REBarCamp Phoenix is not like any traditional conference most people have ever been to. In fact, it is billed as an "un-conference" where the agenda is created by the attendees the day of the event.

REBarCamp is FREE and will be held April 23rd at Scottsdale Stadium which is centrally located at 7408 E. Osborn Road (Northeast corner of Osborn and Drinkwater) Scottsdale, AZ 85251. This beautiful venue is a perfect setting where we have over 4000 square feet of available meeting space. "Breakout" sessions will be held in several different rooms where topics can range from:

• Social networking - what and why...
• Blogging (basic to advanced)
• Google Adwords / Pay-Per-Click
• Using Twitter effectively
• SEO strategies
• Podcasting and video blogging
• Link building and the power of inbound links
• Analytics (understanding where your traffic comes from)
• Blog and web site platforms
• Marketing with Statistics
• Baby steps, where and how to get started
• Paperless transactions and mobile technologies

Over the past couple of years, I have met some really great people from the "re.net" and have learned a lot from them. Having attended the very first Real Estate BarCamp in San Francisco and another recently in Seattle, I can tell you this format is an amazing way to connect with people who really know technology and social media, and it is a great way to learn in an open, hands-on environment.

Who should attend? ANYONE in the real estate, mortgage, title or affiliated businesses, people with an interest in technology and social media, business owners, etc, etc.

Why attend? It's fun, FREE and educational. Yes, it's FREE to learn from some of the best in the business.

Who's coming? Our list of attendees is quite impressive and includes some of the best agents and bloggers in the valley. Heck, Russell Shaw and his fantastic real estate "mojo" will be in attendance. We are talking about selling chances to "fire him" to raise money for a local charity. :-) In addition to some seriously talented locals, we have a lot of really amazing people coming from all over the country. If you are an Active Rain user, don't miss The "X-Broker" and the newest additions to their crew in the world famous Dustin Luther and Jim Marks! While Active Rain is a great supporter of BarCamps, it is their community that can help rock these events. Some *really* fun people I know or have met via this network are coming from other states to join us. People like, Lisa Heindel, Amanda Hall and Elaine Hanson are coming to see if Paul Slaybaugh is as crazy "IRL" as he is in cyberspace. (they ain't seen nothin' yet!) Kristal Kraft, Chris Griffith and Ginger Wilcox are a few more that will join us as well! (sorry, I can't list em' all)

Our sponsors:  BarCamps are free to attend but NOT free to put on. There is a TON of work that goes in to pulling this off and we are fortunate to have a great team of organizers working with some amazing sponsors to make this all happen.  Our current list of sponsors is as follows. (BIG thanks to all of them!)

Justin McHood explains who should attend.

Our friends at Dakno Marketing made this really cool map of where BarCamps are being held.

Last, but not least (I could go on for far too long) my friend, Stacey Harmon describes some  Los Angeles BarCamp thoughts.

To read comments from some cool people from the re.net world, check out the responses from my BarCamp post on the Rail Life blog.<--- You won't get 25 points from commenting there like you do on Active Rain but you can see what some cool people like Jeff Turner, Ines at Miamism.com and Joe Ferrara from Sellsius think about these types of events. You can also see the "theme song" for REBarCamp Phoenix as written by Phil Sexton. (see comment #12 on the Rail Life post) Phil has promised to do a live version at BarCamp which is sure to be worth the price of admission!

Please feel free to join all of us at this fun event! Your RSVP is greatly appreciated!

All work and no play? No way! Since BarCamp is Thursday and Technopalooza is Wednesday, it is easy to get a feeling of drinking from a fire hose of information. No fear, we have TWO very fun events scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday nights where some great networking will occur. First up is a "pearing" which will be"socializing, mixing and networking" the night before BarCamp sponsored by redPear! The following night, after BarCamp, we will have "PhxAfterBar" sponsored by PhoenixPowerSearch.com at Salty Senorita. (drawings for door prizes etc!) Check the site for details!

Don't forget to go see the awesome Real Estate BarCamp Theme Song and Music Video that Daniel Rothamel put together. It is one of the best yet!

I hope to see you Thursday at Camp!