Are you planning a retreat or conference for 2012?  Would you like your team to experience Brainstorming 2012, too?  We have the perfect, budget-friendly solution for you!

Register your team for Brainstorming 2012 (if you do it by December 30th, you'll pay ONLY $225 per person for the complete event experience, including Trendstorming, Active Educational Sessions, the Interactive Multifamily Marketplace, and more!) AND we'll help you plan your corporate event on the Monday and Tuesday before Brainstorming begins, or the Friday at the end of Brainstorming week, so your event will occur seamlessly with ours!  Our 2012 Group Discount also applies, so for every five participants you register, you'll get the sixth FREE; and this year's accommodations are also amazingly affordable at only $119/night for a single/double SUITE at our host hotel; making Brainstorming an even MORE affordable destination for your corporate team event!*

You'll receive:

• Complimentary event space in the Rio Pavilion area (our Brainstorming event area) on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday of Brainstorming week**.
• Complimentary internet access in the event area.
• The benefit of our amazing industry-wide connections to help you staff your event with our famous Brainstorming Facilitators, a special Keynote Presenter, or Professional Multifamily Trainer(s), if needed, at a fabulous rate!
• The opportunity to let us arrange for your audio-visual equipment and catering needs; so you'll receive the benefit of any discounts or reduced pricing we're able to negotiate in conjunction with Brainstorming.
• All the free advice you can use, anytime you need it, to help make your conference or retreat a spectacular success thanks to our combined decades of professional event planning experience!

Space is LIMITED and will be allocated on a strictly first-come-first-served basis to teams that are fully registered and paid, so don't wait!  Register your team at www.Brainstorming.Multifamilypro.com and contact us NOW at info@multifamilypro.com or call 727.940.5211 to get the planning process started!

We're looking forward to hearing from you soon!

- Team Multifamilypro

**Complimentary space in the Rio Pavilion is available beginning at 12:00 AM on Monday, 11/5 and ending at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, 11/6, and from 12:00 AM through 11:59 PM on Friday 11/9, 2012.  Several spaces of various sizes (from approximately 2,000 to 9,000 sq. ft.) are available; and we'll help you choose the best space based on availability, your agenda, the size of your group, and your event set-up needs. If you need space other than / in addition to what's available on a complementary basis, we can help you arrange that, too; though the hotel may charge a nominal fee depending on your needs.

*You may change the name on a paid Brainstorming registration at any time, so once paid, your registrations are still secure even in the event of turnover. You may even purchase seats now for individuals who are yet to be determined ... just type "TBD" in the attendee name on the registration form and let us know who'll be attending later! You might also find it useful to know that many companies handle securing the expense of nonrefundable airfare with a signed agreement that the employee will reimburse the company for the cost of the fare in the event that the individual elects to change employment and/or is terminated before the travel date (be certain to consult your legal counsel for advice before implementing such an agreement).

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“Doest thou love life?
Then do not squander time,
for that’s the stuff life is made of.”
-Benjamin Franklin

Most of us see the truth in Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, but few of us live it. I don’t think we purposely squander time. It just happens. Many of us work so hard and so frantically that we’re too weary to do much more than collapse in front of the TV each evening. We sleepwalk through our days, failing to savor the richness and color of life. Tragically, days, weeks, months and years slip through our fingertips like sand, unnoticed and unappreciated. In short, squandered.

During my life, I have worked with everyone from no-nonsense CEOs to children awestruck by the appearance of a rabbit from a top hat. I have noticed that children have the edge on living in the moment. They don’t live one second in the future and one second in the past. They experience full, passionate hours of playing, learning and truly experiencing this wonderful world. I’ve often asked myself: why does this sense of wonder have to drop away as we grow older?

The answer is that it doesn’t. When you make the decision to live each hour to the fullest, life becomes a banquet of great splendor. No matter what dates are eventually carved on your tombstone, each hour you live can be a magnificent symphony where life is measured by moments and experiences, not clocks and calendars.

Take this message to heart and I guarantee you will reawaken to, or perhaps even discover for the first time, a life and legacy filled with purpose, passion, pleasure, and peace.

May you live a thousand years,
Giovanni Livera

Join us for Multifamilypro’s Brainstorming Sessions™ 2011: T.I.M.E. Machine, and hear Giovanni’s amazing keynote message: Live A Thousand Years on Wednesday, September 14th. We'll see you there!

Trends. No matter where you are in your Multifamily career or what your specialty may be, you're surrounded by trends that are influencing your future and the way we do business. Multifamilypro's Brainstorming Sessions is the only national industry event designed to examine those trends and capitalize on them in ways that make you a better professional, your community a better and more attractive place to live, and your company as profitable and successful as it can possibly be. Each year, our event draws hundreds of Multifamily professionals from coast-to-coast to examine where we've been, take a careful look at where we are, and develop strategies for creating our most successful future. How do we do it?

Ideas. You know how some people are so well connected that they have a friend to call no matter what problem they're facing? Well, hundreds of apartment professionals with thousands of years of experience-including the most highly respected multifamily experts in the country-want to meet you in Phoenix just to help you solve your very toughest challenges! Together, you'll generate thousands of ideas worth millions to your company, your communities, and your career, guaranteed to repay the cost of attending many times over!

Momentum. Beyond the ideas we'll Brainstorm, you'll also benefit from the best Educational Sessions in the industry, supercharged to increase, expand, and enhance your professional skills. Our agenda is organized into Tracks to help you zero in on your needs, make a personal plan of attack, and get the absolute most out of the event. Topics are carefully selected to align with the hottest trends in marketing, training, management, and technology and deliver only the most timely information, proven strategies, and relevant resources. Our "See It. Hear It. Do It." approach lets you really wrap your brain around every topic and put your new skills to work immediately, so you get the ball rolling before you even walk away.

Energy! Get energized with the power of an AGENDA that includes more than 30 educational sessions; 7 distinct networking opportunities; features that will supercharge your social networking skill set; the most innovative product and service providers; an idea-sharing panel session with the most creative people in our business; The famous Dream Team of Brainstorming Facilitators, professionally trained to lead you in creating real-world, ready-to-implement strategies and solutions; more fresh ideas than you can possibly implement ... scanned and posted at this year's event for immediate access, and much more!

REGISTER NOW AND WE'LL SEE YOU THERE!

Last year, we announced the Dorothy Gourley Shaw scholarship for attendance at Multifamilypro’s Brainstorming Sessions.  This scholarship will be awarded each year to one deserving Multifamily Professional who is a first-time Brainstorming attendee, and demonstrates exceptional initiative.  The Scholarship includes complete round trip-airfare to the event; a three-night stay at the event hotel; complimentary coverage of the winner’s Main Event Brainstorming registration; and one complimentary ticket to the Brainstorming Trends Lunch.

The intent of the scholarship is to provide one deserving individual with the opportunity to experience Brainstorming for the very first time, in honor of a dear friend who counted Brainstorming among her favorite events of the year.  For this first opportunity, we heard from a number of outstanding candidates, making the selection extraordinarily difficult; but one candidate definitely stood out in this year’s crowd.

Emily Persinger is the Community Manager at Watermark Cambridge, a Gables Residential community. Emily shared with us several success stories that clearly conveyed her initiative, dedication, creativity, and above all her love for what she does; and it is for those many reasons that we look forward to seeing her this September in Phoenix.  If she ends up at your table this year, be sure to welcome her!  Until then, let us be the first to say to our very first winner ... CONGRATULATIONS, EMILY!  Well done!

Thanks to ALL who participated! Your professionalism and initiative do great honor to our industry, and you should all be proud!