Yes! another successful educational lunch at the WCR Western Michigan Chapter.

Introductions of our guest speaker were made by our Educational Chair, Patricia Caston - Great Lakes Home Solutions. 

Kevin Allen is a great speaker - Who like myself is homegrown Keller Williams!  He said if he did not get but one message out to the group this was the message he wanted people to walk away with:

It is NOT the market it is what you do.  For a while when the market was real good we were sometimes just order takers..........we need to "shift" our thinking.  How we do business, how we market, how we spend our money, how we "help" our clients...........in the book it talks about 12 tactics we need to do and follow.  Gary Keller - the author of the book - his success story is very motivational in it self..........this book is just icing on the cake, and a must have for every agent no matter who you work for.  I was watching the people in the room when Kevin was talking and I could see people shaking their heads with agreement, sometimes laughing and ten taking notes.

Kevin Allen - Guest Speaker - The Shift

I have been a member of WCR for over a year now, and this is one of the biggest turn outs yet.  Over 60 people for lunch!  A great topic and venue brings them in!  Our topics for this year are stellar and we too are following the rule of the shift............we have each month planned for 2009 however have room for change.  As the market changes we realize the topic may need to change to cover "new" information that is important to the industry.  You may go to www.wcrwesternmichigan.com for updates for events, lunch topics, membership information or to www.wcr.org to learn more about who we are.

You can always tell when a good meeting has been had.............nobody wanted to leave: Net working before and after was great.  I saw many business cards pass hands.  Here are a few pics from after the lunch:

Door prizes at every lunch - 3 Very cool brooms From Kwik and Kleen and 2 Shift books. Left Ed Vogt and Julie Rockwell - 2010 WCR President

Mary Mishler - VP of Membership, Danell Merren and Linda Najar - 2009 President

And sometimes..........our networking just turns into great friendships.

Danielle Rowland and Mary Ann Lemon

If you would like to purchase a shift book let me know.  If you would like more information on joining WCR call Mary Mishler at 616-262-2883.  If you would like to be a sponsor of WCR let me know or if you want to check us out 1st and attend a lunch go to www.wcrwesternmichgan.com and sign up.  We look forward to meeting new people!