Connie J. M. Johnson begins earning auction industry’s top designation

White Bear Lake auctioneer Connie J. M. Johnson, of Kurt Johnson Auctioneering, Inc., recently completed her first year of courses at the prestigious Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI). The CAI program is the industry’s premier training program developed by the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) for auction professionals.

The three-year CAI designation program provides auction professionals the opportunity to earn the auction industry’s most respected professional designation. CAI is an intensive, executive development program offering professional auctioneers instruction and coursework in business management, ethics, communication, finance, strategic planning and marketing.

The NAA conducts CAI every year in March at Indiana University in Bloomington. CAI candidates join auctioneers from across the world to learn from some of the nation’s most distinguished and respected leaders in the auction industry. As of February 2016, there were approximately 900 current CAI designation holders in the world.

Johnson is the Vice President and General Manager of Kurt Johnson Auctioneering, Inc. and President of the Benefit Auction Institute. She resides in White Bear Lake with her husband, Kurt. To learn more about Johnson, please call 651-407-9922, email connie@kurtjohnsonauctioneering.com or visit www.kurtjohnsonauctioneering.com.

For more information on CAI, its history and its standing as the premiere training program for auction professionals, contact the NAA at (913) 541-8084 or visit www.auctioneers.org.

About the Benefit Auction Institute

Benefit Auction Institute exists to fortify fund raising professionals with the tips, tools and talent needed to leverage their charity and benefit auction events to their most successful outcomes.

About the National Auctioneers Association

The National Auctioneers Association represents thousands of Auctioneers from the U.S. and across the world. The mission of the NAA is to provide critical resources to auction professionals that will enhance their skills and successes. The NAA’s headquarters are in Overland Park, Kan., and it was founded in 1949. To learn more about the auction method of marketing or to access the Auctioneers database to find an NAA auction professional in your area, please visit www.auctioneers.org.