The doorways to KW’s Mega Agent Camp 2024 will swing open on Monday, Aug. 12, welcoming in actual property brokers from throughout the nation and past. Because the trade’s main agent schooling and coaching occasion, MAC facilities on mainstage conversations with greater than 120 top-producing brokers from throughout KW, who share the within scoop on their success. With so many highly effective panelists, which means there’s lots to absorb over only a few days. And since MAC received’t be returning to Austin subsequent 12 months, that is the summer season to discover the guts of the capital metropolis. Comply with our result in learn to profit from MAC24.
Take (and Share) Notes
Data saturation is actual. It may be particularly onerous to tempo your self at a conference or convention, when audio system and panelists have a lot action-oriented info to impart. Jay Papasan, KW’s vp of strategic content material and co-author of The ONE Factor, suggests utilizing his TIPSS framework to keep away from “conference letdown.”
Jay says taking notes by hand is the gold commonplace, however nonetheless you like to take down info, writing helps you synthesize what you hear and will increase retention, even when you by no means seek the advice of your notes once more.
Since you may’t be all over the place directly, it may also be useful to accomplice with associates out of your workforce or market heart to share notes. If everybody chooses a unique panel to cowl and posts their notes on a shared drive, nobody misses out. Sharing notes can result in sharing ways and techniques, which helps you construct rapport with different brokers, whereas additionally discovering aha’s you will have missed.
Jay recommends setting apart time after a giant occasion to consolidate your key takeaways, and turning an extended record of could-do objects into a brief record of motion objects that can make the largest affect in your small business. While you get dwelling from MAC, time block your high precedence and get began on it ASAP. By taking fast motion, you’ll transfer previous procrastination to expertise a way of progress and the satisfaction of realizing your money and time have been properly spent.
Feed Physique and Soul
Working on empty at a giant occasion is rarely a good suggestion, so it’s clever to plan forward in terms of meals. This 12 months’s CEO Summit, hosted by Gary Keller, opens MAC24 and runs from midday to five p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12. With 5 hours of can’t-miss dialog on the docket between Gary and particular visitors Jason Dorsey, Brittany Hodak, Shawn Stevenson, and Kindra Corridor, you’ll wish to go in fueled up – and convey snacks!
On Tuesday and Wednesday, primary stage classes begin on the early facet – at 8 a.m. – so it’s value getting a head begin or pre-ordering your morning espresso for pick-up in or close to your lodge. Lengthy lunch breaks (Tuesday, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., and Wednesday, midday – 2:30 p.m.) imply you might have time to eat onsite and discover the exhibit corridor, or to schedule a lunch date out and about. Onsite meals vans will embody native purveyors Chi’Lantro (Korean barbecue-inspired dishes), Shawarma Level (fashionable, wholesome Mediterranean), and I Juan Tacos (sufficient mentioned).
The Austin Conference Middle is positioned within the coronary heart of downtown, so there are quite a few culinary selections close by. In case you’re a foodie, try Eater Austin for restaurant suggestions by location, together with downtown, central east, and Rainey Road choices inside strolling distance or a brief rideshare away. Town’s downtown eating places are in style, so you’ll want to make reservations when you may.
Outings and walk-and-talk conferences may be an effective way to get to know your colleagues, and Austin’s downtown gives loads of stroll-worthy locations. If warmth isn’t any deterrent, you may stroll the hike and bike path that traces the shores of Girl Fowl Lake, or stroll the town’s 2nd Road District boutiques. When you’re over that approach, snap a selfie with the long-lasting Willie Nelson statue exterior of the Austin Metropolis Limits Dwell music venue. You may as well drop in on the world-class, Lake Flato-designed Austin Central Library to absorb the view from the rooftop butterfly backyard.
Bat watching in Austin is a factor. When the primary stage classes shut at MAC, discover a spot alongside the Congress Avenue Bridge at nightfall and await North America’s largest inhabitants of Mexican free-tailed bats to take to the skies for his or her night meal. You may as well take within the views on a riverboat tour or schedule a night kayak tour, the place you’re certain to be in good firm; bat-watching is Austin’s hottest vacationer attraction.
On Wednesday, KW’s Cultural Summit serves because the capstone to Mega Agent Camp. Created and led by Mo Anderson, former president and CEO of Keller Williams, Cultural Summit celebrates the mission, imaginative and prescient, and values that drive and information our firm. Mo can be joined onstage by KWRI’s Wendi Harrelson and John Clidy to highlight people who’ve made a distinction by recognizing the private facet of enterprise and demonstrating tradition in motion. Come prepared to listen to inspiring tales of struggles and challenges, and the ability of compassion and help to deepen connections and alter lives.
Plan Forward and Tempo Your self
In relation to a multi-day occasion, it may be tempting to over-commit. It’s a good suggestion to check the MAC agenda earlier than your journey and resolve what you don’t wish to miss – each at MAC and farther afield. Make sure that to think about time for relaxation and networking, and contemplate the recommendation of Martha Small, a luxurious agent with Austin Portfolio Actual Property. Martha suggests doing advance outreach to brokers who work in places which might be of curiosity to you, then scheduling a get-together throughout MAC to attach and construct out your mind belief and referral community.
After all, don’t neglect the fundamentals. Enterprise playing cards (Sure, we nonetheless use them!), moveable gadget chargers, a bag or backpack you may carry all day, a water bottle, and comfortable strolling footwear are non-negotiables. The conference heart spans six metropolis blocks, so contemplate the place to compromise on model in favor of practicality and luxury. Be ready for the temperature differential between air-conditioned areas and the warmth of a Texas summer season. A light-weight jacket or sweater you may simply shed exterior generally is a life-saver when the AC is cranking indoors.
Dive Into Studying
As Gary Keller mentioned, “Training is rarely over for professionals.” The way in which he sees it, MAC is the singular most essential occasion you may attend to learn how to do your best possible in a tricky market. Studying from high execs and connecting with different brokers at MAC can assist you reignite your love of actual property and recommit to your targets.
Mega Agent Camp 2024 takes place Aug. 12-15, in Austin, Texas, and is open to all KW brokers and associates, and their invited visitors.
