Following #Midyear (Wrapping Up)

As you know, I’ve been following the NAR Midyear conference on the Internet from California, since I couldn’t make it to Washington D.C. (You can read my posts from Tuesday and Wednesday.) Since we got such a great response to my first two articles, I’m continuing my coverage today – combining Thursday and Friday to wrap up the conference.

On Twitter
I woke up early on Thursday and watched with my cup of coffee as the Tweets flew past me. The big news under the #Midyear hashtag that day was the REALTOR® Rally. Here are some of those Tweets and others about the conference.

• REALTOR® Magazine @realtormag: NAR's Lawrence Yun: First quarter of this year was the best for real estate in five years. #Midyear
• NAR Midyear @narmidyear: Almost 8000 #REALTORS attending the virtual #realtorrally! Tune in now at http://www.realtorrally.org #Midyear
• Chris Nichols @utahREpro: #realtorrally starting to fill up! #midyear http://instagr.am/p/Kunc3bzH_l/

• Brian Copeland @NashvilleBrian: I've got the #realtorrally BACKSTAGE pass for you. Check it all out at #midyear live http://bit.ly/JMTR1e
• Pam MacConnell @PamMacC: "If real estate is your profession, then politics is your business.". Dale Stinton. Thousands of Realtors proving that today. #midyear
• nobuhata @nobuhata: "Housing is the answer to where we are and where we are going to go." #realtorrally #midyear
• Chris Nichols @utahREpro: "You are the architects of the American Dream" - NAR President Moe Veissi to the #realtorrally crowd at #midyear
• LawBOR @LawBOR: 10,000 to 13,000 REALTORS Rally to Protect the American Dream. #midyear http://pic.twitter.com/RDab59JL

• Stephanie Baldwin @depmodechick: Every1 at #realtorrally was given keys to be collected & dumped onto desks of Congress. Homeownership matters! #realtorrally #Midyear
• Chris Nichols @utahREpro: Updated Park Service #realtorrally count as of 10:45 we have 13,000! #midyear
• NAR Midyear @narmidyear: #realtorrally recap here > http://live.blogs.realtor.org/2012/05/17/live-from-the-realtor-rally-with-brian-copeland/ #Midyear
• NicholasTKnight @NicholasTKnight: The Realtors are back from their Rally on the Capitol. Meanwhile the Exhibitors are ready for their arrival. #midyear
• NAR Midyear @narmidyear: Hear from your NAR President post-rally: http://youtu.be/ASIa6lFKTCw #Midyear #realtorrally

• leighbrownremax @leighbrownremax: Discussing the next Realtor Code of Ethics cycle starting jan 2013. Y'all check and do this one before dec 31 2012! #midyear
• leighbrownremax @leighbrownremax: Social media behaviour a hot ethics topic #midyear
• NAR Research @NAR_Research: Snapshot: NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, from #Midyear Residential Forum, 5/17/12 http://www.slideshare.net/NarRes/snapshot-nar-profile-of-home-buyers-and-sellers
• Ashley Smith @Ashley_Realtor: Curt Beardsley of @REALTORdotcom - "90% of the data in the world was created in the last 2 years". #Midyear
• Chris Nichols @utahREpro: Featured by Apple as an innovator for her use of the iPad in her brokerage, @krisstinawise is going to share some amazing tips at #midyear
• ArkansasRealtors @ArkRealtors: Photo Collage from NAR Mid-Year Meetings http://www.ArkansasRealtors.com/news/photo-collage-from-nar-mid-year-meetings via @ArkRealtors #midyear
• The GoodLife Team @GoodLifeTeam: @utahrepro: "Check out the video Apple did on @krisstinawise using iPad" http://ow.ly/aYYDN #midyear [What is ur fav app in the preso?]
• Chris Nichols @utahREpro: The Good Life Team uses Evernote for too many reasons to list in a 140 character tweet! You should use it too! - @krisstinawise #midyear
• Chris Nichols @utahREpro: Huge ovation for @krisstinawise as she finally takes a breath at the end of her presentation! #midyear
• Jay Thompson @PhxREguy: Today's Realtor Rally in photos. http://live.blogs.realtor.org/2012/05/17/realtor-rally-in-photos/ #midyear #realtorrally
• Chris Beadling @ChrisBeadling: Wow @BarackObama just tweeted about real estate policy. Guess that little gathering in his backyard had an impact @narmidyear #midyear
• Shannon W. King @shannonwking: Marketing Forum awesome tip from @nobuhata drop your listing PDFs into http://prezi.com to stand out #Midyear
• ChasREALTORS @ChasREALTORS: Tech tools are great, but don't forget tried and true old fashioned marketing. Join boards, community orgs, attend fundraisers #midyear
• REALTOR® Magazine @realtormag: NAR Research: "Echo Boomers" are a long-term opportunity for the housing market, but are struggling in the economic crisis. #Midyear
• NAR Research @NAR_Research: Housing and Economic Forecast Brightens #Midyear http://bit.ly/Jcys47
• ABQWaylon @ABQWaylon: The average #REALESTATE agent only has 2 or 3 sources of leads. #CRS via @FrankSerio #leadgeneration #Midyear
• REALTOR® Magazine @realtormag: NAR Professional Standards Committee put copyright issue front and center: http://ow.ly/b0sJ0 #Midyear
• Kerri Hartnett @kerrisellshomes: #Realestate in America is more global than you think #midyear

In the Blogosphere
Social media isn’t the only place blowing up with Midyear news! There are also quite a few blogs on the topic. Here are a few I recommend:

• Straight from the source (NAR)! http://live.blogs.realtor.org/
• Clareity Consulting: http://www.callclareity.com/nar2011midyear/index.cfm

In the News

• Realtors® Raise Awareness at Real Estate Rally
• Authentisign Rolls Out Five Great New Features for REALTORS®

More About Midyear
If you're interested in learning more, we recommend the conference website: http://www.realtor.org/midyear.nsf/