Community Programs

There are 14,000 school boards around the country--and there’s no greater commitment a REALTOR® can make to improving public ...
There are nearly 50 million students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States. Each year, it costs roughly $10,000 per student to teach them everything from the fundamentals of reading and writing to algebra and environmental science, to teach them how to work together, and, ideally, to prepare them for college.

If your association is looking to start or grow its global business council, there might be initial concerns about the resources that will be required. This is understandable. After all, it frequently takes time, effort and money to get any new association program going, and global initiatives in particular can involve considerable expenses for things like large educational events with...

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At the State and Local Forum on Global Business in San Francisco last month, leaders on the association staff and member side gathered to discuss best practices, new ideas and challenges involved with starting or growing global programs at REALTOR® organizations. The next hypothetical scenario from the Forum focused on attempting to start global programs in an association where there is little...

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