Ever wonder what the small badge icons next to your user name mean? Here's an explanation. 

We honor our members who make special contributions to the community and those who have made a commitment to continuing education by completing a commonground University course. Look for these badges next to members' usernames:

 commonground Executive Committee Members: 

The commonground Executive Committee (CEC) is a select group of experts who have committed to providing ongoing input and feedback to help make the community the best it can be. Each member of the CEC not only routinely shares expertise and insights with the community on the industry’s most pressing topics, but also provides invaluable counsel about how we can build commonground into a community that serves its members as efficiently and effectively as possible.

commonground Bloggers:

Environmental due diligence experts and property leaders provide many insightful view points on emerging commercial and residential real estate trends, news, and best practices impacting environmental due dilligence on a global scale in the robust commmonground Blogs area. Are you interested in blogging on commonground? Submit a request. We are currently looking for bloggers in the sustainability, green building, and environmental compliance sectors of the industry. It would also be great to have a voice from the lending and corporate risk perspectives. 

commonground University Alumnus

Our alumni have successfully completed one ore more of commonground University's three online courses:

Environmental Due Diligence: Principles & Practice

ASTM E1527 Online Course

Property Condition Assessments

Each of our courses were created by dozens of engineers, geologists, appraisers, attorneys, lenders, and professors and offer the best training available in the industry. 

commonground helps you manage your professional reputation. Why is online reputation management important? Companies of any size who manage their reputation successfully can:

1. Drive a positive online reputation within their industry, peers and prospective customers
2. Strengthen their brand within Google search results
3. Establish their brand as an authority and thought leader

Newly established companies benefit from industry exposure and established companies are recognized for their experience.  Individuals gain credibility among their peers, consequently promoting their company’s reputations and making their personal brand more valuable.

Google recently all but announced that Reputation Management is a legitimate part of how a brand is ranked by Google.

The achieved levels below are not only a gold star here on commonground, but also act as a search ranking boost for your personal and company brands.  Simply participate by sharing, rating, posting & inviting and reap the benefits.

So, you are probably wondering how it all works....see below!  Further your reputation and bragging rights on commonground!

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