RETechSouth - the sudden conference
retechsouth conference site
Matt Fagioli and I met at several Inman Connect conferences, and we both loved it. Matt wanted to promote real estate technology in his hometown Atlanta, and his conference project entered planning stages. But one comes to the realization that if you haven't done a conference before, planning one seems ethereally simple - find a venue, set a date and invite people. Introduce Brad Nix to the mix only last week, and the sudden RETechSouth conference happens.
Matt and Brad are leveraging affiliate marketing databases, local Realtor associations and their networks to virally market RETechSouth to their Atlanta community. Their mission is admirable - it's being produced to educate and excite the community about the paradigm shifts happening in real estate - and that's an important theme to support.
I give both Matt and Brad a lot of credit for producing their first annual RETechSouth because they just did it. And their commitment is tangible - within one week they have a fine website and video up. Brad mirrors his philosophy to action with his current post Reading about Real Estate 2.0 is not enough. The best thing about Real Estate 2.0 is meeting the Real Estate 2.0 devotees in real life.
These impromptu conferences should be happening all over North America... they energize the moribund local real estate communities...
Addendum: Here are a few more examples of enterprising Web 2.0 / social media devotees developing forums in their hometowns:
Unchained developed by Greg Swann and Brian Brady
Vancouver Real Estate Tech Meetup organized by Ubertor
4Realzed workshops by Dustin Luther
Todd Carpenter alerted me to the following real estate 2.0 conferences (posted at Carnival of Real Estate site):
- Virginia Real Estate BloggerCon 2.0 - March 4th, 2008
- Denver - Web 2.0 and Blogging Classes at the Realtor Rally - March 3rd, 2008
Person Todd Carpenter
Right click for SmartMenu shortcuts
Pat,
Thanks for the nod... It really is fascinating to watch out quickly Matt and Brad are pulling this together. It's beautiful to watch!
Reply to this
Pat
Looking forward to meeting you face to face, as they say, and hearing your presentation at the conference.
Tom
Reply to this
Can't wait to see you guys in Atlanta. Re Tech South is getting so much attention. We're blown away at how much demand there is in Atlanta for web 2.0 knowledge and collaboration.
Be blessed, Matt
Reply to this