Check this out on the 26th about MySpace and Real Estate! Contact Rich for tickets!

SEE RICH'S BLOG FOR MORE INFORMATION WHERE THEY ARE DISCUSSING IT NOW.

http://www.myspace.com/premierlahomes

Rich

Richard B. Lombari Jr.
CRS, GRI, WCR
Broker/Associate (CA & Fl)
Keller Williams Realty
Los Angeles, California
Rich@PremierLAHomes.com
www.PremierLAHomes.com
(800) 693-7990

Rich gave me permission to repost his blog to get the word out, you can visit his blog by clicking on the bulletin flyer. Here is what he said about the event. I died from not being able to go and am now pestering him about if anyone videotaped the event to share with everyone that couldn't...LOL

From Rich's Blog:

Friday, March 28, 2008


My Speaking Engagement with Monica Villasenor

As many of you know, Wednesday I had a speaking engagement for a Woman’s Council of Realtors in Burbank and my MySpace friend, commercial real estate investor/developer/author Monica Villasenor was the Keynote Speaker. The turnout was fantastic and the event a great success.

But the event was not without it’s challenges... especially for Monica.

A few days before the event, Monica emailed me her presentation, which I opened and was working fine. But the evening before the event when I was copying it to my flash drive the file wouldn't open. I let Monica know and she burned it to a cd and brought it with her.

The morning of the event, I tried playing Monica’s cd on my computer, and for some reason, I couldn’t even get it to see the files on her disc. We tried another computer and it worked.... but that computer didn’t have the connector to work with the projector.

So, Monica stepped up to the podium and delivered an amazing presentation without the aid of her PowerPoint presentation. She had the room on the edge of their seats with her tales of challenges encountered and victories won with her Redding, California Condo Conversion project.

What an amazing presentation from a woman who has taken Winston Churchill’s famous quote "Never, Never, Never Give UP" as her motto.

My presentation on Online Social Networking for Realtors was last. The event was scheduled to end at 2:30, but because of our earlier technical difficulties, I wasn’t able to step up to the podium till 2:15. To my surprize, the room was still nearly packed. I had expected/hoped that the crowd would have dwindled to a just a few. This clearly wasnt the case.

I say hoped because this was the largest group I had ever addressed and wasn’t too sure how nervous I’d be and how well I would present. Well, somewhere in about the second sentence... as I looked out into the crowd of friendly eager faces, my nerves disappeared and the performer in me was let loose.

I could see heads nodding agreement and approval... Hands were furiously taking notes... They even laughed where I hoped they would... It really was a golden afternoon for me.

I was asked to cut the presentation brief because we were so behind, but I hope that I was able to reach some agents that hadn’t considered this venue... and the ones that are online, perhaps they got some ideas on how to tweak their pages and techniques for better connections with their friends.

I thank you, my friends for your many encouraging comments as I prepared for what was a life long dream... public speaking.


Rich

Richard B. Lombari Jr.
CRS, GRI, WCR
Broker/Associate (CA & Fl)
Keller Williams Realty
Los Angeles, California
Rich@PremierLAHomes.com
www.PremierLAHomes.com
(800) 693-7990