WCR held a fundraising and membership drive, where lucky individuals received a call from WCR with some great incentives.

The annual Coldwell Bankers Awards was celebrated last Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at ZED 451′s rooftop. Kathy Kalnes hosted the event, which honored some of the brokerage’s top-performing agents.

Luxury agent Millie Rosenbloom of Baird & Warner hosted a launch party for her “Essential Collection of Real Estate” book, which featured detailed listings for many of her properties. Guests perused the books contents and enjoyed appetizers, provided by The Elements.

The Pulte Group held a private, pre-grand opening event for its newest community, the Savoy Club in Burr Ridge. Guests enjoyed appetizers and refreshments while learning about the new community and its incentives.

The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s 37th Annual Gala was held on Friday, April 13 at Aqua’s Radisson Blu hotel. The event honored the Magellan Development Group, which developed Lakeshore East. Magellan’s co-CEOs Joel Carlins and James Loewenberg accepted the honors at the gala, and guests enjoyed the awards ceremony, dinner and dancing.

Agent Reboot, a program hosted by Inman News, was held at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare hotel in Rosemont to teach agents about the latest in social media, business development, technology and marketing skills. Some of the seminars in this year’s program included: “The Way the World Communicates Just Changed — Have You?,” “Marketing Your Marketing,” “Top Five Zillow Tips to Get More Contacts” and “What Consumers Want from Realtors in 2012.”

The Women’s Council of Realtors hosted their most anticipated event of the year, the Top Producers event, on March 21. The event started with check-in and networking at 8:30 a.m., followed by breakfast and the program from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. at the The Legacy at Millennium Park.

The Chicago Association of Realtors recognized its Top Producers of 2011 at a Sales Awards celebration at the House of Blues on March 14. The Awards provided real estate professionals the opportunity to mix and mingle with top-selling Chicago Realtors at a stylish networking reception.
Award categories included individual and team residential units, residential neighborhood awards and residential rookie of the year.

Prudential Rubloff agents socialized and networked at a special reception at the Webster Wine Bar following the Wells Fargo Home Mortgage CineMeeting on Building Business in 2012, which featured real estate industry coach Brian Buffini. The CineMeeting addressed such topics as: how to work together as change continues to impact the real estate and mortgage industries; and how to build, cultivate and measure success in the social web; how social media has changed the way consumers communicate and make decisions.

The Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative presented an evening of speed networking and lively conversation for real estate students and professionals at Quarles & Brady, LLP, 300 N. LaSalle St., Chicago on March 6.