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Official Web Site Optimizes Benefits of NAHB Membership

NAHB’s official Web site — www.nahb.org — features more than 4,500 pieces of home building and industry content online. The site provides information on 283 educational opportunities and 35 meetings; is a repository for 96 publications; contains 200 sections of resource content; and gathers a community of 50 committees, councils and interest groups.

The site is updated daily with the help of 177 staff members who are experts in areas such as advocacy, economics, legal issues and business management.

It is important for members to log in when they visit www.nahb.org. Otherwise, they can’t see more than half of the content on the site.

Logging in to www.nahb.org provides one of the most valuable benefits of NAHB membership — access to industry experts, home building information and a powerful network of peers in the industry.

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Among the many on-line benefits providing critical support for the businesses of NAHB members are:

• Education: NAHB offers designation programs and workforce training to help give its members an edge over the competition. Members also have unique opportunities to learn what they need to know to stay in the forefront of the industry by participating in hundreds of educational events taking place in locations around the country. Education is even geared to budding home builders who can receive a beginner’s lesson on the industry through an online coloring book (www.nahb.org/coloringbook).
• Networking: The Community section is home to NAHB’s online forum discussion groups, council resources, committee materials and Builder 20 program information. NAHB members can browse this section to learn more about the different interest groups within the association and network with their peers through online forums and upcoming meetings and educational programs.
• Advocacy: Reaching out and educating lawmakers on the needs and contributions of the home building industry is an ongoing priority of the NAHB staff. Topical sections provide NAHB members with vital information on leading industry concerns, including general liability insurance, www.nahb.org/gli; storm water permits, www.nahb.org/stormwaterpermitting; legal services, www.nahb.org/legalservices and more.
• NAHB Help: Online directories and other user-friendly tools make NAHB’s extensive resources easier to access and navigate. Once they are logged in to http://www.nahb.org/, members can search the NAHB Staff Directory, Subject Directory, Council and Committee Directory, and more. All of the NAHB directories are fully-searchable, downloadable and updated regularly. Members can search for the contacts they need by subject or name.
• My NAHB: When they are logged on to www.nahb.org, this valuable and timesaving feature lets NAHB members customize the site according to their content preferences. Similar to My Yahoo!® and My MSN, when members select the home building topics they want to know more about in My NAHB > My Profile, matching site content is automatically displayed in My NAHB > Resources and My NAHB At a Glance. Along with customization, members can identify pages as “My NAHB Favorites” and save them for future, easy reference; up to four favorites can be displayed on the NAHB Home page. Navigating to a favorite page or section is just one click way.

Logging in to www.nahb.org is fast and easy, and it is the key to benefiting from content that is provided for NAHB members only:

1. Go to www.nahb.org/login.
2. Create a username and password by entering your NAHB PIN and State (specific instructions on how to find your PIN can be found on the login page).
3. Once logged in, go to My NAHB > My Profile to set content preferences and activate My NAHB (details on customizing the site can be found in How to Use www.nahb.org).

NAHB’s Web site is designed to optimize member benefits and to provide an indispensable link to resources and support for the home building professional.

Accessing the full benefits of membership in NAHB begins by logging in to www.nahb.org.
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