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  • By the Numbers: Making Sense of the Economy and Housing Market - Q2 Webinar / Recorded May 27, 2021
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    Join us every quarter for an exciting and informative webinar hosted by Virginia REALTORS® Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant, PhD where she reports the most recent economic and housing market data. Moving beyond simply the headlines, Dr. Sturtevant provides insights into what these trends mean for REALTORS® in Virginia. Having a clear understanding of what is going on in the economy and the housing market can help REALTORS® be a resource for their clients and colleagues, and be better positioned to capitalize on business opportunities.

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    Join us every quarter for an exciting and informative webinar hosted by Virginia REALTORS® Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant, PhD where she reports the most recent economic and housing market data. Moving beyond simply the headlines, Dr. Sturtevant provides insights into what these trends mean for REALTORS® in Virginia. Having a clear understanding of what is going on in the economy and the housing market can help REALTORS® be a resource for their clients and colleagues, and be better positioned to capitalize on business opportunities.

    Lisa Sturtevant, PhD

    Research Consultant

    Virginia Realtors

    Dr. Sturtevant has been involved in research on economic, demographic, and housing market issues and local housing solutions for more than 20 years. She currently serves as a Research Consultant with Virginia REALTORS®, leading the association’s research on housing market and economic conditions throughout the Commonwealth. In her role, she prepares regular reports on the residential and commercial real estate markets in Virginia. She also conducts research and analysis to support the real estate industry in the commonwealth.

    Prior to coming on staff with Virginia REALTORS®, Lisa founded and served as president of LSA Planning, an Alexandria, Virginia-based consulting firm that partners with local communities to provide comprehensive analyses and strategic planning to promote and support housing and planning policy and development decisions.

    Between 2013 and 2016, Lisa served as Vice President for Research for the National Housing Conference (NHC), a national non-profit organization focusing on promoting safe, decent, and affordable housing opportunities. Prior to NHC, Lisa served as Deputy Director of the Center for Regional Analysis and Associate Research Professor at the George Mason University School of Public Policy.

    Dr. Sturtevant completed her PhD in public policy from George Mason University, a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Maryland, and a BS in mathematical economics from Wake Forest University. She lives in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County, Virginia with her husband, two kids, two cats, and a gecko.

  • NAR Implicit Bias Training
    Contains 1 Component(s)

    The mind science experts at the Perception Institute present an online workshop to help members avoid implicit bias in their daily business interactions. Drawing upon the latest evidence-based research, Perception explains how our brains’ automatic, instant association of stereotypes with particular groups can cause us to treat those who are different from us unfairly, despite our best intentions and often without our conscious awareness. Perception then applies these concepts to the everyday work of REALTORS® and offers strategies to override bias in order to convey respect, ensure fairness, and improve business relationships.

    The mind science experts at the Perception Institute present an online workshop to help members avoid implicit bias in their daily business interactions. Drawing upon the latest evidence-based research, Perception explains how our brains’ automatic, instant association of stereotypes with particular groups can cause us to treat those who are different from us unfairly, despite our best intentions and often without our conscious awareness. Perception then applies these concepts to the everyday work of REALTORS® and offers strategies to override bias in order to convey respect, ensure fairness, and improve business relationships.

    Want to go deeper? Take the Implicit Bias test, and watch for future offerings from Perception and NAR.

  • At Home With Diversity Training
    Contains 1 Component(s)

    At Home With Diversity® (AHWD) is an NAR certification program designed to present a picture of the changing face of the real estate industry. Since 1998, the At Home With Diversity® program has prepared over 20,000 REALTORS® to work effectively with and within today’s increasingly diverse pool of home buyers.

    At Home With Diversity® (AHWD) is an NAR certification program designed to present a picture of the changing face of the real estate industry. Since 1998, the At Home With Diversity® program has prepared over 20,000 REALTORS® to work effectively with and within today’s increasingly diverse pool of home buyers. At Home With Diversity® (AHWD) is an NAR certification program designed to present a picture of the changing face of the real estate industry. Since 1998, the At Home With Diversity® program has prepared over 20,000 REALTORS® to work effectively with and within today’s increasingly diverse pool of home buyers.

    The At Home with Diversity® course is a 6 to 7-hour class that can be taken online or in person and addresses the topics of diversity, fair housing, and business planning development. After successfully completing the course, REALTORS® are eligible to apply for the official AHWD certification, which conveys to clients they’re working with a dynamic real estate professional with expertise that transcends cultural barriers.

    About the Course: The At Home With Diversity® Course teaches REALTORS® how to: 

    1. Assess and understand attributes of diversity in local markets and their impact on the real estate industry 
    2. Understand basic competencies to earn the confidence of potential buyers and sellers, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, handicaps, familial status, or national origin 
    3. Build a business plan that minimizes risk and successfully services all types of clients See the course goals and objectives.

  • Cultural Competence
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    Cultural diversity is a modern-day reality in most workplaces. Cultural differences may show up in a variety of different ways and can at times cause misunderstandings or even conflict. This course helps us to give thought to how culture may manifest in our own workplace. A framework is presented that helps us self-examine how we personally interact across difference. Finally, clear strategies are identified to build and strengthen your cultural competence.

    Cultural diversity is a modern-day reality in most workplaces.  Cultural differences may show up in a variety of different ways and can at times cause misunderstandings or even conflict. This course helps us to give thought to how culture may manifest in our own workplace.  A framework is presented that helps us self-examine how we personally interact across difference.  Finally, clear strategies are identified to build and strengthen your cultural competence.

  • Enhancing Your Listening Skills
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    This course focuses on communication and effective listening in the workplace; however, the skills learned here will help you become a better listener in all areas of your life. This course will teach you the difference between hearing and listening, as well as explain common listening barriers. It shows the importance of hearing, understanding, remembering, interpreting, evaluating, and responding.

    This course focuses on communication and effective listening in the workplace; however, the skills learned here will help you become a better listener in all areas of your life. This course will teach you the difference between hearing and listening, as well as explain common listening barriers. It shows the importance of hearing, understanding, remembering, interpreting, evaluating, and responding.

  • Understanding Your Leadership Style
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    This course focuses understanding how to apply leadership for everyone. A leader in any position, whether a CEO or a temporary head of a small project, serves his or her co-workers and the project as a whole best by being aware of strengths, weaknesses, and proclivities that affect how one communicates and processes information. Learning your tendencies as a leader will not only make you more conscious of the way you communicate, but will also allow you to recognize the personality and communication styles of your staff as well.

    This course focuses understanding how to apply leadership for everyone. A leader in any position, whether a CEO or a temporary head of a small project, serves his or her co-workers and the project as a whole best by being aware of strengths, weaknesses, and proclivities that affect how one communicates and processes information. Learning your tendencies as a leader will not only make you more conscious of the way you communicate, but will also allow you to recognize the personality and communication styles of your staff as well. 

    There is a misconception among many people that a strong leader has to have certain characteristics, including being authoritative, decisive, and powerful, among a host of other strong adjectives. However, leadership is not just for authoritative people-in fact, many people are put off by authoritative leaders who push their own agenda. In many current corporate structures, almost anyone can emerge as a leader in a variety of functions, which means leadership roles aren’t out of reach for most personality types. When you understand your personality and individual leadership style, you can use that understanding to inform the way you lead others.

  • Beyond Bias: How We Naturally Form Perceptions
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    Unconscious bias is a phenomenon that all humans engage as a mechanism to help explain and understand our surroundings. Unfortunately, it can inhibit our interactions and make us draw conclusions that are incorrect. Being able to recognize these biases, fully understand how we process information, and know strategies to avoid negative implications creates for a well-balanced work environment. The SEE Model is used as a way to slow down our immediate responses and provide a step-by-step breakdown the experience. Strategies are presented to assist in the reprogramming of our innate reactions and allow for more open interactions.

    Unconscious bias is a phenomenon that all humans engage as a mechanism to help explain and understand our surroundings. Unfortunately, it can inhibit our interactions and make us draw conclusions that are incorrect. Being able to recognize these biases, fully understand how we process information, and know strategies to avoid negative implications creates for a well-balanced work environment. The SEE Model is used as a way to slow down our immediate responses and provide a step-by-step breakdown the experience. Strategies are presented to assist in the reprogramming of our innate reactions and allow for more open interactions.

  • Communications Skills: Frankly Speaking
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    With the amount of communication and messages bombarding us on a daily basis, through e-mail, text, social media, and the like, we don’t have time to waste trying to decipher the messages being sent our way. For the most part, if a communicated message doesn’t get to the point within the first sentence or two, we dismiss it, delete it, and rush to the next thing. Experts say we spend at least 75-80% of our waking time in some form of communication, whether that be verbal or written. If you are new to supervision, the job now requires much MORE time communicating than before supervision was in your role. If you are not new to supervision, you know how important communication is and how your communication can make you or break you. Interpersonal communication is the primary supervisory skill you need to have to be successful.

    With the amount of communication and messages bombarding us on a daily basis, through e-mail, text, social media, and the like, we don’t have time to waste trying to decipher the messages being sent our way. For the most part, if a communicated message doesn’t get to the point within the first sentence or two, we dismiss it, delete it, and rush to the next thing. Experts say we spend at least 75-80% of our waking time in some form of communication, whether that be verbal or written. If you are new to supervision, the job now requires much MORE time communicating than before supervision was in your role. If you are not new to supervision, you know how important communication is and how your communication can make you or break you. Interpersonal communication is the primary supervisory skill you need to have to be successful.

  • By the Numbers: Making Sense of the Economy and Housing Market - Q3 Webinar Recording / August 5, 2021
    Contains 2 Component(s)

    Inflation, Consumer Confidence, Retail Spending, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Lumber Prices - the list of economic data showing up in our feeds and on the news can seem overwhelming! Join Virginia REALTORS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant for a webinar that will help make sense of these economic numbers. Which are the most important? Is Virginia different than the rest of the country? Where is the economy headed? What do I REALLY need to know to be a resource to my clients and colleagues?

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    Inflation, Consumer Confidence, Retail Spending, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Lumber Prices - the list of economic data showing up in our feeds and on the news can seem overwhelming! Join Virginia REALTORS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant for a webinar that will help make sense of these economic numbers. Which are the most important? Is Virginia different than the rest of the country? Where is the economy headed? What do I REALLY need to know to be a resource to my clients and colleagues?

    Lisa Sturtevant, PhD

    Research Consultant

    Virginia Realtors

    Dr. Sturtevant has been involved in research on economic, demographic, and housing market issues and local housing solutions for more than 20 years. She currently serves as a Research Consultant with Virginia REALTORS®, leading the association’s research on housing market and economic conditions throughout the Commonwealth. In her role, she prepares regular reports on the residential and commercial real estate markets in Virginia. She also conducts research and analysis to support the real estate industry in the commonwealth.

    Prior to coming on staff with Virginia REALTORS®, Lisa founded and served as president of LSA Planning, an Alexandria, Virginia-based consulting firm that partners with local communities to provide comprehensive analyses and strategic planning to promote and support housing and planning policy and development decisions.

    Between 2013 and 2016, Lisa served as Vice President for Research for the National Housing Conference (NHC), a national non-profit organization focusing on promoting safe, decent, and affordable housing opportunities. Prior to NHC, Lisa served as Deputy Director of the Center for Regional Analysis and Associate Research Professor at the George Mason University School of Public Policy.

    Dr. Sturtevant completed her PhD in public policy from George Mason University, a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Maryland, and a BS in mathematical economics from Wake Forest University. She lives in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County, Virginia with her husband, two kids, two cats, and a gecko.

  • Legal Webinar: Working with Aging Clients / Recorded September 29, 2021
    Contains 2 Component(s) Recorded On: 09/29/2021

    With an aging population, the needs of your clients will change. Join Staff Counsel Jessica Toone to learn about what you need to know from a legal and ethics standpoint when working with older clients.

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    With an aging population, the needs of your clients will change. Join Staff Counsel Jessica Toone to learn about what you need to know from a legal and ethics standpoint when working with older clients.

    Jessica Toone

    Staff Counsel

    Virginia REALTORS

    Jessica’s energy and years of juggling multiple clients after receiving her law degree in 2009 have helped to make her an excellent part of the Virginia REALTORS® team. Members will often see her on episodes of Legal Live, out teaching classes, participating in legal videos, or they may hear her on the legal hotline or Caveat REALTOR® podcast. Her work can often be found as part of the Broker Sales Meeting Kits. When away from the office, you might find Jessica enjoying her favorite food, diner breakfasts, or spot her reading a good book or sipping a cocktail at the beach!

    Favorite Quote:

    “Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own.” – Bruce Lee