Real Estate Bar Camp Charlotte #REBCClt

Coming up June 11th is a free Real Estate conference focused on technology used in Real Estate. It is called a Real Estate Bar Camp. The first event last year had about 200 agents from across North and South Carolina in attendance. This year’s event will be held at the Superior School of Real Estate facility. You will find a website with lot of details at the end of this post.

If you have never attended a Bar Camp here is a brief description. Typically, as is with this Bar Camp, the event is free to participants. A Bar Camp is an Un-Conference, meaning there is no set agenda of topics before everyone arrives at the site. At the beginning of the event anyone in attendance can stand up and “pitch” an idea such as leading a discussion on the use of Twitter for Real Estate, a discussion on hot mobile applications or using Facebook for Real Estate. Whatever the hot topics are at the time typically get pitched. As each pitch is announced and briefly explained the idea is written on a large post-it note and posted on the wall at the front of the room. If I remember correctly from last year, there were about 15 potential ideas for break-out sessions posted on the wall when all pitches had been concluded. After all pitches are finished, the participates at the event will make a mark with a magic marker on each break out post-it note they find of interest. The top ideas are assigned to the 3 break out rooms, for the next 3 hours, 1 hour for each session, and off we go for the day. The person who pitched the idea doesn’t necessarily have to be the leader of the discussion but often they are. An important note: these break-out sessions should be discussions not presentations. The same process happens after lunch.

As a participates I think you will REALLY like this format because you set the agenda based on what you want to learn not what someone else determines you need to learn. Be prepared for an open discussion format where you participate in the discussion sharing your thoughts on the topic.

RSVP ASAP at http://rebarcamp.com/charlotte/ .
Also a HUGE thank you to our sponsors so far. This event can not be free to agents with out the support of our sponsors. Superior School of Real Estate, CURE, MRIS, and Davis Farrell IDX.

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