In this technology issue, learn how to weigh your options: Which tech channels are the best bet for your association?
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Take a look at REALTOR® associations’ blogs from around the country and you might begin to question what a blog is after all and what it should be.
In about 2007, when REALTOR® associations...
We tell ourselves (and our leadership) that we are doing everything we can to promote a call to action or get the word out about an association event. But if we can’t prove it with data (or are using...
REALTORS®’ jobs often involve spending lots of time on the move, so bringing groups together for meetings and events is always a challenge for association executives. Today, technological tools...
The skills it takes to run a successful REALTOR® association are deep and constantly evolving. Today’s associations need social media expertise, consumer marketing know-how, and political skills they didn’t need just a few years ago. And who knows what new talent you’ll need in the next few years?
So how do you keep up: train existing employees, train yourself,...
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As an AE for a small association, I am my own IT director. I make sure our computers and software are up-to-date and working properly, which they usually are. But a few weeks ago, my assistant’s computer...
In her more than 30 years working with and leading MLSs, Merri Jo Cowen, RCE, e-PRO®, has witnessed the industry transform from listing books to mobile apps. She is the CEO of My Florida...
A little over a year ago, Ryan Conrad, CEO of the Lehigh Valley Association of REALTORS®, Pa., got a phone call that made him clear his calendar and convene his executive committee: Twenty-four...
Cindy Doll, CEO of the Pismo Coast Association of REALTORS®, Calif., is the recipient of the Terry McDermott community leadership award, presented during the AE Institute in March. This award was created to honor an AE who has shown...
NAR has combined its Commercial Division with its Global Services Division in a move that mirrors what some state and local REALTOR® associations have done already to emphasize how these two specialties can work together.
The 110-member Sequim Association of REALTORS®, Wash., proved itself a formidable foe to the state Department of Ecology when it came to local property owners’ water rights.
This past fall when a state rule was proposed that would change, limit, and charge fees for the amount of water residents could use on their property, the REALTOR® association asked, how do you plan to...
AEs attending the 2013 AE Institute, March 18-21, spoke with RAE about their latest successes and challenges.
Brenda Roney, RCE, AE, Carteret County Association of...
The Connecticut statewide MLS (CTMLS) launched its real estate search app in April to both REALTORS® and the public. The app, called CTreal Mobile, is available free in the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Homes data is drawn directly from the MLS and updates when the MLS is updated, according to CTMLS’s Web site. Key...
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ new day-long technology conference debuted in Fairfax, Va., on April 12 and will travel to seven cities throughout 2013. The conference is designed to teach attendees about cutting-edge technologies that are changing the real estate industry and how they can harness these to do more business.
Session presenters include NAR’s Nobu...
NAR’s national advertising efforts are now focused on the advocacy issues that affect REALTORS® and their clients’ ability to buy, sell, and own real estate. The newest campaign assures consumers that NAR is working hard to protect the dream and reality of home ownership for our families and our future.
A question posed by AEs from time to time is whether and how the REALTOR® marks may be used to identify AEs and other association staff.
The National Association’s constitution identifies eight classes of membership in the association, but only two of these classes—member boards and board members—are authorized to use the REALTOR® marks. Moreover, among board...
These AEs earned their Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Chicago in a program sponsored by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. The program will sunset at the end of 2013....
The following REALTOR® association executives have earned their Certified Association Executive designation (CAE) from the American Society of Association Executives.
Ryan Conrad, RCE, CAE. CEO, Lehigh Valley Association of REALTORS®, Pa.
Jennifer Pakula, JD, RCE, CAE, V.P. of Legal Affairs and Business Development, Oregon Association of...
Pat Bybee, RCE, respected and influential MLS executive, was killed in a car crash on March 13 outside of Boulder, Colo. Bybee was president and CEO of Metrolist, the largest MLS in...
