Mega Camp highlights for Technology Ambassadors

Happy Friday, Ambassadors! We hope you're having a great week and are fully recovered from your Mega Camp travels. If you were not able to attend Mega Camp, be sure to join our Ambassador webinar today for the highlights. You can also catch up by reading the KW blog.

MEGA CAMP MC TECH/AMBASSADOR SESSION RECAP

At Mega Camp last week, we had the biggest turnout ever for our semi-annual MC Tech/Ambassador Special Session. A huge thank you to all who could attend and made it an engaging and rich learning session. 

We kicked it off with an update from our training team, which included a look into the successes our KW Worldwide Technology trainers have had with an approach to training that empowers learners vs. always telling them the answers. We talked about how we can apply the same approach with our U.S. and Canadian agents, and concluded with a lively mastermind to share strategies that guide learners to self-discover their answers so that they're not forever dependent on the "all-knowing" trainer. It's not easy to step back and allow learners to fumble and make mistakes as they figure things out on their own, but as you'll see, it's far more effective in making learning stick. Download the notes from the mastermind.

The second half of the session included presentations from each of our Product Managers on what's new and what's next with their respective KW Technology products. Here are just a few of the features you can look forward to in the coming months:

• eEdge:
• Anniversary, birthday, and mobile app campaigns
• Mail merge feature in email
• KWLS:
• Sync multiple times a day
• RETS Standard Feed
• KW Mobile App:
• More frequent refresh by MLS
• Push notifications
• HomeKeepr app integration
• KW Google Apps for Business:
• Google Wallet
• Google Groups
• KW Websites:
• WordPress platform available early 2016
• Request to be an early adopter now

Download the slides from this presentation and join today's webinar for more details.

PRODUCT ADVISORY GROUPS

We are excited to share with you a new advisory structure to fuel innovation and improve the products and services we offer associates - KW Product Advisory Groups. We are seeking participants who are passionate about technology and want to help create solutions that will enable them to do more in their industry.

• Help shape our technology products
• Innovate with KWRI Product Managers
• Preview product plans
• Share and gain knowledge and experience among other members 

Learn more about Product Advisory Groups and how to apply to join a group. The product manager for your group of interest will reach out to you with additional questions pertaining to the product of your interest.

MOBILE APP WORKSHOP CONTEST WINNERS

As you may know, we recently threw out a challenge to our Ambassadors – teach the “Master Your KW Mobile App” workshop in your Market Center and capture at least three testimonials from participants on video. We secured three Share Your App t-shirts signed by Gary Keller and our KWRI Executive Leadership team to award to the winners. So, we randomly selected three videos from all that were submitted and we're happy to announce our winners:

1. Mary Kay Mooney, Market Center #429, Brentwood, CA
2. Jeff Siperstein, Market Center #535, Boynton Beach, FL
3. Cydne Seymour, Market Center #293, #294 and #974 (all in Florida-North Region)

Congratulations to our winners, and most of all, to the agents who participated in the workshops and are actively and confidently sharing their apps, meaning they're raising their brand awareness. Here's a compilation of the testimonials from the winning videos.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Here's our KW Technology webinar and event calendar, and a list of next week's events. All events are shown in Central Time.

• To view the entire calendar, log into your KW Technology Community where you can connect with your fellow techies in other KW Market Centers across North America, stay updated on KW Technology news and events, and access resources to help you in your role as a technology trainer. See this blog post for instructions on joining the community.
• All associates can register for upcoming webinars on the myKW home page, in the Scheduled Events section.

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We deeply appreciate all that you do in helping KW associates drive productivity through KW Technology!

Make it a great day,
Brenda Harralson and W. Cavin Weber

Contact us at ambassadors@kw.com