It's #GivingTuesday! Please support CTEF.
By supporting, you help all of us in the tile industry celebrate tile installation training, education, and certification, and honor all those who make CTEF's work possible. Please join this Global Generosity movement with us to raise funds and awareness for tile installation certification and education.
What is GivingTuesday?
GivingTuesday represents a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities, and organizations to encourage giving and celebrate generosity worldwide. Every year, on GivingTuesday, millions of people across the globe (over 80 countries) mobilize to show up, give back, and change their communities.
The goal is to create a massive wave of generosity that lasts well beyond that day and touches every person on the planet.
Think generosity going viral, aka Radical Generosity!
GivingTuesday was founded in 2012 and has inspired millions of people to give back and support the causes they believe in.
For a sense of how powerful the movement is, here's what happened in 2024!
GivingTuesday generated a record-breaking $3.6 billion in the U.S. from 36.1 million participants, a 16% increase over the previous year. This amount was donated by 18.5 million people who made financial contributions, with 12.9 million more giving goods, and 9.2 million volunteering.
#GivingTuesday has inspired Millions of Acts of Generosity.
Why GivingTuesday for CTEF?
For CTEF, GivingTuesday is about raising awareness and financial support, not just for the ceramic tile and stone industry professional programs it offers.
It's also to better appreciate the strong community of passionately dedicated ceramic tile artisans, installers, suppliers, and specifiers committed to elevating the standards and expectations for tile installations and the importance of Qualified Labor.
As it specifically relates to the Certified Tile Installer (CTI), the Advanced Certifications for Tile Installers (ACT), and tile installation-related education programs, this community sponsors, volunteers for, promotes, educates, hosts hands-on testing events, encourages participation, celebrates successes, and generally supports ongoing tile industry learning and excellence.
>> Read the Certified Tile Installers Credo
>> Check out some of the CTI hands-on test host locations
How CTEF Is Participating in #GivingTuesday
CTEF celebrates the passionate community of CTIs and ACTs who embody Qualified Labor, and all those who participate and demand tile installation best practices, methods, and standards.
Please support CTEF and donate to support our mission.
Amazing Qualified Labor!
If you subscribe to the CTEF Blog, you've read some of the stories of those who have become Certified Tile Installers. Passion for tile installation excellence drives them to challenge themselves to constantly improve.
Passionate Tile Industry Contributors!
Yes, you meet them at tile industry trade shows and conventions such as Coverings, Total Solutions, and TISE.
They generously share their passion to encourage the next generations to get involved.
They participate in committees and working groups to improve the industry.
We consider them tile superheroes.
Check out some of these articles:
>> How Qualified Tile Contractors Participate in the NTCA Technical Committee
>> How Cox Tile Guides the Success of Coverings Installation Design Showcase
>> What About Tile Apprenticeships and Vocational Schools?
>> The First Ever CTI Challenge - Coverings 2018
Are you familiar with the Coverings Installation Design Projects?
Lobbies, Bars, and Stores
>> Sustainable Tile, Expert Installation Make for Spa Lobby by Healing Environments
>> Wood Plank Tile Creates Fun Vibe for Architecture is Fun’s Hotel Lobby
>> Thin Tile Installation Expertise Creates Clubhouse Bar & Lounge
>> Synergy Between Ceramic Tile Installation and Design? Critical Says Alena Capra
>> When Expert Tile Installers and Designers Create a Retail Space at Coverings
The Tiny House Series
>> J&R Tile's Erin Albrecht Talks Tile in a Tiny House
>> Tile Inspires West Michigan Tiny House by The Georgia Pear Interiors
>> Dan Welch Talks About the West Michigan Tiled Tiny House
>> Tile Accentuates Mid-Century Tiny Home Design: Kim Lewis at Coverings17
>> Visalia Ceramic Tile's Sam Bruce Discusses Tiling a Tiny Home
>> Tiled Vitruvian Tiny House by BlueTreeHome's Nikki Vega Mimics Nature
>> Coverings CG Villa Features Beautiful Tile Tiny Home Solution
>> Coverings Luxe Cottage Accentuates Details with Tile
>> Visalia Ceramic Tile Installs Luxe Cottage at Coverings18
>> Coverings 2018 Welcomes DW Sanders to Installation Design Showcase
The Installation Experience
>> Brad Denny CTI #1190 Discusses Hidden Oasis Tile Installation
>> CC Owen Tile Company Talks Tile Installation Excellence at Coverings
We're only skimming the surface of the talent, passion, and dedication of those involved in the tile industry...
How You Can Participate in #GivingTuesday
Here's how you can participate and support all who help make CTEF and the CTI program the tile industry game-changer it is.
We've boiled it down to three steps:
1. Donate to CTEF
2. Share with your community
- Explain why you participate in #GivingTuesday.
- Explain what being a CTI and/or an ACT means to you.
- Encourage others to do the same
3. Include #GivingTuesday in your updates.
You can learn more about GivingTuesday and CTEF by reading Support CTEF on #GivingTuesday. Although it relates to GivingTuesday 2020, it's all relevant.
Thank you!
We couldn't do it without you.