Meet Our Speakers

What a crew!  Get ready to learn more than your head can hold.
We have assembled a group of 29 of some of the brightest minds in the business, locked, loaded and ready to teach!

The below are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

Name: Susan Adler
Company: Realtor/Partner, Keller Williams of Essex, Union & Morris Counties
Website: SueAdler.com
Session:  How I Started Over in a New Market and Went to $50M/year in Sales in Just 4 Years!
Time: Room #3, 9:15am PST
Bio: Sue has been the #1 Keller Williams agent in NJ for the past five years, and leads one of the top KW teams in the country, with annual production averaging $50 million in sales in recent years. In 2009, 80% of her team’s business was “repeat”, “referral” or “reputation”.

Name: Brad Andersohn
Company: ActiveRain
Website: ActiveRain.com
Session: Blogging Tips for Beginners
Time: Room #1, 11:15am PST
Bio: Community Manager for ActiveRain.  Brad has over 25 years experience in the Real Estate Industry, and has helped thousands of Industry professionals find solutions to their daily tasks and challenges through the uses of technology and his resources.  Founder of Agent Assist, RE411, and RETechWorld.  Brad is a coach, consultant, and trainer on using Social Media and technology to grow Business and Community.

Name: Teresa Boardman
Company: Saint Paul Home Realty
Website: StPaulRealEstateBlog.com
Session: Flickr.com - The Las Truly Social Network.
Time: Room #4, 9:15am PST
Bio: Teresa Boardman is a Realtor, and licensed Minnesota real estate broker with Saint Paul Home Realty.  She is also a blogger, writer, photographer and speaker.  Although she claims to be anti-social, it is clear that her online social reach is most impressive.

Name: Joel Burslem
Company: 1000 Watt Consulting
Website: 1000WattConsulting.com
Session: Out of the Office and on to the Streets: 15 Ways to Make Your Business Mobile
Time: Room #2, 3:15pm PST
Bio: Joel is a seasoned new media strategist and communications professional and joins 1000watt with over 10 years of experience in consumer marketing, public relations and Internet marketing.  He is founder of the Future of Real Estate Marketing, one of the oldest and most widely read real estate blogs (Compete). Named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Real Estate bloggers in 2007 and 2008, Joel regularly speaks about technology and real estate marketing to audiences across the nation and he is frequently called upon to comment on these subjects by mainstream media like New York Times, BusinessWeek, International Herald Tribune and the Wall Street Journal.

Name: Brad Carroll
Company: Dakno Marketing
Website: Dakno.com
Session: The Value of Adding Posterous.com To Your Online Tool Belt
Time: Room #2, 12:15pm PST
Bio: As the owner of Dakno Marketing and Internet and Technology Coach for CKG International, Brad couples his expertise in online marketing technology with a keen understanding of real estate. A Consultant,Speaker, Innovator, and Business Leader, he currently heads an experienced team of marketers and developers while serving as a personal Web & Marketing Consultant to many of the top speakers, coaches and REALTORS in the industry.

Name: Sherry Chris
Company: Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate
Website: BHGRealEstateBlog.com
Session: Next Generation Brokerage
Time: Room #3, 10:15am PST
Bio: Sherry Chris was appointed President and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC in October 2007. Well known within the real estate industry, Sherry is a frequent speaker at real estate and technology conferences. She has served, and continues to serve, on a number of industry- and technology-related advisory boards, including Trulia and Google Real Estate, and she is a past chairman of The Realty Alliance.

Name: Amy Chorew
Company: The Tech Byte
Website: TheTechByte.com
Session: 5 Things You Need To Know Before Buying A New Laptop
Time: Room #1, 2:15pm PST
Bio: Amy Chorew is a national speaker highly experienced in helping business owners maximize the opportunities that technology offers them. In 2009, Amy became a member of the SMMInstitute to help her client gain the knowledge and tools to move from traditional marketing to Web 2.0 marketing. Amy has created a webinar and coaching series that companies are using to help them thrive in this market.

Name: Jim Cronin
Company: Real Estate Tomato
Website: RealEstateTomato.com
Session: Accompanying Brad Inman and Steve Rosenbaum presentations.
Time: Room #1, 9:15am PST, & Room #4, 3:15pm PST
Bio: President and founder of Real Estate Tomato, Jim Cronin has helped thousands of Realtors develop a superior internet presence. His focus is on personal training, the embrace of social media, and the development of beautiful and powerful blogsites.

Name: Rob Hahn
Company: 7DS Associates
Website: 7DSAssociates.com
Session: Social Media Heresies
Time: Room #4, 2:15pm PST
Bio: Robert Hahn is the Managing Partner of 7DS Associates, a marketing, technology and strategy consultancy focusing on the real estate industry. A veteran of the online world since the pre-Netscape Internet, Robert got into the real estate industry at Realogy, overseeing the interactive marketing and technology for the commercial brand. At 7DS, his focus is on helping clients take an integrated, evidence-driven approach to real estate, combining strategy, marketing, operations, and technology. A frequent speaker at industry events, Robert writes on transformation in the real estate industry, and blogs at 7DS Associates as well as his personal blog, The Notorious R.O.B. You can find him on Twitter: @robhahn.

Name: Ross Hair
Company: eRealEstate.com
Website: eRealEstate.com
Session: Advanced Facebook - How to Use Facebook to Dominate Your Local Real Estate Market (and get MORE Closings)
Time: Room #4, 11:15am PST
Bio: Ross Hair is the Real Estate Advocate and President of eRealEstate.com, a social network for real estate investors and professionals.

Name: Stacey Harmon
Company: Harmon Enterprises
Website: HarmonEnterprises.com
Session:Facebook Tools & Tricks: Separating Personal from Professional
Time: Room #2, 9:15am PST
Bio: Stacey Harmon is Principal of Harmon Enterprises, a consultancy focused on helping clients in the real estate industry develop and deploy digital marketing strategies. She is passionate about social media and loves helping people to get the web and technology working for them.  Her 14 year career in the real estate industry includes roles on both the management and sales side of the business.  Connect with her on Twitter:  @staceyharmon

Name: Brad Inman
Company: Inman News
Website: Inman.com
Session: Forecasts: What is Inman News Predicting?
Time: Room #1, 9:15am PST
Bio: Bradley J. Inman is an entrepreneur, journalist and technology expert. TurnHere is the most recent company to be founded by Mr. Inman, famous for highly-successful Internet content businesses including Inman News and Homegain.com which he sold in 2005 to Classified Ventures.

Name: Matt Johnson
Company: ListingMoves.com
Website: ListingMoves.com
Session:  Using Web Applications To Streamline Your Use of Technology
Time: Room #3, 11:15am PST
Bio: Matt Johnson is the founder and CEO of ListingMoves.com. He is an entrepreneur at heart with a background in sales, financing and real estate investment. He found his true passion in technology about two years ago. Since he was a real estate agent himself, he understands how difficult it is to be successful in the business. He has been working hard towards an online and streamlined real estate solution.

Name: Tara Jones
Company: Reel Productions TV
Website: ReelProductions.tv
Session: Media Marketing
Time: Room #4, 10:15am PST
Bio: Jones is an Emmy™ award winning journalist that has been in the broadcast television industry for 17 years. More than a decade has been reporting and anchoring across the country for ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates including the #1 television station in the country. Tara is also a licensed real estate agent and has now married her two careers into one with Reel Productions TV. As the co-owner and spokesperson for Reel Productions TV, Tara is able to showcase dozens of homes, communities and businesses throughout the country providing an innovative tool that gives unlimited exposure to agent’s listings, builder’s developments and business owner’s dreams.

Name: Pat Kitano
Company: Domus Consulting Group
Website: MediaTransparent.com
Session: Innovative Community Engagement Strategies
Time: Room #3, 3:15pm PST
Bio: Pat Kitano is the founder of the Domus Consulting Group, a consultancy that works with corporations and associations to develop community engagement and social media strategies

Name: Mark Madsen
Company: Raintree Mortgage Services
Website: MyFHAMortgageBlog.com
Session:  Mortgage Professionals - Learn 7 Strategies For Connecting With Agents Online Without Looking Like A Stalker
Time: Room #4, 1:15pm PST
Bio: Social Media and Communications Director for Raintree Mortgage Services in Las Vegas, NV.

Name: Drew Meyers
Company: Zillow
Website: Zillow.com
Session: Online Reputation Management
Time: Room #1, 3:15pm PST
Bio: Drew Meyers is a Business Development Specialist at Zillow.com, managing Zillow’s API program and various online partnerships. A social media marketing enthusiast, he founded the Carnival of Real Estate and Geek Estate Blog. Drew graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in business administration.  Drew is actively engaged in the Real Estate Bar Camp community and organized and moderated REbarcamp Seattle in February 2009. He was also a panelists at Inman NY 2009, speaking about data for real estate websites.

Name: Mike Mueller
Company: Are We Connected
Website: AreWeConnected.com
Session: - 7 Secrets to Facebook Page Success
Time: Room #1, 10:15am PST
Bio: Mike is a former Mortgage Banker, Mortgage Broker turned “Tech Geek” who specializes in Social Media Consulting. He is a builder of engaging Custom Facebook Business Pages, blogs and social media engagement plans for his clients.  Mike writes AreWeConnected.com, a blog dealing with social media and technology as it pertains towards real estate. He publishes articles in the San Francisco Examiner and the BusinessWeek Exchange. AreWeConnected is listed in Alltop and ranked by AdAge. He has been interviewed and quoted in articles for BankRate, Scripps, the San Jose Mercury News and others, (including the front page of The Wall Street Journal for writing mortgage related Haikus).

Name: Nicole Nicolay
Company: MyTechOpinion
Website: MyTechOpinion.com
Session: Nicole & Reggie Talk Twitter Essentials for 2010
Time: Room #2, 10:15am PST
Bio: Nicole is extremely passionate about learning and sharing…and it shows her in writing! As a founder, author and editor at MyTechOpinion.com, she focuses on providing her readers with a comprehensive technology base for the real estate industry. She recognizes the importance of both on and offline marketing strategies for real estate professionals and offers knowledgeable how-to solutions for implementation. In addition, Nicole authored “Twitter for Real Estate Twits”, the only Twitter how-to guide created specifically for teaching real estate professionals how to use Twitter. She is also the originator the “Tweet Plan” which outlines how to maximize your Twitter efforts by becoming your network’s trusted advisor.  Nicole was named one of the 25 Most Influential Bloggers in Real Estate for 2008 by Inman News and one of the Top 12 Women Real Estate Bloggers by Sellsius.

Name: Darin Persinger
Company: Productivity Junkies
Website: ProductivityJunkies.com
Session: The 7 A’s To Building Your Business Online & Offline
Time: Room #2, 11:15am PST
Bio: Darin Persinger is an 11 year veteran in the Real Estate industry with sales, management, leadership and training experience. He was a certified trainer for Keller Williams. He successfully coaches agents one on one. He provides agents with the vital learning tools to be successful in the Real Estate industry both through his writing and in group training classes. Earlier, he was the CEO/Team Leader/Business coach for Keller Williams Madison East. Before that, he was a Regional Manager for Century 21 Affiliated. He has recruited new and experienced agents, trained and coached agents to great levels of success. Before any of that, he tried to make a living as a sponsored wakeboarder.

Name: Jonathan Rivera
Company: Real-TechGuy
Website: Real-TechGuy.com
Session: Jonathan Rivera - How To Leverage The Power Of Social Media In Real Estate
Time: Room #2, 2:15pm PST
Bio: Jonathan is the founder of the Official Real Estate Referral Group on Facebook with over 30,000 Fans.  Using the viral power of Facebook along with savvy internet marketing techniques he’s been able to generate over 500 Real Estate Referrals in 2009.  Jonathan is also the Chief Blogger at Real-TechGuy.com which is a site dedicated to teaching agents how to use new media to get new business.

Name: Steve Rosenbaum
Company: Social Media Dos and Don’ts
Website: SteveRosenbaum.com
Session: Show Me Your Back End: 10 Ways To Lift, Tuck & Firm Up Your Contact Follow Up So Your Front End Takes Care Of Itself
Time: Room #4, 3:15pm PST
Bio: Steve Rosenbaum helps companies large and small integrate a profitable sales, marketing and social media networking strategy.   Current clients include restaurants, builders, authors, financial companies, stocks and options, manufacturers, realtors, attorneys, webmasters, advertising agencies, radio stations, television stations and consumer products companies.

Name: Bernice Ross
Company: Real Estate Coach
Website: RealEstateCoach.com
Session: Seven Serious Social Media Mistakes Most Agents Make
Time: Room #1, 12:15pm PST
Bio: Nationally syndicated columnist, author, trainer, and speaker, Bernice Ross couples her expertise as a Master Certified Coach with 30 years of real estate sales experience. From 1993 to 1997, she served as Executive Director of Training for the 4,000 agent Prudential Jon Douglas Company. With over 400 published articles to her credit, Inman News called Bernice “America’s top real estate coach.” She is the author of “Waging War on Real Estate’s Discounters” plus her latest new book, “Real Estate Dough: Your Recipe for Real Estate Success.” Bernice is also the creator of an exciting new real estate negotiation game called “Real Estate Dough Negotiation.” Visit Bernice’s Luxury Real Estate Blog at LuxuryClues.com.

Name: Glenn Sanford
Company: eXp Realty
Website: eXpRealty.com
Session: The Real Estate Office of the Future, Part II
Time: Room #1, 1:15pm PST
Bio: Entreprenuer / Marketer / Judo Coach / Owner: eXp Realty & Working The Magic LLC and of course an all round Great Guy.

Name: Mike Simonsen
Company: Altos Research
Website: AltosResearch.com
Session: What’s The Market Telling Us? (All new session!)
Time: Room #3, 2:15pm PST
Bio: Michael Simonsen is co-founder and CEO of Altos Research Corp., the premier source of real-time real estate market intelligence for thousands of local markets around the country. The company helps real estate agents and brokers easily reach their clients through innovative local real estate market analytics, reporting, and web tools.

Name: Stefan Swanepoel
Company: Stefan Swanepoel
Website: Swanepoel.com
Session: Social Media Beyond Mainstream: Augmented Reality & More.
Time: Room #4, 12:15pm PST
Bio: Author & Speaker - Real Estate Trends, Business Leadership, Motivational & Social Media. Change, Strategy & Management Consultant.

Name: Jay Thomspon
Company: Thompson’s Realty
Website: PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com
Session: Write Right, Right Now. Get Your Blog On!
Time: Room #2, 1:15pm PST
Bio: Jay is a real estate broker, father, husband and all-around nice guy. He likes to volunteer for what some people consider crazy things–like serving on his Home Owners Association board of directors, or getting on the Town of Gilbert’s Human Relations Commission. Jay even served as a substitute teacher at his kids K-8 school. The kids at the school frequently said he was “the coolest sub ever”. His autograph is highly sought after by students under 9 years old.

Name: Kendra Todd
Company: Kendra Todd Group
Website: KendraTodd.com
Session: The 45-Min Branding Boot Camp: “The Brand Called You”
Time: Room #3, 1:15pm PST
Bio: Apprentice Winner & Host of HGTV’s “My House Is Worth What?

Name: Jeff Turner
Company: Zeek Interactive
Website: Zeek.com
Session: The Lost Art of Listening
Time: Room #3, 12:15pm PST
Bio: Jeff currently serves as President of Zeek Interactive, and is the creative force behind Real Estate Shows. He is also widely-regarded as a thought leader in the area of social media marketing strategy and execution, and a sought after speaker.