

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MATT CHARBONEAU
(shar-bo-no)

It was February of 1985, it was a frozen cold Sunday morning when I was flat out on the couch listening to Dr. Robert Schuler share his weekly message when God nudged me upside my head and made it very clear to me that I was supposed to shift careers and allow God to help me train myself to be a sign painter... so that is what I did and that was nearly 40 years ago.

 

Today, I am sharing what I have learned with the next generation of up and coming sign designers... 
 

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40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Contributing Writer for S&DG (since 2007)

 

Technical Advisor for monument signs at S&DG and GPM (since 2007)
 

Trainer/Presenter of 12 live 90 minute training seminars for GPX at 6 various trade shows around the country (2022) 

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Publisher of the Pre-Sale Sign Survey Field Guide - A pocket guide for sign surveys.

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Electric Sign Design - Very well experienced

in all aspects of the electric sign design, estimating, permitting, fabricating and installation process (as utilized by most electric sign shops with 10 to 75 team members).

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Award Winning monument sign designer and solution provider.

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Sales Training by the Life Insurance Industry on the art and science of intangible solution/needs-based selling. 

 

I successfully applied the training to reach sales objectives that qualified me for MDRT, NSA, NQA and a host of other agency awards as a Life and Health Agent for American Amicable/General Life Ins. Co. 

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