{"id":15913,"date":"2017-03-01T11:37:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T16:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=15913"},"modified":"2024-12-30T11:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:05:39","slug":"fusion-2017-day-1-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/fusion-2017-day-1-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Fusion 2017: Day 1 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">The biggest Fusion to date wraps up its first full day with a bang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">What a day, and what a great group of people! Around 1,300 Better Homes and Gardens<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Real Estate professionals woke up after a pumped-up opening party Monday night with energy to learn, share knowledge, and be inspired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">The day started with a General Session where Sherry Chris, CEO of BHGRE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, recapped the \u201cEvolution of Real Estate,\u201d beginning with the MLS book days and Real Estate 1.0. She talked all the way through to Real Estate 4.0 and the future of consumer data-driven real estate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Next up: diversity! A panel with participants from AREAA, NAGLREP and NAHREP shared valuable insights on home-buying trends and the challenges and opportunities impacting Asian, African American, Hispanic, LGBT and millennial consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">The most inspiring moment, however, came when Sherry Chris introduced New Story, BHGRE\u2019s charity partner. Sherry presented the audience with a challenge, promising a special BHGRE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> cake to the first broker that joined the ground-breaking ceremony of New Story\u2019s community in El Salvador. Sure enough, the network stepped up with not only one, but four brokers pledging support and committing to New Story!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Ryan Estis got the audience pumped with his Keynote speech about Personal Performance, followed by Karlton Utter who then dialed up excitement for the upcoming Zap sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">This was just the beginning of a day full of informative sessions on topics ranging from talent attraction, lead generation, digital marketing and technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;color: #333333\">Zap, BHGRE\u2019s new web technology platform, was at the center of many sessions. Rebecca Mountain covered digital and social media marketing, sharing valuable tips and tools for making the most of social media channels. 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