Jeremy Conaway of RECON Intelligence Services has asked me to share the experiences of the Pinellas REALTOR® Organization (PRO) over the past nine years with the RECON Planning and implementation Program over the past eight years.
Our initial contact with RECON occurred in 2001 when they facilitated our merger process and designed the organization of our new association. Since that time we have looked to RECON to assist us with our annual business cycle including the strategic leadership retreat, business plan, annual goals and objectives, business plan implementation, and accountability coaching, as well as leadership and staff training programs. RECON has also been a key player in our ongoing brokerage support programs. Further, PRO looks to RECON to assist in keeping our leadership team up to speed regarding current trends and developments within the real estate industry and marketplace. All of this work has been accomplished on site.
Upon reflecting back on all these activities I would have to give RECON an unqualified perfect 10 for their invaluable advice, guidance, assistance, and mentoring. Over the past several years our organization has been able to make a clear and significant contribution to the well-being and success of our membership at both the agent and brokerage levels.
PRO has been recognized at both the state and national levels for the quality of our governance, staff work, and member service packages. Just this last November we were proud to be named one of the top ten associations out of 158 submitting associations in the NAR Game Changer competition. We are currently enjoying the benefits of a $225,000 grant which will allow us to complete our “Quick Smart” REALTOR® learning systems.
Jeremy and the RECON team have been with us every step of the way. They make sure we are fully informed about industry and marketplace trends, directions, opportunities, and vulnerabilities. Jeremy has become our teacher, mentor, guide, and business partner. RECON has been one of the best investments this association has made.
One of the things that makes this relationship special and productive is that Jeremy doesn’t inflict his advice and guidance on us. He does suggest directions but in the final analysis spends his talents and energies facilitating what our leadership and our members want to happen. He brings us ideas and directions. We decide what applies to our culture, members and marketplace.
We look forward to working with Jeremy through the current industry challenges and opportunities and into the future.
Ann Guiberson, CAE
President and CEO
