The 2018 PPM Property Management Conference, as well as PPM Group’s ‘Best ofย the Best’ National Property Management Awards, are now open for registrations.
The PPM conference event is 100% property management focused with a wide selection of principal/department manager/senior property management breakout sessions. The event is designed forย principals, department managers, business development managers, leasing consultants, property managers and support staff wanting to fast track their career in property management.
With 17 national and international speakers, subjects include:
- unleashing your greatest potential and transforming your mindset
- how to conduct health checks
- knowing your worth as a property manager
- property management into the future
- AirBnb and other disruptors
- how to utilise social media and managing negative online reviews
- working smarter not harder in tackling the modern day property management challenges
- how to recruit and retain team members with greater ease, new technologies and apps transforming property, how to become your local area ‘go-to’ PM specialist
- the future of marketing rental properties
- the explosion of meth in rental properties
- how to reduce your risk of a lawsuit
- cyber security protection
- 28-day action plan
- …and lots more!
Debbie Palmer, Managing Director of the PPM Group, said, โWe dedicated months into the planning of the speaker line-up and content to ensure that there is cutting-edge and up-to-date information to take the growth and profits of the property management department to the next level.โ
The conference will take place from 17 – 18 June 2018 at the Marriott Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast.
The PPM Group is a national property management training, consulting and coaching company who have been offeringย procedural systems, support and an advisory service to the industry since 2000.
PPM also hosts the prestigious ‘Best ofย the Best’ National Property Management Awards (in conjunction with the conference) that recognises outstanding achievement on a national level.
The awards aim to encourage, recognise and promote excellence in the areas of service delivery, systems, technology,ย marketing, business development, leasing, personal achievement and best industry practices.
Receiving an award is one of the most sought-after career goals for property management team members and agencies.ย Making the finalist list could be easier than you think. Here are 15 top tips on how you can stand out and win an award:
1. Simply enter the awards and give it a go.
2. Prepare yourself by reading the questions and work towards fulfilling and achieving the criteria in advance.
3. Be focused and work hard.
4. Set goals and accomplish them.
5. Find a mentor who can assist you.ย Talk to your co-workers or superiors for ideas.ย There is power in collective thinking.
6. Read the submission instructions and questions carefully.
7. Google or attend training to gather ideas.
8. Make sure you stick to the word limit.
9. Focus on your key points and don’t get off track.
10. ย Start with a short summary introduction and then outline in dot points (if applicable) how you have fulfilled the requirements, your achievements and why you are different.ย You need to make it simple and easy for the judges to read.
11. Use a coloured pen on your draft copy to highlight how many key points you have outlined if a question is not a dot point format.ย Often points can be allocated to how many different concepts, actions, processes or ideas are shared.
12. Evidence is the key to substantiate your submission.ย Photos, document examples, reports, testimonials, surveys, editorials, etc.ย How can you prove that you have fulfilled the criteria?
13. Check and triple check your submission to ensure that it makes sense and there are no grammatical errors.ย Ask a third-party person to read it as well.
14. Visualise yourself receiving the award
15. Never give up.ย Not everyone wins an award the first time.ย An award-winning finalist is a grand title that will give value-added credibility to the recipient as well as open-up many doors of opportunity. Just do it.
Click here if you would like to participate in the awards and download your submission form today or email awards@ppmgroup.com.au.
Book your tickets for the PPM Property Management Conference here. For more information visitย ppmgroup.com.au or email conference@ppmgroup.com.au