Chairman's message: observations from Ron Shelton, CAPS.IN TODAY'S UNCERTAIN ECONOMY, value is a commodity. Businesses are walking that delicate line of cutting costs while maintaining brand recognition and sustaining profitability. There are many places to invest in today's marketplace that cannot promise you a valuable return. One of the few places that can is the 2009 NAA NAA Nomina Anatomica Avium. Education Conference & Exposition, June 25-27 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center in exciting Las Vegas. This year's conference theme is It's A New Game ... Knowledge is Power, and the show's 15 Platinum Sponsors are ready and willing to partner with you to succeed in a challenging economic time. These large national service providers in the apartment industry are looking forward to creating new relationships, solidifying existing ones and delivering their messages to you at the industry's largest trade show. Be sure to thank them when you're on the tradeshow floor--home to more than 350 exhibiting companies on a 175,000 square-foot hall, filled with the latest products and services to help position multifamily housing professionals for success in a competitive market. These industry-leading service providers are Apartment Finder, Apartment Guide, AT&T, AZUMA Leasing, Comcast, Coinmach, CORT CORT Escort CORT Certified Operating Room Technician CORT Coherent Receive/Transmit CORT Crew Operations Review Team , For Rent Media Solutions, HD Supply, MacGray, RealPage, Rent.com, Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Verizon and Yardi. Company profiles and conference information can be found on p. 68 and p. 90. Additionally, we have an exciting lineup of more than 50 education sessions, many of which are previewed here in the preshow issue. The three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. also features premium industry networking, entertainment and top-notch keynote speakers. Featured speakers at the conference include Forbes CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Steve Forbes, comedian Dana Carvey and political Web site editor Jim VandeHei of Politico.com. Speaking of education, the NAA Education Institute (NAAEI NAAEI National Auctioneers Association Education Institute ) recently unveiled new designation logos for Certified Apartment Manager (CAM), National Apartment Leasing Professional (NALP NALP National Association for Law Placement (Washington, DC) NALP National Apartment Leasing Professional NALP National Action Learning Programme (Ireland) ), Certified Apartment Maintenance Technician (CAMT CAMT Certified Apartment Maintenance Technician CAMT Canadian Association for Music Therapy CAMT Colorado Association for Music Therapy CAMT Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapy CAMT Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching ), Certified Apartment Portfolio Supervisor (CAPS) and Certified Apartment Supplier (CAS). These new logos are available for designation-holding members and affiliates of NAA. For information, contact NAAEI's Julie Barden at juliebarden@naahq.org or 703/797-0691. I'm looking forward to meeting you at the conference in June. If you still haven't registered, please fill out and send in the registration form included in this issue or visit www.naahq.org/educonf. --NAA Chairman of the Board Ron Shelton, CAPS |
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