Clareity Consulting - Clareity Annual MLS Workshop

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Events - Clareity's Annual MLS Workshop

The MLS Workshop provides timely updates on relevant topics and addresses many of the issues facing MLS executives and leaders today. Clareity’s Seventh Annual MLS Workshop will be held March 6-7, 2008 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. Special outings and cocktail reception will be held the day before, on March 5th.

Clareity had rave reviews of it previous Workshops. A few quotes from 2007 attendees:

The topics presented were important and current. Keep doing what you’re doing. Great Job!
Breadth of knowledge, openness of ideas and willingness to share information with other participants
Ability to evaluate vendor selection
The smaller group allows for better networking
Enjoyed the balance between technical issues & overall MLS issues
The opportunity to hear what other MLSs are doing around the country
Varied topics. No "fluff"
I love that the topics are extremely current. We didn’t discuss yesterday’s news.
Consistent greatness in presenters & ideas
All topics were presented well, gave me real information to take back
Will be back next year! Very valuable networking & industry updates.

Agenda

Clareity always develops the agenda in the month leading up to the workshop to ensure only the freshest content - but here's a sneak peek at some tentative agenda items. Please let us know as the date approaches if you have topics you would like to see covered.

Gregg Larson will open the Workshop with Awards for 2007 – Best and Worst Moves in Real Estate Information, and share his outlook for 2008-2009 Trends affecting the MLS industry
Statewide MLSs and Data Sharing on the rise- what is the appropriate role for the state Association to Play? How to get past the politics and do what's best for the agents, brokers, and consumers
Gateway Update - is it already quietly under construction? How might RETS based systems “plug and play” to form a national Gateway faster than one might think?
The latest improvements to MLS systems will be presented
New MLS-related products will be presented and discussed
RETS and CRT Update – Gregg Larson will describe the progress of the RETS standard and a guest speaker will describe RESO, the new governing body that will guide the future governance of RETS
Single Sign On (SSO) Update - Find out how SSO works, the convenience and benefits to your subscribers, and how to implement SSO properly and securely in your market
SSO Legal Primer and Trust Agreements.
Web Site and Privacy Policy reviews- A guest speaker will explain why your MLS and Association web sites, and your broker web sites, should be reviewed periodically and your employee's need to thoroughly understand privacy issues in today's online world
A panel of experts will debate why MLSs should syndicate their listing content in 2008 (or not) to sites such as Trulia, Zillow, HouseValues.com, CyberHomes, and Realtor.com.
A panel of Regional CEO's will provide an update on their regional public portal strategies and traffic results since last year's decision to invest more marketing dollars to promote the local public facing sites.
Results of the 7th Annual MLS System Satisfaction Survey will be revealed!

The cocktail reception sponsored by Homescape will be held the evening of the 5th from 6:30pm – 7:30pm. We hope you are able to join us. Sessions on Thursday run 8:30-4:30, then there is a welcome dinner/reception. On Friday, the sessions run 8:30-noon, and then there is a lunch until 1pm.

Optional - Golf at Talking Stick Golf Club starting around 12:00pm on March 5th. The price is $225 per person, and includes golf, lunch, and prizes. If you are interested, please complete the golf form and fax to our office 480.368.8121.

Optional - Day at the Race Track held at the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, starting at approximately 1:00pm on March 5th. This would include Timed Autocross, Team Slalom, and a Lead / Follow exercise - all coordinated by the Bondurant racing staff. Ray “Bobby” Ewing, CEO of Sandicor, will return to defend his 2007 Clareity Cup Victory! Thanks to Tarasoft for sponsoring the event and dropping the price to just $250 per person (limited to the first 20) for event, lunch, prizes. If you are interested, please complete the race form and fax to our office 480.368.8121.

Where?

Scottsdale Plaza Resort
7200 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253

A block of rooms at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort have been reserved at a rate of $209/night. For reservations call (800) 832-2025 and specify the Clareity Consulting rate. If you plan on attending, please reserve your hotel room early.

Who should attend?

Anyone that will be involved in selecting a new MLS system, managing an MLS system, or building an MLS system will benefit from this conference. This workshop is not for MLS vendors or other suppliers.

Details:

Clareity's MLS Workshop is limited to 100 attendees and sells out every year quickly. Clareity requests that each organization limit itself to two registrants so that more organizations can participate. Clareity's team of speakers, led by Gregg Larson, have over 35 years of MLS and real estate technology experience. The cost for the workshop is only $375 (early bird registrants) and $425 after January 15, 2008.

Interested?

Sorry - the 2008 MLS Workshop is SOLD OUT!

Questions?

Please email them to or call Clareity at 480-368-8100 x202.