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RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL REIA MEETING
technology, Murphy’s Law almost always applies: "Anything that
can go wrong probably will."
Handouts
Many speakers will have some sort of printed information to be
distributed to the audience. This can be examples to help support
their information or worksheets which the audience is supposed to
fill out. Longer events, such as multi-day seminars and bootcamps,
are even more likely to include handouts of some kind and you need
to plan for this.
Make sure you understand and are prepared for everything that will
need to be handed out before the speaker goes on stage. The best
way to handle this sort of thing is to consider distributing the
materials before the event begins. One great solution is to place a
copy at each seat so people can look through it when they first sit
down. The last thing you want to do is create a situation where the
speaker needs to stop, as everyone crowds around the person
handing out the papers. This takes away the focus from the front of
the room, which also negatively affects sales.
Pump Up The REIA - Encourage Memberships
Not every speaker does what I'm about to share with you, but every
one of them should.
When I'm speaking at an event, one of the first things I do at the
beginning of the presentation is acknowledge the organization and
the host of the event. I also make sure to promote the idea of
everyone in the audience becoming a member of the REIA. It may
sound something like this:
"I'd like to take a quick moment to acknowledge Mike and Christina
for running such a fine example of a real estate investors
association! I don't know if you guys know this or not, but it takes a
lot of planning and hard work to put on an event like this, and how
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