RE BarCamp Goes virtual on November 17th

Leave it to Jim Cronin to try something new. A Virtual RE BarCamp with local tweetups across the country. Here’s the details.

BarCamp at the Beach – Orange County, CA | June 25th

Newport Pier

Save the Date – June 25th, for Bar Camp at the Beach. We may be setting a record for the shortest advance warning on a RE Bar Camp but we’ll pull it off. The venue is booked, the website is up, and sponsorship is coming in. Registration will be open soon…stay tuned for details. To stay in the loop, be sure to follow @REBarCampOC on Twitter. We’ll be announcing all new blog posts and relevant information via Twitter as it is available.

Our venue is the Blue Beet Cafe, located just steps from the Newport Beach pier (pictured above).  The venue’s not so fancy (maybe we should call this DiveBarCamp?), but the relaxed environment and beauty of Newport Beach should be the perfect backdrop for some great conversations.  And, hey, its finally a BarCamp at a bar!   The half baked session at the end of the day might take on some extra meaning.

RE barcamp gets a passport and heads to Barcelona, Spain

Back in February at REBarcamp Seatttle, a few of us had an impromptu session called the ‘Future of REbarcamp’. Andy and I thought it would be pertinent since we had Nick Bostic and Nick Bastian on hand who would be volunteering for the soon to come Portland and Phoenix events. What we did not anticipate is Claudio Cossio showing up. Claudio introduced himself to me earlier in the day as someone who would be interested in holding a Real Estate barcamp in Barcelona, Spain.

Andy Kaufman, Claudio Cossio Saucedo, and David Gibbons.

Andy Kaufman, Claudio Cossio Saucedo, and David Gibbons.

The discussion was great. I’m sorry that there was no audio or video taking, but that’s what happens when things are done on the fly :)

So the writing was on the wall, and looks like they have a date. Now how about that? RE barcamp Barcelona. September 16th, 2009.

RE Barcamp, es una propuesta para compartir y aprender de las personas
que tiene el deseo de crear un ambiente abierto de colaboración. Es un
evento donde se comparten ideas, se hacen demostraciones de productos e
intercambio de ideas entre los asistentes.

If you are half as curious as I am, you can take a look at plane tickets right here. At $529.00 round trip from SF, that’s as cheap as getting around the states for an RE barcamp.

No website up yet, just this Facebook group (sorry, you need to be logged in to see it.) We’ll keep you posted as things develop.  In the meanwhile, I’m just going to root through my belongings and make sure my passport is up to date.

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Scheduling added to Upcoming

The entire RE Barcamp schedule going forward has now been added to the “events and things to do” website Upcoming.Yahoo.com.  Please add to your events if you already have a profile there, and if not, you really should get one.

Upcoming is a community for discovering and sharing events. It can help you find stuff to do, discover what your friends are doing, or let you keep private events online for your own reference.

The site is also a great way to reach out to the local communities surrounding our events.  You can also join the RE BarCamp group while you’re over there, add pictures, as well as create a badge to put in your website/blog to help promote the upcoming RE BarCamps.

From the site you can easily add to all types of personal calenders.  If you are a Google Calender user like I am, you can also add the public schedule found here.

Note:  Sharing on Upcoming does not take to place of registration for any of the Camps.   Just a place to cross promote and share with the Community service of Upcoming.   Every event has their very own ‘RSVP’ page for resistration.

RE Barcamp Los Angeles – April 2

Ricardo Bueno and the volunteers for RE Barcamp LA are hard at work getting things squared away for their April 2nd event. The location has been established but they still need some help getting the word out and getting some more sponsors on board. If you’re planning on attending please be sure to complete the RSVP form.

Thanks for helping spread the word!

Here are some ways to help out:
Bloggers, please write a post about the event.
Tweeple, please tweet about the event on Twitter, use the hashtag #rebcla
Facebook, join the group page on facebook and invite others
Brokers/Agents: Share the information at your meetings. Ricardo and his volunteers will send people to your office at your request
Sponsor: Get with Ricardo if you can help by sponsoring the event – at (323) 572-8322 or [email protected]
Badge: Please put a badge on your site and link to http://www.rebarcamp.com/losangeles
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RE Bar Camp Phoenix is ON

Yep, Phoenix Arizona – the Epicenter of Real Estate Blogging – WILL be hosting an RE Bar Camp.

We’re finalizing space, but we now have a date: April 23rd.

And trust me, it’s going to ROCK.

Are you on Twitter? Follow @REBCPHX for RE Bar Camp Phoenix updates!

More info is on the RE Bar Camp Phoenix site.

RE BarCamp Seattle February 13th at Zillow Headquarters

Yet another RE BarCamp is in the works! This time it’s in Seattle.

Rich Jacobson and Brad Andersohn from Active Rain, along with Drew Meyers from Zillow have established the basics. A date and venue. February 13 at Zillow Headquarters.

This happens to follow a Bloodhound Unchained preview event held the day before, also at Zillow headquarters, and also free!

Two days of free marketing and social media advice from some of the leading voices in real estate 2.0. How cool is that? A dedicated website is coming. for now, if you’re interested in volunteering or attending this event, please let us know in the comments below,