2024 Fall Business Meetings
September 17-20, 2024
Hilton Oak Brook Hills Resort, Oak Brook
Meeting Schedule
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Executive Committee (Closed)
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Leadership Summit (invite only) presenter: Adorna Carroll
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Finance Committee (Closed)
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Illinois REALTORS® Past Presidents Reception (invite only)
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Inaugural Reception
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – 107th Inaugural Gala and REEF Benefit ($150 per ticket)
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. – Inaugural After Party
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – RPAC Trustees Committee (closed)
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Coffee Networking – Get Your Morning Started
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Keynote Session: Myth Busters: Dispelling Rumors and Falsehoods – Presented by: Trista Curzydlo
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Professional Standards Committee
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – YPN Forum: Get Niche or Die Tryin’: Branding for the Niche Market – Presented by: Chris Abazis
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – AE Committee (Closed)
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – All Attendee Luncheon with Policy & Programs Group Round tables
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Local Board Leadership Forum and Luncheon (invite only)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – RPIC Forum: Who Could Afford to Live Here? Promoting Affordability in Affluent Communities
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – CE – RD 961 – Buyer Strategies Reframed – Presented by: Chris Read (registration fee – preregistration required)
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Legal Update Presented by: Victoria Munson, Legal Hot Line Attorney
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Housing Forecast Presented by: Jessica Lautz, NAR & Geoff Smith, DePaul University
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Professional Standards Interactive Session
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – RPAC Major Investor Celebration at Pinstripes (MIs only – must have $500 invested)
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – REEF Board Meeting (closed)
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – CE – RD 960 – Seller Strategies Reframed – Presented by: Chris Read (registration fee – preregistration required)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – General Session: Presentation Ready: Exploring the Art of Presenting Persuasively – Presented by: Terri Sjodin
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – MLS Forum: How is the MLS Moving Forward
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Breakout Session: Build Your Persuasive Case – Presented by: Terri Sjodin
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. – All Attendee Luncheon
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Business Issues Forum: Mastering the Art of Commission Negotiation – Presented by: Mike Walker
2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Public Policy Forum: Zoning Reform and Closing Session
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Illinois REALTORS® All Attendee Reception
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Illinois REALTORS® Board of Directors Annual Meeting
Myth Busters: Dispelling Rumors and Falsehoods
Keynote Description
Attorney Trista Curzydlo will debunk myths about antitrust laws, ethics, AI, and cannabis regulations with humor and insight. Get a fresh perspective on current real estate industry challenges in this engaging, informative session.
Speaker
Trista Curzydlo, J.D.
Get Niche or Die Tryin’: Branding for the Niche Market
Forum Description
Learn how to brand yourself for a niche market and build meaningful connections without sacrificing your authenticity. This session will explore how tools and technology can enhance, streamline, and even automate your personal branding efforts. Discover how to position yourself in a niche market and maintain the personal touch that makes your brand unique.
Speaker
Chris Abazis
Policy and Programs Group Luncheon
Share your ideas and opinions! The Policy and Programs Group Luncheon is an opportunity to share your thoughts and wishes about the association. Your input at member roundtables will help Illinois REALTORS® keep a finger on the pulse of what members want and make changes that benefit members across the state.
RPIC Forum: Who Could Afford to Live Here? Promoting Affordability in Affluent Communities
Successful affluent communities don’t have to listen to those promoting housing affordability, but what are the implications if they stay stagnant and don’t plan for growth? How can you resist community pressures against growth, while balancing the long-term needs of all residents? River Forest Village President Catherine Adduci and Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli will join moderators Tom Benedetto (Director of Local Advocacy), Michael Simpson (RPIC Chair) and Matt Persicketti (RPIC Vice Chair).
Buyer Strategies Reframed: RD 961
CE Session DescriptionArticulating your value is more important than ever now that the NAR settlement agreement and Illinois Real Estate License Act mandate the use of buyer representation agreements, This course focuses on the residential buyer agent skills for knowing why and how to articulate your value, ask for the order, and communicate the benefits of hiring you.
License #564.003980
Instructor
Chris Read
Legal Update
Session Description
Legal Hotline Attorney Victoria Munson will share the top issues and latest legal developments affecting the real estate industry. Learn how to navigate the changing legal landscape and ensure compliance.
Speaker
Victoria Munson
Housing Forecast
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Session Description
Get ahead of the curve with a national and state housing market forecast from two leading industry experts NAR’s Jessica Lautz and DePaul University’s Geoff Smith. Explore market dynamics, pricing trends and emerging opportunities to make informed decisions and stay competitive.
Lautz is NAR’s Deputy Chief Economist and Vice President of Research and Smith is the Executive Director and Principal Investigator of the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University.
Speaker
Jessica Lautz
Geoff Smith
Resolution Through Communication: The Ombudsman and Ethics Mediation Programs
Learn about two Illinois REALTORS® programs that provide paths to resolution of disputes without proceeding to a formal ethics hearing. This interactive session explores the ombudsman and ethics mediation programs.
Seller Strategies Reframed: RD 960
CE Session Description
August 17, 2024 will go down in history as the day the real estate industry made massive changes. Lawsuits, Jury Trials, and Settlements have dictated new business practices. This session focuses on strategies that residential listing agents can and should implement not only to be in compliance, but to provide the best of skills, care, and diligence needed to protect the consumers they serve.
License #564.003979
Instructor
Chris Read
Presentation Ready: Exploring the Art of Presenting Persuasively
Keynote Description
Discover how to build and deliver a more polished and effective sales presentation – one that is persuasive rather than just informative. This session will focus on avoiding the 12 biggest mistakes people make when presenting, developing verbal communication skills for greater impact with clients and how to develop a more creative style, including hot tips on visual aids, body language, closing and more. Terri will share ideas and data from her national research studies, The State of Sales Presentations 2020, 2022 and 2023.
Speaker
Terri Sjodin
Build Your Persuasive Case
Session DescriptionHave your presentations to clients become far too informative versus persuasive? In this breakout session, Terri will show you specific how-to’s for developing logical persuasive arguments in the body of your sales presentations, including strategies for handling objections. This is a roll-up-your-shirt-sleeves interactive session.
Speaker
Terri Sjodin
Mastering the Art of Commission Negotiations
Session Description
Covering everything from the psychology of influence to conflict theory and the art of framing negotiations, Mike Walker’s informed advice on navigating commission negotiations will give you a competitive edge.
Speaker
Mike Walker
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