{"id":6092,"date":"2025-07-23T09:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=6092"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:58:20","slug":"certified-master-dealer-registration-closes-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/certified-master-dealer-registration-closes-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Certified Master Dealer registration closes today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time is running out to register for one of the remaining seats for the Certified Master Dealer training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deadline to register for the elite dealer training is 5 p.m. CT on Wednesday, July 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CMD program returns in August, with a pair of unique sessions tailored to the BHPH and retail sectors of the used vehicle industry. Registration is underway for both sessions at <a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/RichardGreene\/NIADA%20Dropbox\/Richard%20Greene\/Communications\/Dashboard%20Weekly%20(AKA-Daily%20Independent)\/2025\/07%20July\/Week%203\/Articles\/niada.com\/certified-master-dealer\/\">niada.com\/certified-master-dealer\/<\/a>. The BHPH section is Aug. 4-7 at the DFW Airport Marriott in Grapevine, Texas. The retail section is Aug. 11-14 at the Airport Marriott in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discounts of 50 percent off the registration are available for the 2025 NIADA Convention attendees, 20 Groups members and current CMDs. For the discount code and eligibility, contact John Dismukes, <a href=\"mailto:john@niada.com\">john@niada.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alums of the program include several National Quality Dealer of the Years, including 2015 honoree Darla Booher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u201cI\u2019ve attributed the certified master dealer as probably the smartest thing I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d Booher said. \u201cThe course helped me to grow my dealership. Quite frankly, I don\u2019t know if I would be in business right now if I had not taken the CMD course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BHPH Certified Master Dealer program is for dealers who have BHPH\/LHPH operations of wide-ranging portfolios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Retail Certified Master Dealer program is for dealers who do not participate in Buy-Here-Pay-Here. They retail vehicles to consumers and may or may not also have a consumer-facing service department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both courses require six hours of continuing education per calendar year. The Qualifying Continuing Education includes:<br>\u2022 State association seminars<br>\u2022 NIADA bootcamps<br>\u2022 NIADA webinars<br>\u2022 NIADA led convention sessions<br>\u2022 NIADA led BHPH Dealer Forum sessions<br>\u2022 NIADA led state convention sessions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The registration costs are:<br>NIADA Members: $4,795<br>Nonmembers: $5,395<br>CMD Dealers: $2,397<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a complete review of the curriculum for the Certified Master Dealer course, click <a href=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/curriculum-announced-for-cmd-retail-bhph-courses\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Time is running out to register for one of the remaining seats for the Certified Master Dealer training.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[44,3,8,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-best-practices","category-industry","category-niada-news","category-training","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}