Things We Love

It’s Valentine’s Day and we can’t think of a better time to share some of the things we adore and love.

We love our volunteers. Our volunteers all have full time “day jobs” and have dedicated countless hours of their time brainstorming, researching and planning to make the 2011 Seattle reBarCamp worth attending and participating.   As one of the volunteers, I can tell you it’s been a lot of fun working with this amazing group…and there is a lot of work that take place “behind the scenes”.   Please take a moment and check out our volunteers on the right sidebar and show them some love.

We love our sponsors.   Let’s face it, without their financial support, this event would not be free to attend.  Not only is this year’s event back at the NW Rooms of the Seattle Center, because of all of our sponsors, we will be able to make a nice donation to a great local charity, Solid Ground.    We love that too!

We love you.  Seattle reBarCamp returns to Seattle for the fourth time on March 3 because of you!  Thanks so much for tweeting about the event and using #rebcsea and for promoting us with  your blog post and on Facebook.   We have almost 600 people signed up to participate at this one of a kind event from all over the west coast.   For some it will be their first reBarCamp experience and others are returning.   Not only will there be a lot of peer to peer learning and sharing taking place, many will be networking and developing new relationships that will last beyond reBarCamp.

We look forward to seeing you all participating in the sessions and to making it a great day.

A Word from One of Our Sponsors: Natalie Danielson with Clockhours

Natalie is not only a sponsor, she’s also been a volunteer for Seattle RE BarCamp for the past couple years.   Thanks again, Natalie, for your continued support and all you do to make this event extra special!

Our sponsors have allowed this event remain free to attendees this year. Please be sure to show your appreciation and check out Natalie’s video above and her continuing education business, Professional Directions at www.clockhours.com.    You can also follow Natalie on Twitter at www.twitter.com/clockhours

Thanks, Natalie!

How Can You Help?

We’re less than two months away from Seattle RE BarCamp and it’s fantastic that people are coming foward wanting to help with this event.   RE Barcamp is not a company or any organization, it’s built and run by volunteers.   The planning committee has been meeting for the past several months getting the nuts and bolts together for the 2011 event in Seattle.   We can always use more help!

If you would like to get involved to make this event great, here’s a few ideas:

• Spread the word! Write a blog post, share that you’re attending on Facebook, tweet it up (be sure to include #rebcsea), post a flyer in your office, talk to your co-workers and other real estate professionals.   We want to make sure that everyone knows about Seattle RE BarCamp who might want to attend (and/or sponsor)!   PS:  Let us know if you write a post about Seattle RE Barcamp – we would love to retweet it for you.
• Keep a look out for potential sponsors.   Sponsorship is only $250 and we simply cannot have enough!  Our much appreciated sponsors keep this event FREE and if there are any left-over proceeds, they will go to a great charity, Solid Ground.
• Come ready to participate. RE BarCamps are not classes where someone teaches or lectures about a specific topic while you sit back in your seat.   Don’t get me wrong, you will learn plenty however participation is expected by those who attend.    Don’t be shy — share what you know and ask questions.

Suggestions? Ideas? How can you help?  Let us know – we are all ears!