BrokerIPTV: Today we are talking with Vali Wimberly from The Berkshire Group. Welcome to the show. Glad to have you.
Vali Wimberly: Thanks, it's good to be here.
BrokerIPTV: Well, we are talking about RE BarCamp, Denver. What is RE BarCamp, Denver?
Vali Wimberly: That's a good question. I get that question a lot actually. BarCamp is going to be a one day convention and it's anybody in the real estate industry, not necessarily realtors, but anybody who wants to know a little bit more about being a little bit more tech smart[Phonetic].
BrokerIPTV: Yeah. Now, I understand your group is part of the group that has helped organize the event. Is that true and how did you get involved?
Vali Wimberly: Yeah. Absolutely. I actually... I got recruited by Todd Carpenter and Krystal Kraft. They wanted somebody else to help them out with the entire function and I said yes.
BrokerIPTV: Now, what is the guts[Phonetic] of this? People get together and they kind of share ideas, is that a little bit of how it goes?
Vali Wimberly: Yes. It is... I think the best way to describe it is with the word unconference[Phonetic]. It's a day of really good information, but in the beginning of the day we don't have a schedule. We essentially make the schedule based on what people submit at our website of what they would like to hear and they would like to learn more about and also the day of the conference in the morning, we kind of survey who is there and see what they want to know.
BrokerIPTV: And are you just like picking a speaker out of the group that happens to be there or are these people booked in advanced type of thing?
Vali Wimberly: That's a good question. We have a lot of the people, the who's who of the different social medias and blogging that are already there. So, we are picking people that are very knowledgeable about it and they are coming to it.
BrokerIPTV: All right. Now, this is the first of its kind in Denver, is that correct?
Vali Wimberly: It is and we are really excited about it because there has been a few across the nation and they have generated a lot of just good information and a lot of excitement. So, we are really happy to have one in Denver here finally.
BrokerIPTV: What other cities have kind of undertaken this little adventure?
Vali Wimberly: Well, the first one was in San Francisco and Seattle just had one recently. They had over 400 people sign up.
BrokerIPTV: Wow.
Vali Wimberly: And pretty much a couple of hundred people came to that one. So, there was really, really good information at the same time lots of attendees.
BrokerIPTV: Give me some examples of the topics you are going to cover.
Vali Wimberly: Well, again, it is going to be a lot of tech stuff, but a lot of blogging for business, click to closing, things like social media sites and how to really use them to your advantage, Facebook and Twitter. I mean how does that help you in business, a lot of people don't really make that connection and we will definitely be talking about that at a basic level and at a very advanced level as well.
BrokerIPTV: Who can attend?
Vali Wimberly: Anybody, anybody who wants to know more about this. So, it can be somebody who knows a lot will have advanced sessions. For people that want to know more about maximizing SEO and stuff about like basic beginning blogging, it just really depends on what the people want to hear that are there.
BrokerIPTV: Yeah. Cost?
Vali Wimberly: It's absolutely free. That's one of the best things.
BrokerIPTV: Oh, that's great.
Vali Wimberly: Yeah.
BrokerIPTV: That's the best cost you can get.
Vali Wimberly: Yeah.
BrokerIPTV: All right. How about where is the event being held and when?
Vali Wimberly: Well, it's going to be... it's at 7100 East Belleview, which is at the Armbrust Real Estate College and MetroList. It's in the building and we are going to... they have been very generous, they have donated their facilities and so that's where we are going to have lots of space to have all the different sessions.
BrokerIPTV: And how does somebody sign up?
Vali Wimberly: They sign up online on our site. It's rebarcamp.com/denver.
BrokerIPTV: Vali, thanks, appreciate you being here.
Vali Wimberly: My pleasure.
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