Frequently Asked Questions

November 7-9th 2012 (with pre-event check-in and Meet and Greet Welcoming Reception on November 6th) at the Rio All- Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

• Brainstorming Fans is only $325. per person if registered and paid by May 31st 2012
  
• Registration fee is $425. per person if registered and paid by August 31th 2012
• Registration fee is  $525. per person after August 31th 2012
• Onsite registration fee $595. per person
• Group discount: Send 5  people and the 6th person attends free

• Registration includes participation in all aspects of the Brainstorming event except for the attendee-optional Trends Luncheon ($55 per person) and includes the New Media Optimization Summits. Airfare and hotel costs are the responsibility of the attendee. Your satisfaction-guaranteed base registration fee is the absolute best bargain among national industry events, and includes:

• Three networking receptions where you’ll meet face-to-face and form valuable alliances with other Apartment Professionals, including a virtual who’s who of our industry

• Participation in all Brainstorming Sessions, facilitated by some of the most renowned experts of our industry, and especially designed to provide real, ready-to-implement solutions to the toughest challenges that we face today as an industry, and as Apartment Professionals Meet Our Facilitators

• Entry to all keynote presentations, specifically chosen to help boost your creative power and “out of the box” reasoning and idea generation skills
• Energizing refreshments during the event
• Unlimited access to all educational sessions on Thursday, where a “who’s who” of our industry’s leading educators will provide the practical, tried-and-true, “real world” information that you NEED to ensure success for your company, community and career Educational Sessions
• Membership to the Brainstorming Network for one year following the event, which offers access to the presentation and workbook files from the event, and more
• Receipt of the password to all of the ideas, tools, and other solutions that are Brainstormed throughout the event, complete with supporting text notes and graphic illustrations
• The opportunity to participate in the Tools, Forms, and Idea Exchange, which many attendees consider to be worth the cost of attending alone, and for which you will receive a password to the tried-and-true ideas from coast-to-coast in exchange for submitting one idea of your own
• A “Welcome Package” of materials including information and goodies from our Sponsors and Exhibitors
• Entry into, as well as your own copy of the event’s Brainstorming Networking Directory which features photographs of all participants, complete contact information and a brief biography of professional experience and expertise, so that you can keep the valuable career connections that you make at Brainstorming working for you long after the event
• And a creative battery-charging, career jump-starting, life-changing environment and experience that you’ll never forget!

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• YES. The Brainstorming experience is unique among other industry events because Team Multifamilypro personally customizes each event to the needs and convenience of our participants. To ensure that you receive every possible benefit that the event offers, we need to know a little bit about you before you arrive at Brainstorming. Fast, secure online registration is available, or call us at 727.940.5211 to request a hard copy brochure or registration form by mail or fax.

• No, you’ll only require transportation to and from the hotel from the Airport.

• Although casual business attire is appropriate for all Brainstorming activities, we want you to loosen up so that your very best ideas can flow freely! You’re encouraged to really join in the fun and come in costume according to our Brainstorming theme on the first day of Brainstorming. The second day of the event, featuring educational opportunities and our Brainstorming Resource Room, is a non-costume day; so dress comfortably during the day since you’ll be sitting for a good part of the day in educational sessions. On the third day of the event, most attendees will be in business casual attire, but fun t-shirts, hats, or other creative costume elements are welcome. Feel free to call us if you need more information or just want to Brainstorm costume ideas. Also note that some of the hotel’s finer restaurants require more formal dress than our Brainstorming activities, so if you plan to dine out, please pack accordingly.

• We recommend that all Brainstormers read the two books that largely responsible for our approach to idea generation: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants and A Whack on the Site of the Head, both by Roger Von Oech, and published by Warner Books. Both are widely available in bookstores, as well as via www.Amazon.com.

We recommend that all Brainstormers read the two books that largely responsible for our approach to idea generation: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants and A Whack on the Site of the Head, both by Roger Von Oech, and published by Warner Books. Both are widely available in bookstores, as well as via www.Amazon.com.

• Bring LOTS of business cards. Even though you’ll receive a copy of our Networking Directory with complete contact information for all attendees, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to hand out business cards individually to other Brainstormers and Vendor participants. You’ll also need them to enter in the vendor drawings in our Resource Room! Bring a camera – not only are you going to make tons of new friends, but you’re going to see some of your old friends behaving in some unusual ways… bringing back photographic evidence of Brainstorming behavior to share with your team is encouraged. We’ll even post your best digital photos to our web site following the event, if you’d like to share them with us! Finally, please label all valuables with your name and contact information – this includes cameras, computers, palm pilots, brief cases, and even cell phones. Of course, we can’t vouch for everyone, but our Brainstormers have proven to be a mostly reputable bunch, and lost valuables are highly likely to be brought to our event check-in desk in order to be reunited with their owners. This is much easier for us to do if we know what belongs to whom. Also please bring a couple of non-industry magazines (and a spare or two if you can, in case someone else forgets)! They don’t have to be current issues, we’ll use them in the Brainstorming portion of the program.

• Brainstorming is what happens when several people put their heads together with the common goal of developing solutions to a particular challenge. This is the central activity of our event, only all of those great ideas don’t just get thought up… they also recorded, gathered together, turned into ready-to implement tools, forms, plans, ads, campaigns, schedules, checklists, and so much more, and are then given back to you following the event so that you can return to your company or community with an entire arsenal of ready-to-use solutions! You won’t just receive the ideas that you generate – you won’t just receive the ideas that your groups generate – you’ll receive every single idea generated by every single Brainstormer who joins us at this event!!! You’ll be able to choose from an unbelievable menu of educational programs, presented by the top leaders of our industry; as well as the matchless opportunity to meet the leading vendors and suppliers of our industry face to face in our Resource Room Exhibit Area. The entire event is also supplemented by a variety of networking opportunities designed especially to get you in personal touch with other apartment professionals who share your challenges, responsibilities, concerns, and specialties! We guarantee that you’ll leave Brainstorming as a better professional, and most of our Brainstormers report that the value of the experience extends in many ways to their personal lives as well. Find out more by reviewing our presentation on The Brainstorming Process and What To Expect.

• Send an e-mail message or just give us a call at 727.940.5211 to reach a member of the team that actually designs and produces Brainstorming. We would love to hear from you, and we’re at your service!