RealEstateShows.com -Jeff Turner gives great insight on REBarCamp Denver

BrokerIPTV: Hi. This is Mark Eibner at RE BarCamp Denver and I have the distinct opportunity to be talking with Jeff Turner of RealEstateShows.com and Jeff, welcome to the show.

Jeff Turner: Thank you. Good to be here.

Interviewer: Hey, maybe you could give us some comments. I know you have been to a lot of REBarCamps. How do you think Denver is shaping up?

Jeff Turner: Well, it is interesting because I had... you know my concern with Denver was how many people had signed up. I think they had 540 or some odd people.

Interviewer: Yeah.

Jeff Turner: And the BarCamps are kind of organized around these sort of smaller groups where is heavy interaction, lots of discussion that takes place. The person leading the session is leading the session, but you know the success and the value really comes from the interaction with the audience and the question asking, but because of how many rooms they have here, I think it's working and so the big presentations on the main stage and the live streaming that's going on that you guys are doing is great.

Interviewer: Thank you.

Jeff Turner: And I think that's helping people and the other sessions are the right size and so I think it's working really well and I also liked the fact that they didn't do this mad rush to fill out the schedule. They did that all right before the main session, people arrived early. That was nicely done too because in other sessions, there has been a period of disorganization. Los Angeles was like that. It was, you know, kind of disorganized as people were trying to fight their way up to you know create their session titles.

Interviewer: Well, I loved your intro you gave about cutting the grass and using it... I mean that was great analogy.

Jeff Turner: Thank you.

Interviewer: Great analogy. Do you find that that's what most people are taking away from these events? It really just... it's about them and their voice and their space, right? It's not... nothing is right, nothing is wrong.

Jeff Turner: There is nothing right... there is nothing right, nothing wrong and I think for the most part what... that the people who are coming that are new to this, what it is doing is sort of breaking the ice for them. You know, it's giving them something to focus on that they can... they can grab onto that's real. I think the social media for a lot of them, for whatever reason, they don't make the connection to real life. That they have been doing this their entire lives, there is nothing different about networking online to realize, it's just that they have a false psychological barrier that keeps them from engaging with people online, that computer, the machine getting in the way of what is very natural; I mean this is natural. It's much easier for us to talk in real life than online because of the technology that gets in the way for most people. The moment they break that down, it becomes so much easier for them just to engage and talk normally the way they would have, they are standing there, like this today.

Interviewer: Well, appreciate you being here Jeff. Great information. Great intro. Anybody you are looking forward to seeing yourself this afternoon?

Jeff Turner: Mariana Wagner, I haven't... I have only seen her like 16 times today. We are going for a record on hugs.

Interviewer: Okay.

Jeff Turner: So, every time we see each other today, we are acting as if it's the first time we have seen each other. So, I am really looking forward to that next hug.

Interviewer: Yeah, I do see you guys interact a lot on Facebook. So, is there something I need to know about?

Jeff Turner: No, it's something Derek needs to know about, but not you.

Interviewer: All right. Great.

Jeff Turner: [laughs]

Interviewer: Thanks a lot Jeff. Appreciate it. See you.

Posted on June 05, 2009 04:42:59 by Blog Author