Good Morning, We have arranged to have a Paragon instructor come to our office this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for a 2 ½ day training session. This is important training that everyone should attend. If you have not attended any training in the past or would like to have a refresher, you must attend these sessions. There is still time to reserve a seat. Please call the Board to sign up for all or part of the sessions. The dates and times are as follows: Wednesday, March 11th * 9a – 10:30a Paragon Essentials. This would be a class for new users of Paragon. * Searches, Map Search, Customizing search fields, Creating search templates, Best Practices * Getting Listing Results into reports, Spreadsheets, Agent Reports, Specialty reports like Mapping and driving directions, Customizing fields in Displays * Emailing and Printing of listings * 11a-12:30p Contact Manager * Enter a new contact * Enter a Saved Search * Set up Auto-Notifications * Email * Client Connect (plus CC new tools if MLS has them turned on) * 12:30p-1:30p Lunch Break * 1:30p – 3:00p Displays * How to create a display * How to copy a display * How to rework a display * Headers and footers, etc. * 3:30p – 5:00p CMA presentation packet * Quick CMA report * Using the CMA Wizard to create a presentation * CMA Preferences Wizard Thursday, March 12th * 9a – 10:30a CMA presentation packet * Quick CMA report * Using the CMA Wizard to create a presentation * CMA Preferences Wizard * 10:30-12:00a Displays * How to create a display * How to copy a display * How to rework a display * Headers and footers, etc. * 12:00a-1:00p Lunch Break * 1:00p – 2:30p Contact Manager * Enter a new contact * Enter a Saved Search * Set up Auto-Notifications * Email * Client Connect (plus CC new tools if MLS has them turned on) * Best Practices * 3:00p – 4:30p Paragon Essentials. This would be a class for new users of Paragon. * Searches, Map Search, Customizing search fields, Creating search templates, Best Practices * Getting Listing Results into reports, Spreadsheets, Agent Reports, Specialty reports like Mapping and driving directions, Customizing fields in Displays * Emailing and Printing of listings Friday, March 13th * 9:00a-10:00a Preferences * Setting up preferences in searches, results, emailing including creating E Card Signatures, Paragon colors and themes * 10:00a-11:00a Mobile for smartphones * Searches, Radius Search * Listing Results * Emailing, Pictures * Preferences * 11:00a-12:00p What’s new in Paragon * Multi-Tasking * Multi-Searches * Last Search * Multiple E Card Signatures * Spreadsheet tools (if it is turned on) * Listing Slideshow * Listing Input Auto-save * Edit Listing Pics in Paragon Maintenance * Crop and Rotate As you can see, the first two days, Wednesday and Thursday, have the same four (4) classes which gives you the opportunity to attend all four classes even if you have a conflict on either day. The third day (1/2 day) classes are only offered on Friday and will cover classes not offered on Wednesday and Thursday. The Friday classes will cover Preferences, Mobile For Smartphones and What’s New in Paragon. If you have attended any of these sessions previously and you feel you need further training, you should make every effort to attend these classes being taught by the Paragon instructor. If you have not attended any training sessions, you should make every effort to attend at this time! Please call the Board to reserve your seat. Thank you, Victor Victor J. Raymos, RCE, CRS, ABR AE/CEO St. Augustine & St. Johns County Board of REALTORS® 1789 Lakeside Avenue St. Augustine, FL 32084 904-829-8738 ae@stjohnsrealtors.org <mailto:ae@stjohnsrealtors.org>