Dear Colleagues,

This is just a brief note to help you prepare for next week’s Optimization Summit event in Dallas!

• The event is being held at the Sheraton, Dallas; physical address 400 North Olive Street, Dallas, TX 75201. Should you need to contact the hotel directly, please call toll free: 1-866-716-8134.  Hotel, airport, and ground transportation information is available at http://optimizationsummits.com/?page_id=50.
• The event begins with a Meet & Greet Tweet Up, sponsored by For Rent Media Solutions, at the Sheraton’s Draft Media Sports Bar on the lobby level of the hotel from 6:00-8:00 pm on Monday, March 22.  Stop at the Multifamilypro staff table on your way in to receive your nametag and agenda booklet. If you miss the Meet & Greet, we’ll continue check-in at 7:00 am on Tuesday morning in the Houston Preconvene area located outside of Houston Ballrooms B & C on the 3^rd floor of the Sheraton Conference Center.
• The complete event agenda is available at http://optimizationsummits.com/?page_id=553.
• The Workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday are hands-on, so bring your laptop!  Electrical outlets will be available, but make sure your battery is fully charged just in case you’re accidentally unplugged.  Wireless internet access will be available in all Workshop rooms free of charge.
• General attendee prerequisites are listed at http://optimizationsummits.com/?page_id=996.
• If you plan to attend Erica Campbell’s workshop on Video & Photo Sharing for Optimal Growth & Brand Exposure on Wednesday, visit http://optimizationsummits.com/?page_id=281 now to review course prerequisites.
• If you’re attending Wednesday’s Beyond Facebook: Marketing On Other Social Networks workshops led by Mark Juleen, Charity Hisle, and Brent Williams, please take a moment to review the course prerequisites at http://optimizationsummits.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Prerequisites-for-Beyond-Facebook.pdf.

• Building An Awesome Brand!  Here’s a little prep work: Designing Brand Identity

• Please be careful to keep all your gadgets with you throughout the event or label them so we can easily reunite you with anything that gets lost, left behind, or might be easily confused with somebody else’s (especially laptop power cords).

Before Next Week:

• Take a moment to visit your registration file for the event at http://www..regonline.com/checkin.asp?eventid=804031# (click on “Already Registered” to access your file) and make certain all of your contact information is correct. This info will be used to create the event Networking Directory that all attendees will receive so that you can maintain the valuable connections you’ll make next week!
• You should already be following us on Twitter @Time2Optimize, but you can now also add our attendee-only twitter channel which we’ll begin using at the event, @optsumattendees The event hashtag is #optsum.  You can find us on Facebook at Optimization Summits, too!

• If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to reply here or call us at 727-784-9469!

We’ll see you there!

Tami & Team Multifamilypro

• As part of your Optimization Summits registration, you’re going to receive a Poken! Visit http://www.poken.com/web/guest/go

before the event to open your free Poken account and enter your contact info so you’ll be ready to link your Poken to the account as soon as you receive it, and start sharing contact info with other attendees!