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Hello, everyone! Welcome back to CEO Secrets. Today, our guest is the CEO of the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS). Let us welcome, Denee Evans.  Denee Evans started off with a career in banking and finance. After being involved in a project for making homes more energy efficient, she was introduced to the world of Multiple Listing Services. In the 6 years of being the CEO of CMLS, she has established a unified voice for the MLS industry.  She was able to drive innovation through the foundation of CMLS Section Councils, and supported groundbreaking agreements with other industry stakeholders.  Let us learn more from Denee on the value of having Multiple Listing Services and her views on helping improve the efficiency of MLS to become the best partners to brokers and agents.  Top Takeaways: 1. Why open communication is the key (05:25) 2. Is there a need for a National MLS? (08:27) 3. Technological advancements to look forward to in the MLS industry (13:01) 4. The single biggest struggle for each MLS across the country (19:04) 5. Prediction:  What would be the biggest disruptor for real estate? (24:31) 6. What secrets Denee uncovered in becoming a great leader (31:22)  Episode Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OGoF3GKUE6eHxNHKeMp8jtXm4RmMqpE5YlCEqWqv0BM/edit?usp=sharing

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to CEO Secrets. Today, our guest is the CEO of the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS). Let us welcome, Denee Evans. Denee Evans started off with a career in banking and finance. After being involved in a project for making homes more energy efficient, she was introduced to the world of Multiple Listing Services. In the 6 years of being the CEO of CMLS, she has established a unified voice for the MLS industry.  She was able to drive innovation through the foundation of CMLS Section Councils, and supported groundbreaking agreements with other industry stakeholders. Let us learn more from Denee on the value of having Multiple Listing Services and her views on helping improve the efficiency of MLS to become the best partners to brokers and agents. Top Takeaways: 1. Why open communication is the key (05:25) 2. Is there a need for a National MLS? (08:27) 3. Technological advancements to look forward to in the MLS industry (13:01) 4. The single biggest struggle for each MLS across the country (19:04) 5. Prediction:  What would be the biggest disruptor for real estate? (24:31) 6. What secrets Denee uncovered in becoming a great leader (31:22) Episode Transcript: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OGoF3GKUE6eHxNHKeMp8jtXm4RmMqpE5YlCEqWqv0BM/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OGoF3GKUE6eHxNHKeMp8jtXm4RmMqpE5YlCEqWqv0BM/edit?usp=sharing</a>

The Next Big Disruptor in the Real Estate Industry With Denee Evans, CEO of the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS)

In this two-for-one podcast Denee Evans, CEO of Council of MLS joins Andy both before our world was turned upside down by COVID-19 and after. Includes tips for working at home and details on how CMLS elevates, promotes and supports MLSs nationwide.

08 – Denee Evans,  CEO at Council of MLS | MLSs Making the Market Work

The concept of the MLS creates a strange contradiction for brokers who are both competing with one another, yet sharing inventory by way of compensation and cooperation. In the middle of it all is CMLS, challenged with refereeing any acrimony between brokers and MLSs, promoting best practices, and supporting its membership of 203 MLS providers representing 1.2 million subscribers. At the helm is Denee Evans, the CEO of this premiere organization dedicated to leading the MLS industry in North America. Denee is a self-proclaimed small-town girl who grew up in Nevada, earning a degree in finance with a specialization in real estate from UNLV. She has always been involved in the industry in some form, doing flips, additions, as well as scrape and builds. Denee spent more than a decade in retail banking, where she dealt with home equity and mortgage loans. Prior to her role with CMLS, Denee was the Executive Director for EnergyFit Nevada, a nonprofit working to make homes more energy efficient. Through EnergyFit’s efforts to add sustainability information to the MLS, she learned about the opening for CMLS CEO and threw her hat into the ring. Today, Greg asks Denee the tough questions around how to address MLS’s that don’t comply with best practices, the best way for CMLS to support its members, and the organization’s partnership with NAR. Denee explains the ‘blessing and the curse’ of taking on the role of CEO as an outsider in the MLS industry and the benefit for consumers when organized real estate’s stakeholders collaborate. Listen in and learn about the CMLS initiative to create an interactive tool that would assist MLSs in developing a plan to implement best practices. What’s Discussed: How Denee’s background in banking informs her understanding of real estate The intense interview process she experienced to become CEO of CMLS The blessing and the curse of being an MLS outsider Denee’s take on the ‘us v. them’ mentality of industry stakeholders The dichotomy around brokers competing, yet sharing inventory The challenge for MLS execs to make diverse stakeholders happy The benefit for consumers when stakeholders cooperate Denee’s role as an advocate for MLS execs Denee’s contention that pain points exist in MLS’s of all sizes The ‘wall of shame’ identifying who hasn’t complied with CMLS best practices Greg’s proposal to offer free CMLS memberships to non-compliant MLSs CMLS’s plans to create a best practices interactive tool - Developed at last CMLS strategic planning session - Could grow into certification necessary for membership How CMLS should provide support to its members - Education v. leadership/advocacy - Study of industry initiatives to identify needs (e.g.: Upstream) The controversy around CMLS’s partnership with NAR - CMLS members assigned seats on NAR committees - Speak as national voice for CMLS   Resources:  White Paper 7.42  2017 CMLS Best Practices Survey Brief   Connect with Denee Evans: The Council of Multiple Listing Services Denee on LinkedIn Denee on Twitter

The concept of the MLS creates a strange contradiction for brokers who are both competing with one another, yet sharing inventory by way of compensation and cooperation. In the middle of it all is CMLS, challenged with refereeing any acrimony between brokers and MLSs, promoting best practices, and supporting its membership of 203 MLS providers representing 1.2 million subscribers. At the helm is Denee Evans, the CEO of this premiere organization dedicated to leading the MLS industry in North America. Denee is a self-proclaimed small-town girl who grew up in Nevada, earning a degree in finance with a specialization in real estate from UNLV. She has always been involved in the industry in some form, doing flips, additions, as well as scrape and builds. Denee spent more than a decade in retail banking, where she dealt with home equity and mortgage loans. Prior to her role with CMLS, Denee was the Executive Director for EnergyFit Nevada, a nonprofit working to make homes more energy efficient. Through EnergyFit’s efforts to add sustainability information to the MLS, she learned about the opening for CMLS CEO and threw her hat into the ring. Today, Greg asks Denee the tough questions around how to address MLS’s that don’t comply with best practices, the best way for CMLS to support its members, and the organization’s partnership with NAR. Denee explains the ‘blessing and the curse’ of taking on the role of CEO as an outsider in the MLS industry and the benefit for consumers when organized real estate’s stakeholders collaborate. Listen in and learn about the CMLS initiative to create an interactive tool that would assist MLSs in developing a plan to implement best practices. What’s Discussed: How Denee’s background in banking informs her understanding of real estate The intense interview process she experienced to become CEO of CMLS The blessing and the curse of being an MLS outsider Denee’s take on the ‘us v. them’ mentality of industry stakeholders The dichotomy around brokers competing, yet sharing inventory The challenge for MLS execs to make diverse stakeholders happy The benefit for consumers when stakeholders cooperate Denee’s role as an advocate for MLS execs Denee’s contention that pain points exist in MLS’s of all sizes The ‘wall of shame’ identifying who hasn’t complied with CMLS best practices Greg’s proposal to offer free CMLS memberships to non-compliant MLSs CMLS’s plans to create a best practices interactive tool - Developed at last CMLS strategic planning session - Could grow into certification necessary for membership How CMLS should provide support to its members - Education v. leadership/advocacy - Study of industry initiatives to identify needs (e.g.: Upstream) The controversy around CMLS’s partnership with NAR - CMLS members assigned seats on NAR committees - Speak as national voice for CMLS Resources: <a href="http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.councilofmls.org/resource/resmgr/files/Resources/CMLS_-_NAR_Policy_Statement_.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> White Paper 7.42</a> <a href="http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.councilofmls.org/resource/resmgr/files/Resources/CMLS_Best_Practices_Survey_B.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 2017 CMLS Best Practices Survey Brief</a> Connect with Denee Evans: <a href="http://cmls.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Council of Multiple Listing Services</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/denee-evans-9132372a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Denee on LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/deneem3?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Denee on Twitter</a>

Denee Evans, CEO of CMLS, talks best practices,  compliances and member advocacy