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“YES” my training by the OREA Centre for Leadership Development really did help

No Comments 04 May 2012

  Congratulations to Barb Whitney, 2012 President of London St. Thomas Association of REALTORS® on her great presentation skills ( click the link to watch Barb)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hxt79gHipc&feature=youtu.be In 2011 Barb attended “Building Leadership through Communication” an intensive 2 ½ days of training for volunteer leaders that focuses on: Structuring powerful messages Prepare for a radio, [...]

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OREA Centre for Leadership Development launches Leadership Library

No Comments 24 April 2012

OREA Leadership Library is a web resource of tips, tools, checklists and articles that can help members become better leaders. Whether you’re a volunteer leader at your association, an Executive Officer or a leader at your real estate company, you’ll find something of value at OREA’s Leadership Library.  The Leadership Library include various topics of [...]

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Volunteers honoured at the OREA Conference

No Comments 19 April 2012

Volunteers are the lifeblood of many organizations, and the efforts of volunteers in the province’s real estate community were recognized during the 2012 OREA Annual Conference held at Toronto’s Sheraton Centre Hotel. Special volunteers were honoured for their time and effort by the Ontario Real Estate Association. One individual award and three group awards were [...]

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Leadership Course participant calls herself “lucky”

1 Comment 23 March 2012

One of the main goals of our leadership training is to enable volunteers to make a difference in their association, business and community. I hope you will feel as gratified as we do when you read this Blog by NAR YPN member Lynn Minnick. Lynn Minnick calls herself “lucky” for having been picked by NAR [...]

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The OREA Centre for Leadership Development Launches eWorkshops

No Comments 14 December 2011

The OREA Centre for Leadership Development launches a new way to participate in the popular Leadership 200 and Leadership 300 courses. Beginning January 2012, Leadership 200 and Leadership 300 will be offered in e-Workshop format. This newly developed format simply requires a speaker phone and internet connection. Members can now gather in small groups at their [...]

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OREA Volunteerism Awards to be presented at the 2012 OREA Annual Conference

No Comments 14 November 2011

The OREA Volunteerism Awards will be presented during the OREA Annual Conference on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Awards will be given to a real estate board for their exceptional efforts in the area of Leadership and Volunteer Development and to an Individual volunteer member that has made an outstanding contribution to their organization. The OREA [...]

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Listening to Improve Communication

No Comments 07 November 2011

Considering that most people spend a great part of their day listening to others, it’s surprising how difficult this seemingly simple skill can be. Lise Hebabi from the Intersol Group is one of the facilitators who helps local board Presidents-Elect master this skill as part of our course on Building Leadership through Communication. In the attached [...]

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Handling a Media Interview

No Comments 31 October 2011

The mere mention of a media interview will make many leaders more than a little nervous. To help our local real estate association Presidents-Elect get comfortable with their impending role, OREA provides them with intensive communication training that includes effective ways to handle media enquiries. In the attached podcast, Ken Anderson from Delta Media shares [...]

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Making Your Presentations More Powerful

No Comments 24 October 2011

One of our successful courses for local real estate association Presidents-Elect is all about communication.  Building Leadership through Communication is an intensive boot camp on handling conflict, conducting presentations and dealing with the media. Delta Media’s Bernie Gauthier, one of the facilitators of that program, puts participants through their paces as he helps them critique [...]

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Managing Conflict

No Comments 17 October 2011

Our Building Leadership through Communication course for Presidents-Elect took place this week at the Kingbridge Centre.  In this intensive  3-day workshop, participants learn how to manage conflict, make effective presentations and handle media interviews.  Over the next weeks we will share with you a series of short recorded interviews with the facilitators of that program. Today [...]

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A Word About OREA Centre for Leadership Development


Welcome to the OREA Centre for Leadership Development section of the OREA Blog. This section will inform members on current leadership initiatives, upcoming events and offer tips, and tools to assist you in your leadership role.

Phil Dorner, Chair of the Leadership Development Committee and President-Elect