PlatinumPerspectives's podcast: Recent Episodes
Lisa Calarco
Hosted by NARs Manager of Global Programs and Outreach, Lisa Calarco, this series brings you insight on how global programming fits into the overall REALTOR® association landscape. Including how the various programs, education and outreach efforts undertaken by award-winning REALTOR® associations across the US have positioned them as the source for global real estate in their local markets.
Learn all about NARs only International Designation, the CIPS, from NARs Manager of Designations, Julie Swan. For resources discussed in this episode, please visit www.nar.realtor/global/cips.
Join host Lisa Calarco as she talks to Supap Jitta, Manager of Governance and Global Volunteer Services for NAR all about the Global Ambassador (GA) and Global Coordinator (GC) programs at NAR. Learn what they are, how to become one and other interesting aspects of this program in today's episode.
Live from New York, it's Platinum Perspectives! Join host Lisa live from the Global Real Estate Summit in NYC to get an inside look at how this summit has grown over the past 15 years from a local event to one that now has eight associations across three state lines participating and supporting the global efforts of the NY-NJ-CT region.
Join host Lisa Calarco as she sits down with NAR Senior Economist Gay Cororaton and Florida REALTORS®' Chief Economist, Dr. Brad O'Connor. Together they discuss both the national reports in the research area and reports done for state and local associations and how that information is used for and by our members and associations.
Join host Lisa Calarco as she sits down with NAR Senior Policy Representative Russell Riggs to discuss what the Voice of Real Estate sounds like in the global space.
In this episode, we'll discuss how Global and Diversity overlap on a Venn Diagram and where they can use those intersections to strengthen many aspects of their association. Joining host Lisa Calarco is Fred Underwood, Tiffany Wu (Texas REALTORS®), and Jorge Ledesma (Greater Bergen REALTORS®).
Join Lisa Calarco as she talks with NAR Global staff all about what it is we do, why we do it and how it benefits NAR and our members around the world.
The 3rd of our 3 state-level Platinum Award winning associations, NC REALTORS® discusses how they're structured as part of the Economic Development Committee and how that has helped them have a large impact on the global landscape in the state of North Carolina.
CTAR has been working hard in the global space since 2013 and they share with us how, in 2019, they strengthened their global voice by aligning their goals with a local external regional alliance and how that has benefitted their association, their members, and their community.
One of our three 2019 state-level Platinum global groups shares with us how they constantly work to connect their members to each other across the state, while also working to create opportunities for their members all around the world.
NVAR shares how and why they have integrated global into not only their strategic vision but into the very fiber of who they are as staff and leaders. Listen to how that purposeful strategy over the years has created strong community connections in the local market and around the world, for their members and the communities they serve.
Greater Tampa REALTORS® tell us how they managed to crack that allusive recruitment-retention puzzle and increased their global council membership 50% in one year. They didn't stop there. They took that raised awareness inside their organization and used it to create strong connections in the communities they serve.
Texas REALTORS® is one of the three state associations in the US that were recognized as Platinum-award winning by NAR in 2019. They went above and beyond in connecting their markets and their members to each other and the world while raising global awareness of Texas markets and creating new connections for their association, their communities, and their members.
Crafting a clear, smart and comprehensive business plan and then executing it well is not an easy task. Listen to the Austin Board of REALTORS® tell you how they got it done and soared to Platinum in 2019.
In Episode 4 we talk with the staff and volunteer leaders of the Greater Bergen REALTORS® on how their 2019 consolidation of 2 boards was navigated to further enhanced their global strategy and how that has enabled them to expand their member's opportunities in their local market and beyond.
In this episode we talk with Jakeeva Lee, External Affairs Director, and Mabél Guzmán, 2019 Global Council Chair of the Chicago Association of REALTORS, about how their focus on education and how they have expanded their reach to NARs bilateral partner in Thailand.
In Episode 2 we hear from Donna Wilson, Director of Commercial and Global Business and John Gormley, CEO, of the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®. They share with us how they’ve been a top-performing global group for the past 9 years and how they evolve by constantly surveying both their members and their markets to make sure they meet their overall goals. In addition to that, we’ll discuss their 2019 NAR Global Outreach Effort Award which they received in recognition of all their US and worldwide outreach efforts.
A conversation with the first of our 11 2019 Platinum Global Achievement Program Award winners, Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS®. Listen as Casey Angel, VP of Policy & Engagement and Andrew Sims, CEO of RRAR discuss how the research they’ve done in their local market has connected them to the needs of their members and deepened their connections to the larger global community they serve.