As The Smiths continue to sing on YouTube - "PANIC ... Hang the DJ"
Our recent blog entry Can we gag the Media ? Or Hang the DJ ? struck a nerve with a lot of agents and consumers. The post generated a lot of comments as it became a featured post on Active Rain. Since the discussion got to be a bit heated and passionate and had similar concerns about what can the National Association of Realtors (NAR) do or what NAR is doing, it got me to thinking...
I thought it would be a good idea to foward the blog entry with all the comments to NAR to see what their thoughts or response would be... I was not really expecting to get one back but sure enough I did !
Thus, the following is the response from Lucien, the Managing Director at NAR Public Affairs:
"Dear Chris and Stephanie,
Thank you for your note of concern. Let me give you a place to
start your inquiry about what to do to combat the credit crisis and
handle the fear in the marketplace.
Earlier this year, NAR started the "Surrond Sound" program, a
grassroots program aimed at how working Realtors like yourselves can reach
out to the consumers you deal with, and to the local media. Please see
the website, http://www.realtor.org/press_room/surroundsound. That is
a compedium of
all we've put together. It is updated as events in the world
change--we've been updating it a lot lately--and you should find some good ideas
there.
A word about Surround Sound: NAR offers this training to
Realtors, but only through your state and local association. If you think the
program is worthwhile and that your area should have it, please contact
the appropriate staff at your local or state association.
If you should have more quesitons after you look over the
Surround Sound material, don't hesitate to contact me.
Thanks.
Lucien"
We all should take a look at this program and see how much our individual state associations are implementing it.
What are your thoughts ? What can each of us do for our local markets ?
Philadelphia Real Estate - Chris and Stephanie Somers
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