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2019 Annual REEA Conference
Hilton Austin | 500 East 4th Street | Austin TX 78701
     
​     Thursday, June 27, 2019 - REEA IDW #1
       Friday, June 28, 2019 - REEA IDW #2
     Saturday, June 29, 2019 - Annual REEA Conference
     Sunday, June 30, 2019 - Annual REEA Conference
     Monday, July 1, 2019 - REEA IDW #3


2019 Annual REEA Conference
Austin, Texas

Hilton Austin
500 E. 4th Street | Austin, TX
THURSDAY - June 27, 2019
8:00am–9:00am - IDW Registration Desk Open - Hilton Austin, 4th Floor-Room 404
9:00am–4:00pm - Full Day REEA IDW #1 - separate ticketed item
"Taking Your Instruction to New Heights - IDW #1" |  Master The Principles of Creating a Dynamic Classroom

FRIDAY - June 28, 2019
8:00am–9:00am - IDW Registration Desk Open | Austin Board of REALTORS®, 4800 Spicewood Springs Rd., Austin, TX (Transportation from and to the class from the hotel will be provided, please let us know if you will riding with us)
9:00am–4:00pm - Full Day REEA IDW #2 - separate ticketed item
"Taking Your Instruction to New Heights - IDW #2" | Apply the Principles of Creating a Dynamic Classroom
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12:00pm–5:00pm - REEA Conference Registration Desk Open Hilton Austin - 4th Floor Conference Foyer
5:30pm–6:00pm - 1st Timer Gathering - Join some of your REEA Board of Directors for a quick meet & greet!
6:00pm–8:00pm - Welcome/Networking Happy Hour - Sponsored by Dearborn Education
 
SATURDAY - June 29, 2019
6:00am - REEAWalkers - 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 - 4th Floor Conference Foyer
GENERAL SESSIONS
7:30am-8:30am - Continental Breakfast - 4th Floor Conference Foyer
8:00am–5:00pm - Exhibitors Open - 4th Floor Conference Foyer
8:00am–9:30am - REEA Annual Business Meeting & Installation - 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.
9:30am–10:30am - Opening Session with Courtney Clark - Main Ballroom Salon C
PANEL SESSIONS - 10:45am-11:45am
  • Ed Directors Panel
  • Regulator Panel
  • School Owners Panel
  • Instructor Panel
GENERAL LUNCH SESSION
12:00pm–1:30pm - "A Traveler's Tale of People, Passion & Purpose" - Main Ballroom Salon C
with Len Elder, DREI, GSI - This presentation takes you on a journey through this year's theme of People, Passion, Purpose and will give you practical "How To Re-Ignite" yourself by participating in REEA.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 1:45pm–2:45pm
  • "THE E's of Education" | Salon E
    With Stephen Antoni - Educating is not about power points and handouts, it's about stories that Educate, Entertain, Enlighten, Engage, Equip, Excite, Energize, Encourage, Enrich, THE E's of Education!
  • "How to Teach the Fair Housing Advocate Certification" | Salon D
    With Mark Barker, DREI, GSI - After 50 years of the Fair Housing Act, still little change in the segregation of our cities has occurred. Learn how to teach high level fair housing in a way that meets the FHA (Fair Housing Advocate) Certification requirements.
  • "Expectation Management Between Instructors & Students" | Salon B
    With Bill Christen - Understand the importance of setting expectations early, and manage the learning environment by boundaries and verbal and non-verbal communication. Have a broadened view on how to use specific methods to better control the delivery and reception of material from start to finish.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 3:00pm–4:00pm
  • "Transforming Your Classroom Presence with NLP" | Salon D
    With Jeff Stanton, GSI - Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP) has been described as study of the subjective experience psychology. Also as an attitude and a methodology that leaves behind a trail of techniques and patterns that are easily duplicatable. In the session we will explain what NLP is and what it has to offer in your presentations skills focusing on communications and relational skills.
  • "How to Find & Use Case Law Effectively in Your Classes" | Salon E
    With Brian Swan - Improve your classes and impress your students by presenting real court cases within your classes. Learn from actual lawsuits-stories of court cases are always intriguing because they are vivid examples of what NOT to do! How to find, read and implement case law into your classes and make your presentations more stimulating and memorable, and stand apart from others.
  • "Broadcast-Terrifying...or Not?" | Salon B
    With Candy Cooke - What do we mean when we say broadcast? With the increasing use of broadcast , this presentation will provide you better understanding of the logistics of the process, along with those questions commonly asked by instructors and the benefits of using this system to reach more students with less travel at a reasonable cost.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 4:15pm–5:15pm
  • "Urban-Dynamism and the Tech Connection" | Salon B
    With Richard Gallegos, DREI - A far reaching purview of the connection between historical real estate patterns and the ignition of technology that impacts the perspectives of licensees, students, educators, and learning institutions. This high-level presentation will light the mental embers to push you to evolve, sync and thrive.
  • "Put Humor in Your Classroom" | Salon E
    With Ron Climer - Humor is not essential in the classroom, just as a radio in your car in not essential. Humor certainly makes learning easier and more fun. Join Ron as he will provide you with an awareness of how; humor enhances any presentation; where to 'spot' funny stories; get over the fear of failure that holds most presenters back from tying humor and how to laugh at yourself without embarrassment.
  • "Mastering the Art of Storytelling in the Classroom" | Salon D
    With Joe Sinnona - Can you tell a Good Story that is relevant to the subject you teach in the classroom? Are you being creative when explaining your point or are your boring your students with the same story over and over again that maybe out of date? In this session Joe will show you all the latest methods on how to be more of a compelling story teller/teacher.
SATURDAY EVENING EVENT - 6:00pm To be announced

SUNDAY - June 30, 2019
6:00am - REEAWalkers - Hotel Lobby
  • Join the REEAWalkers in the hotel lobby for a beautiful bay walk to get your morning started.
7:30am–4:00pm - Conference Registration Desk Open - 4th Floor Conference Foyer
8:00am–4:00pm - Exhibitors Open - 4th Floor Conference Foyer
GENERAL SESSIONS
7:30am - 8:30am Continental Breakfast - 4th Floor Conference Foyer
8:30am–9:30am General Session - Main Ballroom Salon C
  • "Debating Disruptive Forces" | Main Ballroom Salon C
                  With Mark Barker, DREI, GSI and Len Elder, DREI, GSI
  • 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.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 9:45am–10:45am
  • "Instructor Safety" | Salon B
    With Dana Rhodes, DREI, GSI - When is an instructor in the greatest danger of becoming a victim in an attack? Dana will spell these out and more importantly tell us how to avoid or get our of the situations such as an active shooter attack.
  • "2019 Mortgage Update and Commentary" | Salon D
    With Jerry Rutledge, DRE I - Real Estate Mortgage Finance is an ever changing industry which materially affects real estate practitioners and their road to success. Join Jerry as he provides current market knowledge which will give you the confidence in class and student appreciation.
  • "Body Language Secrets for Speakers" | Salon E
    With Andy Tolbert - A fun interactive session that covers different body language signs that you may be sending when speaking and not even realize it. Bored? Did you know only 7% of communication is the actual words that you use? It may be YOU! In this session we will show you how to conquer the other 93% to make you a better, presenter, speaker and trainer. Learn to recognize your own body language signals, control them and read others' signals to lead to better communication.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 11:00am–12:00pm
  • "Law Update 2019" | Salon B
    With Chuck Jacobus, DREI - Update on new cases across the country that are material to the real estate instructor.
  • "Be The BombBomb 2.0" | Salon D
    With Jeremias JMan Maneiro - Deep Dive into all the tools that BombBomb has to offer for both speaks and real estate schools alike. We will discuss the how to of marketing and communication via BombBomb but also how to use the snippets to be more effective, humanize your marketing, enhance your branding and increase online lead conversations.
  • "The Rules of Engagement" | Salon E
    With Marc Wisdom - In an age of instant information, it is harder than ever to keep students engaged. This presentation will explore why students lose focus on how to get it back and gain important knowledge on the science of engagement and how to create curriculum that engages and informs.
SUNDAY LUNCH - 12:00pm–1:30pm (Lunch on Your Own)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS  - 1:30pm–2:30pm
  • "Raise the Bar With People, Purpose and Passion" | Salon B
    With Theresa Barnabei, GSI - This presentation is designed to help Regulators, Education Directors and School Owners raise their expectations of the instructor and the courses they are responsible for delivering. Join Theresa and understand the level of presenters and teaching styles that will impact your students at the highest level by understanding what makes a great course.
  • "Why They Don't Hear What You Think You Are Saying?" | Salon D
    With Andy Brown, GSI - This will be a fun presentation on something called "Cognitive Blindness" and the changes in awareness and perception that it brings in the classroom. As Real Estate Instructors, awareness of a problem is key. Once we are aware of the problem that is affecting our students in a negative manner, we owe it to them to provide the tools to help them overcome the obstacle.
  • "Putting a PUNCH into Your Classes" | Salon E
    With PeggyAnn McConnochie, DREI - Learn the rules that will help you be successful in putting a PUNCH into your classes! PeggyAnn will share why and how to add fun activities into your classrooms to insure the students 'gets' the information and is able to use it in your practice.
GENERAL SESSIONS
2:45pm - 3:45pm - General Session "Regulator Panel Update Session" - Main Ballroom Salon C
                 With Ryan Adair as your Moderator
4:00pm–5:00pm - Closing Session - Main Ballroom Salon C
               With Leigh Brown -
CLOSING DINNER
5:30pm–8:30pm REEA Conference Closing Dinner

MONDAY, July 1, 2019
6:00am REEAWalkers -  Hotel Lobby
  • Join the REEAWalkers in the hotel lobby for a beautiful bay walk to get your morning started.
8:00am–9:00am - IDW Registration Desk Open | Austin Board of REALTORS®, 4800 Spicewood Springs Rd., Austin, TX (Transportation from and to the class from the hotel will be provided, please let us know if you will riding with us)
9:00am–4:00pm - Full Day REEA IDW #3 - separate ticketed item
"Taking Your Instruction to New Heights - IDW #3" | Utilize Technology and Tools to Create a Dynamic Classroom

     *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.