3 NAR Midyear Sessions RE Techies Shouldn’t Miss

Will you be attending the National Association of REALTORS® Midyear conference this week? If so, there are plenty of great sessions planned. You can see them all here; however, we've selected just a few sessions that seem to focus on real estate technology that we recommend you all check out. If you attend one of these sessions, please get in touch and share your comments.

1) Protecting The Value of Your Data

Thursday, May 17, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Maryland Suite

Join REALTOR.com® for a discussion on data, its proper usage in advertising for home sellers, home buyers, social sites and mobile - and what REALTOR.com® is doing to help safeguard data from cyber-attacks and illegitimate use.

Meet the Speaker: Curt Beardsley

2) A Day in the Life of a Mobile Agent: A Joint Business Technology & Information Systems Forum and Professional Development Forum

Thursday, May 17, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Blue Room

We will focus on the key mobile applications that make it possible for a REALTOR® to successfully conduct a paperless business. Our presenter will illustrate how specific apps can be used to:

• Effectively create and deliver a listing presentation,
• Gather property information,
• Store documents with ease of accessibility,
• Take notes that sync wirelessly between devices,
• Sign forms electronically and deliver them simultaneously,
• Calculate mortgages,
• Store and edit photos,
• Annotate documents,
• Complete contracts electronically and open a variety of documents types from any mobile device without ever having to download.

She will conclude her presentation by sharing with the audience several of her favorite apps.

Meet the Speaker: Krisstina Wise

3) Recharge Your Marketing Tools -- Today! Marketing Forum

Friday, May 18, 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Marriott Ballroom Salon 3

A panel of your colleagues will identify a variety of no and low cost tools that you can immediately implement to be more productive and efficient. They will provide hands on demonstrations of how you can easily access these tools and harness their power to generate leads and turn referrals into listings, and help differentiate yourselves from the competition. Attendees will be encouraged to download, access and customize these tools on your mobile devices and implement them during the forum.

Meet the Speaker(s): Robert Bailey, Nobu Hata e-PRO, SFR, Alex Milshteyn ABR, GRI, Ernie Graham