Enhancing Realtors® expertise
Events and Education
Join us at PMAR luncheons and other events for your opportunity to educate yourself on the latest industry trends, learn tips to help your business and earn continuing education credit. Reservations are required for all events. See the details of each event for registration information.Download the 2008 PMAR events.
View the New Member Orientation dates.
PMAR Events
All PMAR events are held at the Multnomah Athletic Club, unless otherwise noted.
Monday, August 4th - 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Duane Woik, Earth Advantage, will present information on energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and little-known financing options for green certified homes.
Monday, August 25th - 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
How to leverage email, search engines and social media to increase brand awareness and the bottom line.
Featuring Kent Lewis, President, Anvil Media
Featuring Kent Lewis, President, Anvil Media.
Thursday, September 11th - 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
All Realtors® are required by the National Association of Realtors® to complete two and a half hours of ethics training every four years. The deadline to complete this training is December 31, 2008.
Thursday, October 30th - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Gain diversity awareness and cross-cultural skills and begin your diversity marketing plan today!
Friday, October 31st - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Become a HOWNW.com Specialist!
Thursday, November 13th - 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
All Realtors® are required by the National Association of Realtors® to complete two and a half hours of ethics training every four years. The deadline to complete this training is December 31, 2008.
Thursday, December 11th - 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
All Realtors® are required by the National Association of Realtors® to complete two and a half hours of ethics training every four years. The deadline to complete this training is December 31, 2008.
Other Industry Events
Wednesday, July 9th - 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Get an exciting cross-fire perspective of our local and national real estate market.
Thursday, July 24th - 1:30 p.m.
Dust off your clubs and get ready for "Fun Golf"
August 7th-8th - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Business Planning and Marketing course helps students learn the fundamentals of business planning. After taking this course, they will be able to identify the benefits of a business plan, develop income goals using the budgeting process, and create a marketing plan to meet their goals and objectives.
Monday, August 18th - 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Realtors® get in free to the Street of Dreams!
September 18th-19th - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Listing Strategies provides students with the important skills necessary to conduct successful listing presentations, price a home to sell, close the transaction and market and promote effectively.
Wednesday, September 24th - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Run your business with the most powerful and popular software products in the world. The advantages include seamless integration, flawless synchronization with all PDAs, and the Internet capabilities.
Thursday, October 2nd
Instructed by Carolyn Green, RE/MAX Equity Group, Inc.
December 1st - December 5th
Do you want to earn the most widely recognized professional designation in the real estate industry today? Do you need continuing education credits for license renewal? Then the new GRI is right for you.
Technology Training
All Technology Training classes are sponsored by PMAR and held at the RMLS office. Classes are $25 for PMAR members, $35 for non-members. Prepayment is required! Call Jenni Dellerba at 503-459-2152 to register.
Monday, July 21st - 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Stop guessing! Learn what to look for when buying a computer; and discover the fundamentals for becoming your own computer guru. We’ll learn how to organize files and folders, manipulate windows, and work with desktop icons; how to get what you want faster by using the tools on your web browser and what’s available on some handy websites; and how to reply, attach, and cc with the best of them.
Wednesday, July 23rd - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Looking to learn how to create great-looking documents? Look no further. Our MS Word class will start you off with creating a basic document and then kick it up a notch by teaching you to format text and paragraphs, add tables and insert graphic elements. We’ll even teach you how to share your documents by creating labels or mastering mail merge.
Wednesday, July 23rd - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tired of doing all the dirty work yourself? Make MS Excel do it for you. From crunching numbers to organizing information, we’ll give you the skills to make Excel work for you. We’ll teach you how to navigate your way through the program so that you can select and enter data, modify worksheets and workbooks, and perform calculations.
Wednesday, July 30th - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Some people are calling it the Too Much Information Age - which is all the more reason to be able to handle all this fast-paced data. Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 is the personal administration program that helps you manage your time and information more effectively. In our Outlook 2003 class you will learn how to create and organize your e-mail messages, contacts and appointment calendar, all in one program. Prerequisite: some prior experience with an e-mail program.
Wednesday, July 30th - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Make flyers, postcards and labels. Learn to create promotional materials from scratch or use Publisher’s templates for quick, professional marketing flyers.
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