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Barbara Lambert-Denver Board of Realtors Best In Continuing Education

BrokerIPTV : Today we are talking with Barbara Lambert, CEO Denver Board of Realtors, welcome.

Barbara Lambert: Thank you.

BrokerIPTV : Glad to have you hear. I think you guys do a terrific job with you education process. I mean I am peppered with information about a classers or a speaker, I can go and see. Well done for you. What's the response from agents?

Barbara Lambert: Well, thank you for the complement, first of all, we are pleased that you do read our emails and our flyers, the responses has been terrific, I think because you are realtors and you are extremely busy. Where has to broadcasting email to you, using technology is the quickest way to get on message out and people take the advantage of our education.

BrokerIPTV : And it works. Tell me about some courses that are really popular?

Barbara Lambert: Well I think the course that are most popular always about, the new contract issues, couple have been a fairs type issues, alerting legal issues and then the of course our designation courses, this CRS, the CRB, the GRI courses.

BrokerIPTV : How about the most requested speakers, some guy that comes in year after year, they blows every body away?

Barbara Lambert: I think metro wide everyone loves all Oliver Frascona.

BrokerIPTV : Yes, they do.

Barbara Lambert: He annotates them, he educates them and he annotates them, so he is one of the more popular one.

BrokerIPTV : I mean if you got to figure out, what changes there are in the contract, you want all of a explaining it to you?

Barbara Lambert: Absolutely and his associate, Jonathan Goodman too.

BrokerIPTV : Yeah, they both really really good. Schedule of classes and how I sigh up and how can again use it, is it seamless, is it easy, how do I do it?

Barbara Lambert: Well I think we make it easy as possible, not only to a broad casting news, can you respond to us, but also one of our website and with our flyers and we have so many members who are in and out of our building. They take advantage of registering, while they are there.

BrokerIPTV : That's why I am going to ask you, what is the total membership in Denver now?

Barbara Lambert: About 3800.

BrokerIPTV : About 3800, a board, "wow" Denver Board members. Now how many you think take advantage of you have to offer?

Barbara Lambert: I would say over the course of the year, probably a third of those members coming in.

BrokerIPTV : Really?

Barbara Lambert: Hmm...hmm.

BrokerIPTV : Number one thing that the agents do not about the education program and process.

Barbara Lambert: I think they some times get so busy, representing buyers and sellers, that I forgot that education professionalizes them even more and helps them to better server their buyers and seller. So if we could get that message out that taking two, three hours out of your week, to professionalize yourself, we will make you a better realtor.

BrokerIPTV : No question. Thanks so much, I love the information.

Barbara Lambert: Thank you.

BrokerIPTV : Job well done, appreciate it.