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REALTOR Award Banquets or Luncheons?? Please tell me what you think...

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Real Estate Agent with Realty Executives Liberty

Its that time of the year again! Our awards banquet was Friday night and it was a very nice set up.  Traditionally our awards banquets have been semi-formal to formal and on a Friday evening in March.  This is where we are presented with Awards for production, REALTOR of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Community Service awards, etc.  This years event was fun, delightful, and full of praise. There was a live band, dancing, and good food. We had a good turn out and everyone looked beautiful and happy, especially the awardees :-)

Despite the successes of the Award Banquets in the past, there has been some discussions over the last few years about whether or not these Award Banquets should become luncheons in lieu of a semiformal event of the year. Some people are saying that a luncheon would be easier, while others are saying that it takes away from the award by minimizing its worth.

I want to know what you think. Does your Board of REALTORS do a large annual function? or do you do a luncheon? Would you prefer one over the other? and why?

 

Jeani Codrey
RE/MAX Corridor - New Braunfels, TX
Director of Opportunity & Agent Development

We do a fundraiser dinner for Habitat for Humanity in conjunction with our Christmas party and Annual awards.  It is semi formal and people seem to really enjoy it.  We generally raise about $5-8k for Habitat, so it is great for everyone!

Mar 06, 2010 02:23 PM
Robert Machado
HomePointe Property Management, CRMC - Sacramento, CA
CPM MPM - Property Manager and Property Management

I like the idea of combining it with a fundraiser.  Many of those awards programs are boring and not really very motivating.

Mar 06, 2010 05:37 PM