Conversations

I have been trained by Marta to be a certified. The reason I spent my time and money to obtain this certification is WCR.
I would like to bring this to all the WCR boards as my gift back to WCR for all that WCR has done for me.



These snippets from Marta in an article regarding Inspiring Conversations.
What if you could reduce the length of time by half that it takes to develop trusting relationships in your network?
"Networking is about making connections beyond the mental level," she explains. "When I wasn’t allowing this to happen, and had my own strong agenda, most of these relationships died in 1 or 2 steps." Today, Marta seeks to make connections with people and remain open to where the relationship leads, "but when we meet we create a space that is expanding. This opens new possibilities, something about me or the world around me that I haven’t realized just yet."
Marta Dabis understands the power of conversations and the need to be mutually engaging, respectful and attentive in order to “connect” and build a trusting relationship that goes beyond the superficial supplicant of one another’s needs.
The problem lies in the time it typically takes to build trusting relationships in which people truly care about one another, not just about the business but about the person, too. When relationships develop this personal quality, the quality and quantity of the business referrals also increase. Almost every business networking group understands this at some level, but few manage to achieve it for the majority of member relationships.

It’s All About Conversations
Think about your networking conversations; how do they go? I remember all too many where I, as well as others, have engaged in conversations that, no matter what was actually said, feel something like this:
"Hi, I’m Mark. How do you like me so far? OK then, let me tell you even more about myself and what I can do for you."
What have I learned? Not too many possibilities opening up there! We are a nation of advocates. We typically are very good about conveying our own ideas and agendas, not so good about discovering the wants and needs of others. It would be very easy to pick up the phone or go to your computer today and register for a public speaking seminar anywhere in the country, but very difficult to find a "public listening" seminar. Sales people that I train are constantly seeking that magical set of questions that will help them make the sale, yet they have yet to embrace WHY the questions are important in the first place.
Conversations in a Box
Marta helps organizations significantly shorten the trust-building cycle for new members by using what she calls "Conversations in a Box." "Conversations: An Inspirational Game" was created by Barry Auchettl in Ballarat, Australia, and is sold as a stand-alone product. At first glance it is just a game, but it really is a way to engage people and start building trust that is necessary for doing business together. Initially intended to be used as an ice breaker for workshops, Conversations is now being played with individuals, families, schools, groups and corporations at venues ranging from the table at a dinner party to the boardroom.


The whole article can be read at http://www.thenationalnetworker.com/articles/2007_05_greatlakes.shtml

I know that I can help chapters function better. Help the members function better. What this has done for me personally and professionally is wonderful.




VirginiaTatseos ABR,ASP,e-PRO,GRI,LTG,RRC,SRES,PMN
Women's Council of REALTORS 2003/04 Governor

Inspiring Conversations

Hello Everyone
I attended the Birmingham Bloomfield Chapter Meeting on 6-12-07. Their topic was "Inspiring Conversations" The Speaker Marta Dabis. It really made you stop and listen to what people are saying. This is something we need to start at the State and move thru our Chapters. Virginia Tatseos is certified in Inspiring Conversations. She at one time offered to bring it to the Local Chapters board meetings and to the general meeting. No one appeared to get it.
This would be great at our Leadership Training in October. Our future leaders might want to get in touch with Virginia Tatseos.
Very enlighting program for Managers, Brokers, all real estate people and really just about everyone. Please consider this.
Betty Barbour, GRI, LTG, PMN Re/Max 100 - CommerceAssociate Broker/Notary2006/2007 WCR Governor

New IRS rulling for WCR

A NEW FILING REQUIREMENT FOR SMALL NONPROFITS STARTS IN 2008. GROUPS WITH REVENUE OF $25,000 OR LESS WILL HAVE TO
E-MAIL IRS EACH YEAR WITH BASIC INFORMATION: NAMES, ADDRESSES, TAX ID NUMBERS AND TOP OFFICERS. IRS IS DEVELOPING A NEW ELECTRONIC NOTICE, FORM 990-N, FOR THIS PURPOSE. IT WON'T ACCEPT PAPER SUBMISSIONS. THE FIRST FILINGS WILL BE DUE MAY 15, 2008 FOR CALENDAR YEAR ORGANIZATIONS. FAILURE TO FILE FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW WILL AUTOMATICALLY COST GROUPS THEIR EXEMPTIONS.

Virginia Tatseos

WCR Auctions Donations

Looking for a donation to your auction or fund raising event?
Ian Lovell is a Wine Consultant with PRP Wine, Inc.
His company will donate 2 wine tasting for auction or fund raisings. Contact Ian at 800-776-1010
Don't foget to tell him where you found out about him.

Virginia Tatseos

Mortgage Fraud Program

Mortgage Fraud! June 20th 2007 - Join the Flint Chapter Women’s Council of REALTORS® to learn more about how to protect ourselves and our clients. This Business Resource Meeting Program is $18.00. The Flint Golf Club, 3100 Lakewood Drive, Flint. 11:30- 1, lunch will be provided. RSVP to Angie@AngieRidley.com or Call Pam Denne @ 810 287-0586.

National Women's Council of Realtors Restructure

A Presidential Task Force will be formed to revisit the Governance Restructure Proposition ** per Beth Pressler May 24th 2007.

Some of you know this, some of you don’t. Women’s Council of Realtors® is restructuring the way the national governance is now operated. They would like to see a smaller group of people make the decision so decisions can be made on the fly. The smaller group of people would be a diverse group. Of course there is good and bad to this, change is difficult for many people. The current plan is being revisited as Beth said above.

While in DC a red flag went up in my head and Stephanie’s. We are wondering if another part to the restructuring is to eliminate the state level. I’ll explain. We were in our regional meeting; this meeting consists of Michigan and other states. We are called Region 2. Wisconsin is part of Region 2. Wisconsin currently does not have a state level govern team. They have 3 or 4 chapters, plenty of people and would like to create a state level team. National Committee has told them “no”. In our meeting a National Committee member was speaking and the Wisconsin person asked the question out loud for all of us to hear. The National Committee member let her know it wasn’t in their best interest at this time, and then proceeded to avoid any more questions on that topic.

For those that attended that meeting, what were your thoughts?

Angie Ridley
Flint Chapter LCP

Chapter Excellence Awards: These awards based on chapter size, small medium and large.

Gold

WESTERN MICHIGAN CHAPTER MI Large and #1 in the Country for Recruitment
SAGINAW VALLEY CHAPTER MI Small
LIVINGSTON CHAPTER MI Small
LANSING CHAPTER MI Small

Silver

BIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD CHAPTER MI Large
FLINT CHAPTER MI Mega
LAKE POINTE CHAPTER MI Sma11

Congratulations and Great Job executing “The Task Is to Ask!”

Washington 2007, Let 's meet info!!

The emails are pouring in, thanks. Let's meet in the lounge on the main floor of the Hilton. We will be in the Hilton anyways. Okay!!!!

Then we can decide if we want to go some else for trouble (:

Let's get together in DC- Sat?

It looks like Sat. at 7:00pm would be a great time for Michigan and any friends we have to get together if you want to. From the emails I received most would like to. LCP’s have a function from 5:30-6:30pm, so does 7:15pm sound okay.
Where would everyone like to meet?

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