Have We Become Data-Rich, Yet Insight-Poor?

Happy Friday, KW Technology Community members! Here's a look at just a few items that will be discussed on today's KW Technology Community webinar.

HAVE WE BECOME DATA-RICH, YET INSIGHT-POOR?

"Innovation is going to happen with or without
our participation. We need to drive this change."
 - Josh Team, KW Chief Innovation Officer

As a society, we generate more information now more than ever. Exactly how much? Google's Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, says, "Every two days we create as much information as humankind compiled from the first written document to 2003, roughly five exabytes of data.” And how much is five exabytes? Five billion billion bytes. We're virtually drowning in data.

How does this show up in the real estate industry? Agents are no longer the sole source of information. All that real estate data once exclusively available to agents is out there for consumers to find quite easily on their own. However, this does not mean agents are no longer needed. Agents, in fact, can provide tremendous value by helping consumers filter out the noise and make sense of the data. The role of the agent is shifting to one of information provider to information interpreter.

To hear how KW is leading the way in changing the agent and consumer experience, and a taste of what you'll learn at Mega Camp, watch this quick video from our Chief Innovation Officer, Josh Team. 

HELP MAKE myCGI DAY A SUCCESS IN YOUR MARKET CENTER

July 25 is "myCGI Day," when every Market Center is expected to kick off the Career Growth Initiative with our first company wide CGI call, led by John Davis, beginning at 1:00 PM Central Time.

John will cast the vision for how this initiative will help each and every KW agent create opportunities for themselves and their families. Even more importantly, he'll share how Market Center leadership are adding value and helping drive their business forward using the Four Conversations.

As Technology Ambassadors, you can help engage your Market Center's agents in the CGI by encouraging everyone in your Market Center to gather for the call. The more people, the greater the buzz! 

And if your Market Center plans to follow the call with the CGI Workshop, support your leadership by helping ensure the workshop goes off without a hitch. Point your leadership to this video, which delivers step-by-step instructions for delivering a powerful workshop.

UPCOMING TECHNOLOGY WEBINARS IN JULY

Here's a list of KW Technology webinars scheduled for this month. All webinars run from 2-2:30 PM (Central Time), unless otherwise noted.

• Weekly Webinar for KW Technology Community Members - every Friday
• Spotlight on KW Technology: Move Content to Your KW Website - July 25

*** Register for all Monday webinar series and view recordings ***

KW TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY MEMBER LINKS

• View recorded KW Technology Community webinars

• Download slides from webinars (requires you to log into Google with your @kw.com account first)

• Learn how to join the KW Technology Community 

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

Contact us at ambassadors@kw.com.