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EXCLUSIVE: Sneak Peek from Gary about his Saturday Session!

You need to REGISTER by December 15 to secure your FREE spot to hear Gary Keller speak at his special Saturday Session where he’ll give a sneak peek into the content of his next book! You do not want to miss out!

Extra perk: Register by the deadline and you will also receive your name badge in the mail and avoid the registration lines completely!

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What Else is Hot This Week?
	Experience the Power of KW Culture Join Clint Swindall, professional speaker, trainer and consultant extraordinaire at our Cultural Summit. Celebrate the power of our unique culture and learn how to foster its growth in your market centers. Be sure to select Cultural Summit as an item when registering!
	Put Your BEST Foot Forward Red Bash is where the best of the best get the opportunity to strut their stuff for their Keller Williams Family! Do you have what it takes? Click here for full submission guidelines.
	Looking for a Roommate? If you’re hoping to find a roommate to save some money or you’re having trouble getting into a hotel close to the Convention Center, be sure to check out our new Roommate Request Board! Click here to find other attendees looking for a roommate.

ARLINGTON, VA – Since 2008, when the first of four benefit fundraisers was held, the agents from the Keller Williams Arlington market center have raised approximately $150,000 for the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC).  With their annual party extraordinaire, the agents have accomplished their mission to help the Arlington Food Assistance Center to pay off the mortgage on its food warehouse and distribution center.

KW Agent, Gayle Fleming with guest speaker Andy Shallal

The event is held each November at the Clarendon Ballroom, a local hot spot. Local and national politicians have attended. Television celebrities such as HGTV’s Sabrina Soto, and The Chew’s Chef Carla Hall have been special guests and auction items have been donated by the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Chris Rock. This year they were able to secure tickets to the sold out Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon as one of the live auction items!  All this has made the “Pay It Forward Pay It Off!” fundraiser one of the “must attend” events of the year.

Congressman Jim Moran and Redskins legend Gary Clark were in the house this year and the Mistress of Ceremony was the lovely television anchor, Cynne Simpson from ABC7/WJLA.  Great food, wonderful live entertainment and serious bidding during the auction kept the party lively from beginning to end.  “We had no idea when we started brainstorming about a fundraiser at a KW Cares meeting in the summer of 2008 that a bunch of full-time real estate agents could pull off something so fabulously successful and raise so much money for such a worthy organization.” These are the words of Keller Williams Arlington agent Gayle Fleming, who along with a core group of dedicated agents worked tirelessly to make the event a success each year. The 2011 event on November 10^th raised $45,000—the most ever from a single event.

They were rewarded when Beth Kiley Johnson, director of AFAC’s Permanent Home Campaign, said: “We are pleased to announce that our mortgage has been paid and the funds borrowed for the down payment have been replenished.”  The Arlington market center has been the largest single donor to the $1 million campaign. “No community partner has worked as tirelessly on this effort as the Community Outreach Committee of Keller Williams, Arlington,” said Moran, in a Congressional Proclamation on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in June.

Although this particular goal has been met, the Arlington agents are already thinking about what worthwhile community organization they want to help next year. Serving the community has been an important function of the Keller Williams Arlington market center. It has unified the agents in a common goal and displayed the culture of caring that sets Keller Williams Realty apart from any other company!

Mistress of Ceremonies, Cynne Simpson
KW agent Cristina Sison-Redskin Gary Clark
142 Live, Silent and Raffle items

KW Arlington agent Jowita Klein (right) and friends

Team Leader Pam O’Bryant and agent Kathy Fong

On November 21, Brian Icenhower, team leader with the Tulare County market center and ALC members Kevin Blain and Carlos Aleman completed the prestigious Ford Ironman Triathlon in Tempe, Arizona. This grueling, all-day endurance competition consisted of a 2.4 mile swim leg, a 112 mile cycling leg, and finished with a 26.2 mile marathon run.

By implementing a number of Keller Williams’ mindsets and practices that range from time-blocking to the six perspectives, the three real estate athletes proved that what you focus on does expand. Their Tulare County market center grew by over 150 net agents during the year leading up to training for this triathlon. Amazingly, Kevin Blain was able to close well over 400 units during that same year!

“I am proud to say that I was forced to set the goal of completing this race while I was attending MAPS’ BOLD series just over a year ago. Without Keller Williams or BOLD, I never would have ventured to attempt it!” states Icenhower.

Aleman noted that “it truly took focusing on my 20 percent at a new level, and now I feel like I can take on anything.”