As the President of North Texas Relocation Professionals, I wanted to attend the event to hear from our national organization so I could share with our membership, and learn what others are doing to have success.

Here are some takeaways from the conference:

The conference kicked off with an opening reception on Wednesday evening. There were more than 50 exhibitors displaying their products and services for the attendees.

Thursday morning opened with a message from our CEO Peggy Smith. WOW! She really brought some energy to the room. She outlined some of the benefits of the conference including YP40, Foundation benefiting Opportunity Village, CRP testing coming to us, and more... ERC aspiration's include Client acquisition, Client Delight, Client Innovation, and Client Support... She left with the following:

This is our organization... "OWN, LIVE, and LOVE your ASSOCIATION!"

The keynote speaker was Dan Heath, co-author of the book "Switch"! He delivered an inspiring message that left us all with a suggestion to "find the bright spots" in each of our organizations. One of the most impactful questions might be "Wouldn't it be cool to ______?" Just fill in the blank!

Education sessions were all great from Today's housing market, Fundamentals of relocation, US Tax and Legal Updates, Social Media Lab (BYOL), Turkey houses, and more... All of the presenters were the best for the best in our industry... and as a bonus, we were encouraged to twitter updates throughout the conference on some of the things we learned at each session!

ERC had an awards presentation at lunch in which several attendees received Meritorious awards for their outstanding contributions to our industry... One of the awards was given to our very own NTRP member - Rob Johnson (3rd recipient). Way to go Rob! We would also like to congratulate Ebby Halliday Realtors for being awarded as Broker of the Year for SIRVA, and Ron Box for appraiser of the year for SIRVA too.

NTRP Members Ron Box, Rob Johnson, Martha Marshall, and Tina Swenson were all speakers at the conference. Great job team!

The NTRP organization walked in the Foundation Walk on Friday... It was so exciting seeing everyone get up to walk at 7am for the Opportunity Village... and the North Texas Relocation Hats were a HIT! Way to go NTRP...

I look forward to sharing more insight at our upcoming meetings. I hope to see you at our next breakfast meeting on August 11 at the Omni!

Own, Love, and Live NTRP and ERC! You can make a difference!

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Bruce Waller, CRP
NTRP President
www.NorthTexasRelocationProfessionals.com
972-389-5673