Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty Participates in Luxury Real Estate Conference

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1290188217Huntington, NY - November 19, 2010. Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty (DGSIR), one of the nation's leading realtors, recently participated in the 6th Annual Sotheby's International Realty Leadership Forum. This dynamic, three-day event provided a unique opportunity for a number of Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty's key executives and managers to network and share best practices with the top brokers, owners and managers of other firms affiliated with Sotheby's International Realty.

"The annual Leadership Forum provides a great value to our firm," said Patricia Petersen, President and CEO of Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty. "It offers the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with an outstanding group of professionals from all over the world, including the transformational role of emerging technologies and social media."

Accompanying Patricia Petersen to the Leadership Forum were Chief Operating Officer and Vice President Tom Calabrese, Sr. Vice President Marketing and Technology James P. Retz, Sr. Vice President and Regional Manager Angela Anderson, Sr. Vice President and Regional Manager Carol Tintle, Sr. Vice President and Cold Spring Harbor Sales Manager Nancy Carlin, Vice President, Regional Director & Co-Sales Manager, Manhasset Deirdre O'Connell and Laura Zambratto and Bonnie Williamson, who both serve as Associate Directors of the Upper Tier Marketing Program.

Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty, which has offices in communities along the North Shore of Long Island, offers exclusive Sotheby's International Realty marketing, advertising and referral services designed to attract well-qualified buyers to the firm's property listings. In addition, the firm and its clients benefit from an association with the Sotheby's auction house, which promotes real estate referral opportunities with auction house clientele.

As a Sotheby's International Realty affiliate, the firm also has the unique ability to refer its real estate clientele to the auction house for jewelry, art, unique furniture and collectible appraisal services. Property listings from Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty also are marketed on the sothebysrealty.com global Web site, as well as on the firm's local Web site, www.danielgale.com and http://www.facebook.com/DGSIR.

"The Leadership Forum is a very effective tool for bringing together our network members from all over the world with the common goal of sharing their own unique experiences," said Michael R. Good, chief executive officer, Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC. "This year's conference, our largest ever, provided a brand update and presentations on competing in today's luxury market and leveraging new technologies in real estate marketing."

Founded in 1922, Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty consistently leads the nation in achieving one of the highest average sales prices in the country. Voted Best Residential Real Estate Company in the Long Island Business News annual readership poll, Daniel Gale Sotheby's is a billion dollar plus organization with close to 600 sales associates in 21 sales offices spanning Long Island. Services include an award-winning Relocation Center, a New Homes division, a Condominium Group, a Commercial Division; Ambassador Abstract, a full-service title company, and a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage affiliation.

Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty has been the exclusive Sotheby's International RealtyR affiliate for Long Island's North Shore since 1976. Over the course of this relationship, Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty has gained exceptional national and international recognition, including taking top honors worldwide for the past several years. Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty is on the Regents Board of "Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate," a global network of leading real estate companies and active in both Real Trends and The Realty Alliance (some of the real estate industry's most influential companies with participation "by invitation only"). More information may be obtained at www.danielgale.com and http://www.facebook.com/DGSIR.