Event Coverage
SILVAR Ambassador Association Role Featured at NAR REALTORS® Conference & Expo
At left, Vicky Silvano, NAR Global Ambassador to the Philippines, and SILVAR Public Affairs & Communications Director Rose Meily discuss the role of a NAR Global Ambassador and Ambassador Association at a NAR global meeting. At right, Silvano, SILVAR President Joanne Fraser and SILVAR CEO Paul Cardus stand by a poster listing SILVAR as one of several associations having received the NAR DIAMOND award for Global Business Council Achievement.
The National Association of REALTORS® kicked-off its first-ever hybrid REALTORS® Conference & Expo in San Diego this week. The conference was attended by thousands of REALTORS® nationwide and over 300 International REALTOR® Members from 43 countries. The event included numerous education sessions, state leadership and economic forums, and global meetings, one of which highlighted SILVAR's role as a NAR Ambassador Association. SILVAR was appointed NAR's Global Ambassador Association to the Philippines in 2013 and has been successful in fostering a relationship with the Chamber of Real Estate & Builders Associations (CREBA) in the Philippines.
At the Global Alliances Advisory Board meeting on Thursday, Vicky Silvano, NAR Global Ambassador to the Philippines, and Rose Meily, SILVAR public affairs & communications director, delivered a presentation on collaboration between NAR Global Ambassadors and Ambassador Associations, and their partner/cooperating associations in other countries. Silvano, who is a REALTOR® based in Chicago, stressed the importance of communication, collaboration and consistency between the global ambassador and the two associations.
Meily also stressed the importance of staying in touch with the global ambassador and CREBA either via email, text or in person. She shared ways SILVAR has successfully partnered with CREBA. These include hosting CREBA IRMs during their visits to Silicon Valley and many global programs which the SILVAR Global Business Council has offered live and virtually during the pandemic for SILVAR members and CREBA IRMs. The most recent event was SILVAR's virtual trade mission to Silicon Valley in August.
SILVAR received the DIAMOND award, NAR's highest award for Global Achievement, in 2018 after having received five consecutive Platinum awards. The Association continues to retain the honor.
SILVAR's global achievements include its Ambassador Association role, offering a host of Global Business Council programs, the Certified International Property Specialist Institute and individual CIPS courses every year, and obtaining its fourth NAR Diversity & Inclusion grant, which was used for the program on "Faces & Voices of Leadership in Real Estate" and the SILVAR Leadership Academy this year.
Also representing SILVAR at the NAR conference this week were SILVAR President Joanne Fraser, SILVAR NAR Directors Jim Hamilton and Denise Welsh, and Executive Officer Paul Cardus.
The Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) is a professional trade organization representing over 4,000 REALTORS® and Affiliate members engaged in the real estate business on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. SILVAR promotes the highest ethical standards of real estate practice, serves as an advocate for homeownership and homeowners, and represents the interests of property owners in Silicon Valley.
The term "REALTOR®" is a registered collective membership mark which identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and who subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.
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