2020 Annual REEA Conference
Thursday, 11, 2020 - REEA GSIDW #1 - Atlanta REALTORS®
      Friday, June 12, 2020- REEA GSIDW #2 - Atlanta REALTORS®
      Saturday, June 13, 2020- Annual REEA Conference - Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead
      Sunday, June 14, 2020- Annual REEA Conference - Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead
   ​  Monday, June 15, 2020 - REEA GSIDW #3 - Atlanta REALTORS®
GSI iDW "Gold Standard Instructor Development Workshop"
CONFERENCE LOCATION:  Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead  |  3300 Peachtree Rd. NE  |  Atlanta, GA  30305
IDW CLASS LOCATION:  Atlanta REALTORS®  |  5784 Lake Forrest Dr. NW | Atlanta, GA 30328

2020 Annual REEA Conference
Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead
3300 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, Georgia
THURSDAY - June 11, 2020
8:00am–9:00am - IDW Registration Desk Open - Sponsored by and presented at the Atlanta REALTORS®  |  5784 Lake Forrest Dr. NW | Atlanta, GA 30328 (Transportation to and from the class from the hotel will be provided, please let us know if you will riding with us)
9:00am–4:00pm - REEA GSI IDW #1 - "Master the Principles of Creating a Dynamic Classroom"
Instructor Development Workshop "IDW" #1: this is a separate ticketed item. Be sure to register for this session. Learn more about this session here.
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FRIDAY - June 12, 2020
8:00am–9:00am - IDW Registration Desk Open | Sponsored by and presented at the Atlanta REALTORS®   |  5784 Lake Forrest Dr. NW | Atlanta, GA 30328 (Transportation to and from the class from the hotel will be provided, please let us know if you will riding with us)
9:00am–4:00pm - REEA GSI IDW #2 "Apply the Principles of Creating a Dynamic Classroom"
Instructor Development Workshop "IDW" #2: this is a separate ticketed item. Be sure to register for this session. Learn more about this session here.
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6:00pm–7:00pm - REEA Conference Registration Desk Open  Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead - Garden Level Terrace
6:00pm–8:00pm - Welcome/Networking Happy Hour - Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead - Garden Level Terrace
                                       Sponsored by Dearborn Real Estate Education
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SATURDAY - June 13, 2020
6:00am-7:00am - REEAWalkers - Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead Hotel Lobby
  • Join the REEAWalkers in the hotel lobby for a beautiful walk to get your morning started.
7:30am-4:00pm - Conference Registration Desk Open - Lower Level Conference Foyer
7:30am-4:00pm - Exhibitors Open - Lower Level Conference Foyer
7:30am-8:30am - Continental Breakfast - Lower Level Conference Foyer
8:00am–9:30am - REEA Annual Business Meeting & Installation - Grand Ballroom
  • Stay for the end of this General Session for our Rapid Fire Speaker Showcase and hear a quick 2-minute presentation from each of today’s session presenters to help you choose where you want to be and what you don’t want to miss.
9:30am–10:30am - Opening Session - Main Ballroom - 

10:45am-11:45am - PANEL SESSIONS
  • Ed Directors Panel Session | A special round-table session for Education Directors -Buckhead I
  • Regulator Panel Session | A special round-table session for Regulators -Buckhead II
  • School Owners Panel Session | A special round-table session for School Owners/Staff - Grand III
  • Instructor Panel Session | A special round-table session for Instructors - Grand Ballroom

GENERAL LUNCH SESSION
12:00pm–1:30pm - Grand Ballroom - Lunch is included with your registration

1:45pm–2:45pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  • The New Frontier of Messenger Marketing with Deb Mundy & Jennifer Zuelle | Buckhead I - Our clients, students, members are on social networks already.  Future education, marketing and customer service will take place on these networks.  We will teach how to use the messenger platform to be a leader with this technology.
  • Law Update 2020 with Chuck Jacobus, DREI | Buckhead II - Law updated, hot legal topics from around the country.
  • Expanding Our Vision of What Online Education Can  & Should Be with Len Elder, DREI, GSI | Grand III - New, fresh & exciting tools, platforms & concepts for distance education.
3:00pm–4:00pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  • Forward Focus: Creating Customer Experiences in the Classroom with Greg Glosson, GSI | Buckhead I
  • Publish Your Passion with Brenda Wallace | Buckhead II - Recognize your existing abilities with almost everything that is needed by the publishing world.  Become familiar with the easy steps of becoming an international author.
  • Challenges Ahead... Educators Beware! with Toby Schifsky | Grand III - Over $20 billion invested in real estate technology in the last nine years in an effort to aggregate real estate leads and remove agents from the real estate transaction.  The foundations of the real estate industry are shaking with the amount of private equity dollars being pumped in and high-tech start-ups are looking to disrupt the real estate industry.  Our future as educators is fraught with giant risks as people look to remove "friction" from real estate transactions by removing agents all together!  New brokerage models and the rise of "super agents" could lead to fewer students for us all.  Come and find out the risks we face and some key opportunities for those that are aware.
4:15pm–5:15pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  • What's so GOOD That You Can't Make Them Up?  Case Studies!! with Kizzy Crawford | Buckhead I - You will be able to extract key facts, determine the issue, and analyze the facts of the case in order to teach concepts to adult learners.  Instructors will be able to use the case study method to teach any real estate concept.
  • Are You Easy? (To Work With) with Andy Tolbert | Buckhead II - The year is 2020 yet many speakers are still doing things the hard way.  Let's talk about automation, streamlining and granting access to things to make you appear more professional, prepared and "hip"... overall, be easy!
  • GSI Update| Grand III - This is an update GSI Session for all current GSI's to renew your GSI certification (no extra charge) - Already have your GSI? Join Theresa Barnabei, GSI and Bruce Moyer, DREI, GSI for
SATURDAY EVENING - 6:00pm (On Your Own - Enjoy Atlanta!)
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SUNDAY - June 14, 2020
6:00am-7:00am - REEAWalkers - Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead Hotel Lobby
  • Join the REEAWalkers in the hotel lobby for a beautiful walk to get your morning started.
7:30am-4:00pm - Conference Registration Desk Open - Lower Level Conference Foyer
7:30am-4:00pm - Exhibitors Open - Lower Level Conference Foyer
7:30am-8:30am - Continental Breakfast - Lower Level Conference Foyer

8:30am–9:30am General Session - Main Ballroom
  • REEATalks | Main Ballroom
Stay for the end of this General Session for our Rapid Fire Speaker Showcase and hear a quick 2-minute presentation from each of today’s session presenters to help you choose where you want to be and what you don’t want to miss.

9:45am–10:45am - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  • Safety - Reducing Risk Beyond Visual Limits with Will Parker, GSI | Buckhead I - A deeper understanding that safety is not just a 6 - letter word.  It is a mind set and a pattern of behavior that needs to become a way of life.  It is not only for YOUR safety as an agent/instructor, but also for your family and your clients (students).
  • The Objective Test: Seeing Beyond Expectations with Katherine Buchholz, DREI | Buckhead II - Attending this session will increase instructor's confidence in the design of useful learning objectives, assessment questions and demystify some of the guiding principles of instructional design in distance learning, including compliance with ARELLO.
  • Blunders & Bloopers with Roseann Farrow | Grand III - Attendees will face their own sensibilities about how and why Blunders & Bloopers  occur.  This is a "check-up from the neck-up".  So come prepared to identify your weaknesses as well as your strengths. 
11:00am–12:00pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  • Positively Impacting Exam Performance with Deb Carpenter, DREI | Buckhead I - How to create a positive educational landscape for students in your state or school by setting realistic learning expectations and providing solid instructional guidance for instructors.
  • Putting The Pieces Together with Candy Cooke, GSI | Buckhead II - How to navigate the puzzling world of marketing your classes.  You will walk away with a list of ways to market your skills by building a sphere to market to and be able to increase your worth.
  • Head & Heart Alignment; an Intentional Approach to Life and Real Estate with Stephanie Shaw | Grand III​ - With focus on yourself, this session will empower you to not only show up bigger and better in one's career but to do so with a balanced life.  Enhanced sense of well being and a profound purpose.

SUNDAY LUNCH - 12:00pm–1:30pm (Lunch on Your Own)

1:30pm–2:30pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  • Getting Over The Bridge, with PeggyAnn McConnochie, DREI, GSI | Buckhead I - You will have the techniques and use great bridging in your presentations by attending this session.
  • What's Your Woobie? Simple Strategies on Your Uncomfortable Path to New Opportunities with Don Wilson | Buckhead II - Although change is an organic part of our world, personal improvement can be a truly daunting task. My “Woobie” represents the things we know we need to change to improve that we choose to avoid because they’re comfortable like a stuffed animal. Using humor and stories of success and failure, I share four simple concepts that support my vision to help people create new constants that yield better results and more happiness.
  • E.T. (Educator Tools) From The Future with Jeremias 'JMan' Maneiro | Grand III - We will cover how to set up a speaker/instructor business pages on Facebook and Instagram.  You will learn how analyzing  the insights of your social media will help you to curate the content that your audience desires.  This will hep you to find your niche and brand.

2:45pm - 3:45pm - General "2020 Vision" Session  - Grand Ballroom
                 With ARELLO President, Regulators and Education Directors
4:00pm–5:00pm - Closing Session with 2020 REEA President, Theresa Barnabei, GSI - Grand Ballroom

6:00pm–9:00pm REEA Conference Closing Dinner - TBA
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MONDAY, June 15, 2020
6:00am-7:00am - REEAWalkers - Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead Hotel Lobby
  • Join the REEAWalkers in the hotel lobby for a beautiful walk to get your morning started.
8:00am–9:00am - IDW Registration Desk Open - Sponsored by and presented at the Atlanta REALTORS®  |  5784 Lake Forrest Dr. NW | Atlanta, GA 30328 (Transportation to and from the class from the hotel will be provided, please let us know if you will riding with us)
9:00am–4:00pm - REEA GSI IDW #3 "Utilize Technology and Tools to Create a Dynamic Classroom"
Instructor Development Workshop "IDW" #3: this is a separate ticketed item. Be sure to register for this session. Learn more about this session here.

     *Please NOTE* We recommend that anyone interested in attending REEA IDW Sessions take them in sequence in order to receive REEA's Gold Standard Certification.  Questions, contact REEA Headquarters at 520-609-2380.