NBN Online for the week of December 17, 2007

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Fed and Senate Take Steps to End Mortgage Credit Crunch
Washington Builders Limit Runoff From Record Rainfall
Nation's Building News Will Not Be Published During the Holidays
Read Our International Builders' Show Preview on Jan. 14
Coast to Coast
Lennar Homes Underscores Its Commitment to the Northeast Housing Market
Politics & Government
Senate Energy Bill Passed Without Tax Incentives
House-Passed AMT Relief Bill Faces Uncertain Future
Bill Would Let Bankruptcy Judges Alter Mortgage Terms
Legislative Conference Set for April 30
Economics & Finance
Builders Look for Signs of Improvement
Florida Builders Must Adjust to New Market Realities
NAHB Teleconference Looks at What’s Ahead for Housing
Useful Links to Monitor Economic and Housing Trends
Tips
Builders' Tip: Steel Corners Make Clean Corners
Sales
Let Buyers 'Option Up' With More Packaged Options
50Plus Housing
A Community With Sol Thrives in Tucson
First AARP-NAHB ‘Livable Communities’ Honored
Remodelers
Slow Times Are the Go Time for Tuning Up Your Business
Building Systems
SIPs the Way of the Future, SIPs User for 20 Years Says
Free Builders’ Show Lunch Focuses on Concrete
Education
Education Calendar
Disaster Relief
Brad Pitt Seeks Donations to Build 150 New Orleans Homes
Research Center
NAHB’s Bob Jones to Address EnergyValue Housing Awards
Green Building
Feb. 14 ‘Green Day' Highlight of Builders’ Show
New Green Standard Comment Period Starts Dec. 21
Consumer Spending on Green to Double Next Year
Legal
Proposed Bill on Clean Water Goes Overboard
Labor
Complete RCS Lineup Being Offered at Builders' Show
Building Products
Strong Door, Small Cut Saw Best of What’s New in 2007
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on DIY, Fine Living and HGTV
Endowment
Seiders Discusses Housing Cycle at Penn State Lecture
View Free Construction Management Seminar Webcast
Association News
Robert Holmes, Leading California Contractor, Dies at 86
Drive Away With a New $500 GM Offer This Holiday Season
End Public Speaking Anxiety With ‘Spokesperson Training' at IBS
UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping
Introducing the Hertz Green Collection. Reserve and Conserve.
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

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Robert Holmes, Leading California Contractor, Dies at 86

Drive Away With a New $500 GM Offer This Holiday Season

UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping

Introducing the Hertz Green Collection. Reserve and Conserve.

Calendar of Events

End Public Speaking Anxiety With ‘Spokesperson Training' at IBS

The number-one fear of most people is public speaking, comedian Jerry Seinfeld once said, citing a number of studies. Death, he added, is number two. “That means to the average person, if you have to go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy," Seinfeld quipped.

Public speaking does not have to be a stressful experience for NAHB members who can learn how to confidently prepare and deliver dynamic presentations to any audience by taking NAHB’s “Presentation Skills” seminar, which teaches attendees how to organize and deliver a speech and presentation with accompanying question and answer sessions.

“Presentation Skills” is part of the popular “Spokesperson Training” program.

Sessions Available at the International Builders’ Show

Registration is now open for ”Presentation Skills” sessions being held at International Builders’ Show in Orlando on Feb. 13 and 14.

In addition, NAHB will be offering “Interview Skills” seminars at IBS on Feb. 11 and 12. "Interview Skills" helps participants learn how to effectively convey a message to the public through the news media and master strategies for broadcast and print interviews. The training includes message development.

Each 7.5-hour seminar is limited to 12 participants. The seminars include instruction, skill-building exercises and on-camera practice interviews and presentations.

The "Interview Skills" session on Feb. 12 is sold out.

More than 15,000 NAHB leaders have participated in the “Spokesperson Training” program. The seminars are led by professional communication consultants, each with more than 30 years of experience training NAHB members on the issues that home builders, home builders association staff members and affiliate members face every day.

To Register

The registration fee is $495 for each one-day seminar. Registrations are being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, click here.

To register, e-mail Gwyn Donohue at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8447.



Free NAHB Kit Gives Builders Back-to-Basics Tips to Navigate the Slowdown

What was once expected to be a relatively mild housing slump following three years of record new home construction and sales has given way to a significant downturn.

To help members navigate the uncharted waters of this slowdown, NAHB has compiled a comprehensive “Back to Basics” online toolkit — the best of the basics, the tried and true and the truly new. To access the toolkit, click here.

To access the “Back to Basics” toolkit, you must be an NAHB member and have a login to www.nahb.org. To create a login, go to www.nahb.org/login or click on the log-in button on the main menu bar.

For assistance, call the NAHB Member Service Center at 800-368-5242.


 

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