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Destination Conferences Are at an Intersection
Networking is a crucial part to real estate, an industry that thrives on who you know and how you’re connected, almost to a fault. When in-person networking was all but halted due to pandemic restrictions, the real estate industry had to quickly adapt to survive while the world hit pause. Just like every other industry from education and healthcare to technology and construction, people took traditionally face to face interactions into the virtual realm.
The numbers say this isn’t a great idea. Eighty-five percent of people say they build stronger, more meaningful business relationships at conferences or meetings and 95 percent say these in-person meetings are crucial to creating and maintaining long-term business relationships. Certain aspects of communication are lost in a virtual environment like context clues and physical expressions or movements. Sarcasm is harder to comprehend online and sensing a conversation’s overall vibe may be impossible. Fan of multi-tasking? You can’t do that in-person as these interactions, fortunately, demand our full attention. When we cannot meet in-person, virtual is better than nothing, but it’s not an equivalent alternative.
Despite our appreciation for alone or quiet time, especially parents who have been juggling work and childcare for many months now, humans are social creatures. In fact, 65 percent of study participants reported increased feelings of loneliness since the pandemic began with a majority also experiencing anxiety, a loss of feeling connected, and depression.
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