Master Chief Architect in days, not months, with real-world pros.

Hampton Inn Suites Minneapolis St Paul Airport-Mall of America
2860 Metro Drive
Bloomington, MN 55425
Hotel Phone: 952-854-7600

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January 12-15, 2026
8:00 – 8:30 Coffee and Rolls
8:30 – 12:00 Morning Session
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Provided)
1:00 – 4:30 Afternoon Session
Water, coffee, tea & soda are available all-day

Elizabeth Kavlock/Winder

8-Time Award Winning Kitchen-Bath Planning/remodeling/selection/execution specialist

"I came here knowing absolutely nothing, and I’m going home knowing a ton...

... what’s exactly what I was told is that you would create such a great network of people that will always help you and push you to grow."

Chad Holgerson

Owner at Keystone Creative,LLC

"This is my second year at the event, and it’s incredible how everything came together. Last year was packed with so much learning that kept me growing all year long. Coming back, I gained even more, and now I’m excited about where this training will take me next!"

Felipe Camacho

Chief Architect Live Training Attendee

"I came with an intermediate level of Chief Architect, and I know my way around Chief to the point where I can make a plan, produce the layout, and just give you a product.

But the reason I came was so that I can get faster, have my make sure my productivity levels increase, and that’s really what I got out of this."

Adam Pazzaglia

Certified Residential Contractor

"I would come again. This year has been a great thing. You get to meet a lot of people, and you get to just be able to talk what you do for a living, which it’s hard to do anywhere else, and you get a lot of good training."

Robert Bartz

Chief Experts Live Training Attendee

"So I came here pretty much to learn software. And when I got here, I ran into a family... And it's absolutely amazing. The relationships are by far the best part of this.

Of course, I got a ton for the software and a ton of information around that. But ultimately, it's really the people."

Margaret Volney

Kitchens, Baths, Home Remodeling Expert

"This is my fifth seminar that I've been to of Dan's and this is just incredible. We have been so fortunate to have the top Chief users from all over the country, teaching as well as taking the classes.

But it's not just boring classes. It's 24-7 learning, getting to know people, making contacts, it is absolutely incredible."

"We are completely overloaded with information and we feel now as we go back to Canada, we feel like we're really going to learn lots and be able to implement the things that we learned." - Todd

"I'm very new to Chief Architect and so I expected to come here and be embarrassed at my lack of knowledge, but I do feel like I was able to pick stuff up and we had great instruction, like one-on-one instruction.... that made it so much easier for me and I feel like I picked up a lot this week." - Melissa

Christopher Haney

Mortgage Pro | Architectural Designer

"I thought I knew a lot about Chief just because I've been working with Chief for the last 20-something years. But I really didn't know a lot about Chief until I got here and figured out what I was doing that was actually slowing me down.... The tools and tips and tricks and templates and everything that they give you here is already worth the money that you spend to come here."

Cassidy Jones

Designer for Slate Creek Builders

"So this was the perfect pause of just having a week to dedicate to not only learning so many things I didn't know to use before, but also having the time to practice it and then having time in between sessions to go look at my plans and see, oh man, I can improve this here and I can ask someone for help on this thing here. So it has really been a game changer for me and I can't wait to come back again."

Doug Moore

 Owner, Elite Home Design Studio

"I found online Dan Baumann of Chief Experts Academy. And I joined up with him, watched a lot of his videos, which is self-explanatory. And I always wanted to go to one of his live teaching sessions. If you are new using Chief Architect, and want to learn, you need to come to a live summit meeting, where you not only learn how to use Chief Architect, but you meet with other people that are doing the same thing."

Scott Stubbs

Designer| Co-Owner Design Loft Inc.

"I can't rave about this event enough. There's a special feeling that comes here and we learn a lot about Chief, about the design business, design remodeling, interior design, all of these things put together. It's a tremendous group from a lot of variables that come together with one purpose in mind, to learn more about Chief. And we do. And we go way beyond."