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Executive Officer’s
by Judie Docs, CSP, MCSP, MIRM, CMP, CGP
NAHB's
Knowledge!
Continuing my recap of NAHB, OHBA and NCBIA benefit this month I will focus on NAHB’s Knowledge.
Knowledge Provides Power and Opportunity
NAHB’s educational programs and resources give you the tools you need to gain an edge in the industry. Programs include courses and seminars, offered by in-person and online.
Plus, NAHB professional designations provide opportunities to improve your skills and advance your career.
Online Learning
In NAHB’s learning portal, you will find and access on-demand course and live online courses, webinars, replays and more. You can also track your online education via your online learning transcript.
International Builders’ Show (IBS)
The annual NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS) offers attendees more than 150 education sessions during the three-day event.
Attendees find both formal classes and numerous informal learning opportunities with ideas, information, tips and techniques they can put to work immediately.
Programs cover a broad range of topics on housing industry concerns including economic trends, business opportunities and new markets, technology, green building, sales and marketing, construction methods, business management, legal issues, government regulation, architecture, design, community planning and more.
1,500+ Exhibitors Showcase Products
IBS also is the nation’s largest annual residential housing construction trade event for manufacturers and suppliers of home construction products and services; its exposition provides an unmatched opportunity for attendees to see and learn about cutting edge new products.
IBS is co-located with the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s Kitchen & Bath Industry Show® (KBIS) creating an annual mega-event called Design and Construction Week.® All registered IBS attendees have access to the exhibit floors of both shows.
Professional Designations
Professional Designations offer excellent opportunities to improve your skills, advance your career and be recognized for your commitment to professional growth.
Here is a list of designations you can earn:
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist: The Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) designation program teaches the technical, business management, and customer service skills essential to competing in the fastest growing segment of the residential remodeling industry: home modifications for the aging-in-place. • Certified Graduate Associate: Trade partners and vendors gain a better understanding of the industry from experienced builders and remodelers. • Certified Graduate Builder: Experienced builders can be even better with the Certified
Graduate Builder (CGB) educational designation.
• Certified Green Professional: The Certified Green Professional designation recognizes builders, remodelers and other industry professionals who incorporate green and sustainable building principles into homes— without driving up the cost of construction. • Certified Graduate Remodeler: Remodelers with at least five years of experience in the industry can apply for the Certified Graduate
Remodeler (CGR) educational designation. • Certified New Home Marketing Professional: Builders and developers are looking for qualified salespeople. The Certified New Home
Marketing Professional (CMP) is a mid-level designation that will help you manage the sales and marketing function of a new home community and boost your career. • Certified New Home Sales Professional: Master the craft of successful selling and launch your new home sales career with the Certified
New Home Sales Professional (CSP) educational designation. • Graduate Master Builder: The ultimate symbol of the building professional, the Graduate Master Builder (GMB) designation is for experienced veterans only. • Graduate Master Remodeler: The Graduate Master Remodeler (GMR) professional designation is held by a select group of building industry professionals: applicants must have at least 15 years of remodeling experience before they are even eligible to be considered for the designation. • Housing Credit Certified Professional: The Housing Credit Certified Professional (HCCP) is a specialized designation for developers, property managers, asset managers and others working in the affordable housing industry through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. • Master Certified Green Professional: As green and high-performance construction turns to the mainstream, experienced green industry professionals seek an educational designation that signifies their long-standing commitment to and experience with sustainable building and remodeling. • Master Certified New Home Sales Professional: Professionals who hold the Master CSP designation have been provided knowledge to grow their careers in new home sales. • Master in Residential Marketing: The Master in Residential Marketing (MIRM) represents the pinnacle of new home sales education because it represents years of industry experience, serious coursework requirements and a one-of-a-kind requirement for a successful case study to complete the designation.
Biz Tools
NAHB members gain a competitive edge with NAHB’s Business Tools: members-only tips and management strategy to build your company, boost your marketing and gain business know-how. Get legal assistance and resources from NAHB’s team of lawyers. Network with other NAHB members and find out what home buyers want.
• Financial and Accounting:Proper, consistent financial management can make or break your business. These stories can help you understand basic accounting practices and their importance to sound business management. They should also help identify and correct issues related to the financial and accounting practices of managing a home building industry business. • Presentations: This series of ready-made presentations feature the latest tips and insights to help enhance builders’ businesses. • Strategic Business Planning: Home building professionals have to keep track of myriad details to run a successful business. Careful planning can be rewarded with solid performance and growth. • Technology Solutions: Home technology is constantly getting smarter. Innovations in smart-home products will continue to simplify the lifestyles of homeowners, as well as alter the techniques of home builders.
LANDS Program
The NAHB Legal Action Network for Development Strategies (LANDS) is designed for experienced land use and environmental attorneys who focus at least half their practices on home building and development issues.
Members enjoy networking opportunities combined with cutting-edge, advanced-level education seminars. In addition, NAHB sometimes asks LANDS attorneys to serve as outside counsel and connects these attorneys with state and local HBAs and individual builder members.
LANDS provides the medium for development-side land use and environmental attorneys to form the strategies necessary to succeed in the courtroom through:
• An annual Roundtable & Workshop CLE, which offers LANDS members the opportunity to participate in advance-level discussion, interaction, and training on land use and environmental issues. • Timely updates and alerts on important land use and environmental updates.
Land-use decisions are better when they reasonably allocate public and private burdens, respect constitutional principles and are consistent within jurisdictions. LANDS has helped NAHB members secure important decisions in many substantive areas, from eminent domain and zoning and planning to air and water quality and endangered species.
Top Industry Publications
SGC Horizon is the nation’s leading residential construction-related media company and the publisher of the top business-to-business media resource for the housing industry, ProBuilder Magazine — the new official publication of NAHB.
Through this collaboration, as an NAHB member, you will have unlimited access to SGC Horizon’s online content and print publications focusing on key industry trends and issues, including:
