The Date has been set for the 2nd Annual Salt Lake City RE BarCamp

Set your watch and mark your calendar for May 25th, 2010 9AM – 4PM

RE Bar Camp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment.

It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

Cost is $3 or 2 Cans of Food, all money and food will be donated to the Utah Food Bank.

Check out the survey notes from last year. 100% of the respondents said they would attend again.

Register NOW!

Those guys on the organizing team Ben Clark, Andrew Stone and Clay Winder.

Don’t forget to check out the sponsors

Based on the results of the survey the camp was a success.

On a scale of 1-5 we had no 1 or 2 in any question and we had a 3 twice in both questions.

95% were either satisfied or very satisfied with the event

95% were either satisfied or very satisfied with the facilities

100% would attend another

64% would be glad to pay $5-10

Some of the comments were

More details

More agenda upfront

Wanted to go to all classes but couldn’t

liked the interactivity

Some folks were looking for a more hands on approach to topics

Break sessions into a 101and 201 type for beginners and those more advanced

Stayed tuned for more info

Based on the feedback I am getting a great time was had by all. I will let you in on a secret, it is easy when you get great help. Lots of big hip hip hoorays to the organizing team, Ben Clark, Andrew Stone, Clay Winder.

A very special thank you to the sponsors, especially those that traveled without you there was no barcamp.

All of our sponsors were awesome, our presenters brought in some awesome stuff.

Stay tuned for some follow up sessions that will be scheduled. We will post info, summaries and web sites that were mentioned.

Borrowed from RE Barcamp CHI

RE Barcamp Salt Lake is an unconference with no fixed curriculum.

We will meet in one large room, sectioned off into several semi-distinct areas. Each areas will be home to discussions to be decided and determined by the group. For example, folks interested in discussing video will be off in one area, people interested in lead conversion for Social Marketing will be in another area, and so forth.

The Law of Two Feet applies. If you don’t like the discussion in your area, move on to another one.

Or start your own.

If you are coming from afar and need  aplace to stay right next door is a brand new Hyatt next door.

9685 South Monroe Street

SANDY UT 84070

801-304-5700 

Hyatt Summerfield Suites Salt Lake City/Sandy

RE BarCamp is a fabulous FREE day of sharing and learning.

What makes a BarCamp the best event you’ll attend this year? YOU set the agenda. YOU come to learn and to share only the things YOU are interested in!

The main focus of the Salt Lake BarCamp on June 5th is Social Media & Technology.

Topics Include:

• Blogging
• Twitter
• You Tube
• Facebook
• Search Engine Optimization
• Podcasting
• Web Marketing
• Google
• and MORE!

Come learn about the tools and technologies successful agents are using in this economy. Have YOU found a tool or strategy that has helped your business? Come share it with a group of people EAGER to listen!

BarCamp is:

• fun
• interactive
• fulfilling
• exciting
• refreshing
• eye-opening
• motivating
• inspiring
• powerful
• FREE

You can’t afford NOT to come to this FREE event if you want your business to thrive like never before, even in this economy!

There will be a wide variety of topics and no hard selling of products or services. This is about SHARING information so that we can all take our businesses to the next level. Recent BarCamps in Phoenix, LA, New York and many other major markets have had as many as 50 or more sessions, all within 1 amazing day of opportunity.

RE Bar Camps are FREE for attendees. There are prizes and giveaways. Lunch will be provided for AT LEAST the first 100 who register, so don’t delay!

Register NOW at www.rebarcamp.com/slc/rsvp/

DATE: Friday, June 5th, 2009

TIME: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

PLACE: Salt Lake Board of Realtors Campus 
230 W. Towne Ridge Parkway, #200 
Sandy, UT 8407

Anyone who has ANYTHING to do with a Real Estate Transaction is invited to attend. Again, this is FREE. All we ask is that you register.

Way to go Doug. 

Remember boys and girls this is a FREE event

So sign up today RSVP Tell a friend, bring a friend.

PS we are looking for volunteers.

It seems they have not reached any real popularity here in Salt Lake, there are handful people that are changing that. Hopefully we can inspire and open the eyes of the Real Estate Community here.  Although Salt Lake is a pretty tech savvy city, I think the Real Estate community has fallen behind.

In 2008 there were two RE Bar Camps, in 2009 there are 20 in various phases and should expect to see a couple more.

Don’t forget to register today. To find a RE Bar Camp near you  go to www.ReBarCamp.com

Todd’s brief history.

As soon as I hit “publish” on this post, I’ll be emailing many of the other volunteers on the RE BarCamp movement to solicit their experiences, news, and opinions as well. Hopefully they will speak up in the comments.

A year ago, I was just hoping our San Fransisco event would go off well enough to do it again in 2009.  By the time it was over, we had a movement on our hands.

How RE BarCamp has evolved:

San Francisco, 2008 – Andy Kaufman thought this whole thing up. Our first event went off at the end of July, 2008. We initially were hoping for at least 50 people, and ended up getting closer to 200. The attendance, buzz and feedback from this event gave us the momentum to spread the RE BarCamp movement beyond the bay area.

Houston, 2008 – Mike Price took over the reigns and oganized a camp in Houston in late October. This event proved not only that this event can stand alone, but also that it does not have to be completely tech focused. Innovative real estate topics were covered, tech and non-tech related.

New York 2009 – Inman News was so impressed by the San Francisco event that they offered up space to host RE BarCamp onsite at Inman Connect NY. Daniel Rothamel organized the event in a short amount of time and the first of many RE BarCamps for 2009 were launched.

Seattle 2009 – Zillow not only hosted the Seattle camp, they marketed it heavily to local Seattle Realtors. Active Rain took a large role in organizing this event as well. With over 200 attendees, I think we all could see that these events were going to be just as huge at the local level as they are nationally.

Virgina 2009 – The Virginia Association of REALTORS adopted RE BarCamp in creating this event. The Virginia association has long been bloging focused thanks largely to REBC organizor, Ben Martin, and an active base of blogging agents within the state.

Los Angeles 2009 – I think the unique aspect of this event is that it was the first of 2009 that reflected the independent organization of the Houston event. No associations or commercial interests hosting the event. No Inman to piggy back on. Yet, over 200 people showed up. This event proved RE BarCamp is viable as a stand alone event without third party backing.

All of this sets the sets the stage for the rest of 2009.

This week, two more independent events will go off on the same day. Portland and Phoenix are running simultaneously on the 23rd. Charlotte, Denver and Philadelphia are on deck for May. Chicago, Salt Lake and Boston are set for June. Virginia Beach is set for mid-July.

As San Fransisco kicks off on Aug 4th, we will have organized 15 RE BarCamps! But that’s not the end of it. Events are in the works for Columbus, Lynchburg, Miami, Washington DC, Vancouver, and Cancun. Yes, I really did say Cancun. RE BarCamp is going international. In November, NAR will host RE BarCamp at the San Diego Convention Center during it’s annual convention.

Come and join us. Sign Up Today

We will be covering things like social networking, video, blogging and other tech tools for the real estate industry.

Did I mention it was FREE?