Coming January 16th – 18th to the Grand Hyatt New York, ICNY speakers and agenda will speak of things to come for 2013 – positive and negative trends, opportunities, technologies, and so forth. A short list of other speakers includes; Pamela Liebman, President & CEO,The Corcoran Group; Jon Steinberg, President and COO,BuzzFeed; Sherry Chris, President and CEO,Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC, and Rich Barton, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Zillow; Founder, Expedia.

To keep abreast of this version of “Connect” readers who use Twitter should follow the #ICNY. You can also follow Inman Connect at @InmanConnect as well as on Facebook. Those planning on attending should know Real Estate Connect’s reserved block of rooms at the Hyatt are sold out, but accommodations nearby may still be available at:

Roosevelt Hotel
Fitzpatrick Grand Central
Bedford Hotel
Library Hotel
New York Helmsley Hotel
Roger Smith Boutique Hotel

Agent Reboot is designed to offer local real estate professionals marketing, technology, and other leading edge business knowledge, for today’s market. Affording better understanding of the potential of today’s tools, trends, and the application of them, the goal of Reboot is to put digital innovation into show leather for agents around the country – and without breaking the agent’s bank either.

Rock Island meeting room at the Depot Minneapolis

The following topics (among many others) will be discussed by the expert panel and attendees of the conference:

• Tomorrow’s technology, TODAY
• 20 Mobile tools that will make you stand out
• A WordPress sprint: Create your own blog in 5 minutes
• 15 Must-do’s to optimize Facebook for business
• Future-proof yourself: Capturing people’s attention with video
• Lifestyle branding: Why it matters
• Building a community: Visibility, awareness and impact in your local market
• What does the consumer want, and who is delivering it?
• 10 Reasons why you should use an iPad for listing presentations
• Listing flyers: Print it, text it, QR Code it

The list of experts this year’s event include: Tech Savvy Agent co-creator Chris Smith, Productivity Junkies founder Darin Persinger and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate CEO Sherry Chris. Also, RealEtateZebra founder Daniel Rothamel will host the event in Minneapolis. Agent Reboot is sponsored by Better Homes, Kodak, Lowes, Realtor.com, Zillow, and Century 21. For tickets and a list of other Agent Reboot™ locations this year, please visit AgentReboot the site.

I leave you with video produced by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate – just one example of the ways in which new age real estate can flourish.