The NP Dodge MARTECH14 Summit was held Monday, October 20, at Mammel Hall on the UNO Pacific Street Campus. Over 300 NP Dodge sales associates attended this free, educational one-day event. NP Dodge Real Estate is the only local broker to offer a summit of this magnitude. Jodee Drake-Soto, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, selected eight speakers to conduct keynote and break–out sessions about the latest advancements in marketing and technology. All one hour sessions were approved by the Nebraska Real Estate Commission as Broker Approved training hours for the NP Dodge associates.
The day kicked off with a continental breakfast and a special welcome from Nate Dodge, president of NP Dodge Company. Mr. Dodge opened with his vision and support to the NP Dodge associates. MARTECH14 offered a wide range of accomplished speakers, including keynote speaker Lou Izzo, the President and CEO of Real Estate Leadership from Williamsville, NY. Mr. Izzo recruited over 4000 real estate agents and over 20 competing branch managers in his real estate career. His presentation was titled “Evolution of Real Estate Agents…Hang on Here Comes the Future.” After lunch in Mammel Hall’s atrium, the mid-day keynote message was presented by the renowned Victor Lund, Founder of WAV Group and Founder/CEO of RE Technology, Arroyo Grande, CA. Mr. Lund travels to multiple listing services as well as leading real estate and technology conferences around the world. Mr. Lund also works with the nation’s largest 100 brokerages and largest 10 franchises. Mr. Lund’s presentation was titled “Managing Listing Syndication”.
In addition to keynote speaker presentations, MARTECH14 offered 9 breakout sessions featuring top-performing speakers who shared their award-winning strategies. Presenters included Glenn Shimkus, Founder of Cartavi and Vice President of Product Management at DocuSign, San Francisco, CA; Shawn O’Neill, Regional Vice President of Sales for 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty, Denver, CO; Katelyn Shields, Inbound Marketing Lead for the Enterprise Network and booj, Denver, CO; Tyler Olmsted, Front-End Production Manager for Enterprise Network and booj, Denver, CO; John Heaston, Publisher and Editor of Pioneer Publishing, Omaha, NE; and Jacy Riedmann, Vice President of Amoura Productions, Omaha, NE.
Mike Riedmann, President of Residential Sales, said, “I am proud and thankful we’re able to bring in these amazing speakers to Omaha. MARTECH14 is about our associates – preparing them with the newest and best tools available as we continue to lead our marketplace in technology. We thank UNO for allowing us to use Mammel Hall. The facility is outstanding! Next years event is already being planned!”
Hear what a few NP Dodge Agents had to say about MarTech14:
“It feels pretty amazing to be part of a brokerage that offers these types of events to its agents and employees. the event was motivational, educational, and beyond my expectations.”
“The MarTech14 Summit was an engaging and high energy conference that did not disappoint. A rare opportunity to interact with agents, employees and management from different areas of the company and further proof that NP Dodge is the best real estate company in Omaha and on the leading edge of technology integration. Sponsoring this event shows that the management and leadership have a serious interest in making sure their agents have every opportunity to be a dominant force in the marketplace by holding a technological advantage over their competitors.”
“This is a terrific event. Probably one of the best that NP Dodge puts on for their agents. it is very motivational and helps us keep up on this every changing industry. But I love the CEUs. If you have to learn this stuff it is great to get credit for doing it. Thanks so much.”
“Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to learn in an environment of my peers and get free CE hours as a terrific bonus!!!! I won’t ever miss a MarTech event!!!”