RE BarCamp Virginia “Big Announcement” Gets Leaked Ahead of Time

One of the highlights of RE BarCamp Virginia was supposed to be a big announcement as to who was hired as NAR's Social Media Manager. Many of us, including local and state Realtor associations, were told that RE BarCamp Virginia had the honor of making the announcement and we all acted upon what was told to us.

Unfortunately, the announcement was intentionally made ahead of time – for what reason, I don't know. For details, check out this post over at VAR buzz.

Nevertheless, RE BarCamp Virginia will still be packed with lots of hands on training, labs, tips and tricks, peer-to-peer learning and networking. I'll be there on Monday, 3/2 for the group dinner and happy hour starting at 5:00pm as well as the actual event on Tuesday, 3/3. See you there!

RE BarCamp Virginia Brings Lots of Knowledge, Big Annoucements

RE BarCamp Virginia, a peer-to-peer event for Realtors who want to hone their social media skills, is almost here! It's being held at the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors on March 3, 2009. The seats have all been RSVP'd and there's a waiting list - and for good reasons.

Why all the fuss?

Since RE BarCamp Virginia is a peer-to-peer event, the more experienced and more knowledgeable your peers in attendance are, the more everyone gets out of it. The list of attendees this year is bigger than ever - the knowledge being shared, the lessons that will be learned and the announcements being made are all huge!

There are folks flying in from all parts of the country (even as far as California) and include successful Realtors, Realtor Association execs/staff, social media heavy-hitters and reps from companies such as Altos Research, Onboard Informatics and ML Broadcast.

The amount of talent and information that will be together at one time is amazing. Everyone should walk out of RE BarCamp Virginia better at what they do than before they walked in.

As for one of the announcements…

NAR has hired a social media director and will be making the announcement as to who it is at RE BarCamp Virginia. Since Daniel Rothamel and Ben Martin are currently stable and happy at their jobs, it won't be either of them (sad yet, happy at the same time). But I do hope that it's someone at least remotely as capable and independent-thinking as either of them or the others coming to RE BarCamp Virginia.

Looking forward to seeing old and new faces at RE BarCamp Virginia next month!

P.S. If you're on Facebook, check out the RE Bar Camp Virginia Facebook event page.