| 21 | Designations & Certifications | 5 | Designations & Certifications in the NAR Family | Contact GAR for the NAR-approved instructors for the respective courses you want to host.
List of designations found at https://www.nar.realtor/education/designations-and-certifications
The National Association of REALTORS® and its affiliated Institutes, Societies, and Councils provide a wide-range of programs and services that help members increase their skills, proficiency, and knowledge. Designations and certifications acknowledging experience and expertise in various real estate sectors are awarded by NAR and each affiliated group upon completion of required courses. Instructors are approved by NAR. |
Juanita McDowell
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| 16 | GRI Designation - Core Course | 67061 | GRI Core Course - Systems and Tools (1-day course / 6 CE hours) | Consumers want to work with real estate professionals who are efficient, knowledgeable, and up-to-date. Technology enables you to streamline your operation in order to better serve the public, but the learning process can be overwhelming. This course will provide a myriad of tools and solutions for you in your day-to-day dealings with the public. Each module will cover an important aspect of how technology will ensure that the consumer is fully served in a real estate transaction. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 8 | Legal & Risk | 73525 | Putting REALTOR® Safety First: Safety Strategies for the Modern REALTOR®- 3 Hour Course | Developed in partnership with NAR’s REALTOR® Safety program, this three-hour course is an essential primer on how real estate professionals can limit risk to preserve safety—their safety, their clients’ safety—and for positive business outcomes. Students will learn how to assess risk in their current practice and create safety systems, scripts, and tools for listing appointments, showing property, and conducting open houses. Students will also learn how to protect personal and electronic information online, in the cloud, and on social networks. As a practical resource, this course offers easy-to-remember strategies for real estate professionals when facing potentially dangerous situations. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 8 | Legal & Risk | 73526 | Putting REALTOR® Safety First: Safety Strategies for the Modern REALTOR®- 6 Hour Course | Developed in partnership with NAR’s REALTOR® Safety program, this six-hour course is an essential primer on how real estate professionals can limit risk to preserve safety—their safety, their clients’ safety—and for positive business outcomes. Students will learn how to assess risk in their current practice and create safety systems, scripts, and tools for listing appointments, showing property, and conducting open houses. Students will also learn how to protect personal and electronic information online, in the cloud, and on social networks. As a practical resource, this course offers easy-to-remember strategies for real estate professionals when facing potentially dangerous situations. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 17 | Safety | 67740 | Tighten It Up! Protect Your Clients, Your Data, and Your Life | Computers, mobile phones, and social media websites are the most popular communication tools used by real estate agents and their clients. However, if used without the proper safeguards in place, they can put an agent and the consumers they serve in a vulnerable position. This class will benefit the consumer because it will teach agents how to secure their client’s personal information and overall privacy and safety. Students will learn about the danger that is lurking when they use social media to announce an open house or when they take a photo of their clients in front of the new house and upload it to a social media website. This could impact the consumers as well as the agent. In short, this class will raise the overall awareness of the threats to privacy in the digital age in which we live when using the Internet, computers, smartphones, and free Wi-Fi networks to conduct real estate business. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 10 | Skill, Business & Professional Development | 71538 | 5 Star Customer Service: The Ultimate Advantage | When buying a home,stellar Customer Service is crucial to the overall experience for the consumer. This class will teach Real Estate professionals how to deliver “Five Star” customer service that involves giving them prompt response times, education, and smooth problem solving in a high-tech world.
Even more so when you consider the fact that there are an alarming number of home sellers who are attempting to do it themselves. However, consumers are willing to engage an Agent for value - ease of sale and overall stellar customer service.
This class will provide guidelines and best practices for providing five-star customer service to the consumer before, during, and after a transaction. Students will not only capture a client for the first transaction, but for life. In the meantime, delight their client and snag loads of referrals for the future.
(Co-written by Marsha Thompson and Juanita McDowell.) |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 57119 | Blogging for Business | Want to make money from your blog? Find out how to set up and publish a blog. Learn blogging fundamentals and demonstrate the value of having a blog for real estate leads and networking. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 59067 | Blogging for Business, Part 2 - A Setup Course for the Beginner | Walk away with step-by-step instructions on how to set up a blog. Leave the class knowing how to set up an account, how to create blog posts, how to design a header and how to create a team blog for real estate purposes. Blogging for Business (course #57119) is recommended before taking this class. Laptops with air cards are welcome but not required. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 63726 | Connecting to Your Database | The key to successfully maintaining a steady pipeline of leads involves maintaining a strong database. In this 3-hr class, students will learn how easy it is to effectively use Excel, Outlook, and Gmail to create, organize, and segment prospects in a database. This course was designed specifically for agents trying to extend their reach and grow their real estate business. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 59054 | Marketing Online Using Twitter, Trulia & Facebook | Want to better market your clients’ listings online? Learn how to use Twitter, Trulia and Facebook to do so, and how to leverage the high ranking of some of the popular consumer sites to sell your listings. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 57098 | Maximum Marketing, Minimum Dollars | Want to grow your real estate business without spending a fortune? You won’t want to miss this class crafted for the savvy and thrifty individual. This course will teach you how to design and implement a powerful marketing plan while staying on a budget, leveraging email lists, Websites, and online PR as well as the radio to take your business to a new level and increase your productivity. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 59745 | Presentations Make Your Points Powerful | Make strong, more professional presentations! This class will explore computer software presentation programs that will allow you to prepare professional presentations to better represent your clients. Learn basic features and important shortcuts associated with PowerPoint 2007. At the conclusion of this class, you will be able to design colorful presentations for a listing or FSBO, a potential buyer, a home ownership workshop or any other presentation opportunity in your real estate business. You will also develop a thorough understanding of slide designs, transitions and animations and how to properly import media such as video, photos and clipart into your presentation. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 58670 | Social Media Overview | Grow your influence and your overall real estate business. Discover what social media is and the value of using it. Learn how to create a marketing plan around popular social sites such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as popular online video and photo-sharing websites. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 67740 | Tighten It Up! Protect Your Clients, Your Data, and Your Life | Computers, mobile phones, and social media websites are the most popular communication tools used by real estate agents and their clients. However, if used without the proper safeguards in place, they can put an agent and the consumers they serve in a vulnerable position. This class will benefit the consumer because it will teach agents how to secure their client’s personal information and overall privacy and safety. Students will learn about the danger that is lurking when they use social media to announce an open house or when they take a photo of their clients in front of the new house and upload it to a social media website. This could impact the consumers as well as the agent. In short, this class will raise the overall awareness of the threats to privacy in the digital age in which we live when using the Internet, computers, smartphones, and free Wi-Fi networks to conduct real estate business. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 59209 | What's Your Outlook | You need to maintain contact with your clients! Learn how to effectively use tools such as software management programs to develop a database and manage daily real estate-related tasks. Key functions of programs will be explained so you can integrate them into your business. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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| 11 | Technology | 67590 | YouTube and Video Marketing | This course will show REALTORs® how to improve their online visibility using the most popular video network. Students will learn how to set up a channel, optimize videos to get views and engagement, and select the necessary equipment needed to create content that will brand them as real estate experts. |
Juanita McDowell
juanita@inmotionconsult.com
404-401-6209
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