Join us for REignite Fall Conference!
NEW in 2025, the best free real estate conference you’ll find, REignite Fall Conference in Lombard. This NEW event is for anyone working in the real estate industry: brokers, managing brokers, new agents and appraisers.
REignite Fall Conference will feature:
- Prominent, boundary-breaking speakers
- Housing industry experts
- Actionable tips and best practices
- Networking
Speaker Lineup
Be Your Own MVP: Lessons from the Real-Life Ted Lasso
Coach Donnie Campbell
Be Your Own MVP: Lessons from the Real-Life Ted Lasso
Session Description
Are you a fan of the Emmy-award winning show Ted Lasso? Meet the high school basketball coach Donnie Campbell, whose lessons on leadership and integrity were the inspiration for the show. Coach Campbell brings his winning wisdom to help you discover your own MVP —mission, values and principles—to succeed and “believe.”
About Coach Donnie Campbell
Coach Donnie Campbell still shapes lives as a math teacher and basketball coach in Kansas, but his work as an acclaimed keynote speaker on leadership has helped audiences define their core values and nurture talent. Campbell has been featured on ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s The Today Show.
The Ultimate Competitive Advantage
Amanda Gore
The Ultimate Competitive Advantage
Session Description
Award-winning keynote speaker Amanda Gore will help you harness your competitive power—of joy— to increase your productivity and drive real change. Having joy in your work and in what you do can boost sales, increase productivity, reduce errors and enhance your chance of success. Gore uses a high-energy combination of humor, science and life experience to teach tools you can use to bring out the best in yourself and your business.
About Amanda Gore
Amanda Gore is a best-selling author, Hall of Fame award-winning speaker, businesswoman, Huffington Post columnist and the CEO of The Joy Project. Gore is a renowned expert in connection, communication and performance, blending research in science, psychology, emotional intelligence and humor.
Being Smart is Not Enough to Succeed
Bill Benjamin
Being Smart is Not Enough to Succeed
Session Description
Need a formula to become a high-performing leader in a high-pressure world? Bill Benjamin uses his math and tech background to share practical and scientific tools to help you build leadership skills, adapt to changing environments and deliver results.
About Bill Benjamin
Bill Benjamin has advanced degrees in mathematics and computer science and had 25 years of real-world business experience as a senior leader. He is a partner at the Insitute for Health and Human Potential, a successful international research and culture change company, named one of the “fastest growing companies in the “Fast 100” ranking in PROFIT Magazine.
Make Every Customer Feel Like a High Roller
Molly Bloom
Never Lose Your Flame
Molly Bloom is an inspirational keynote speaker, entrepreneur, podcast host and bestselling author. She is best known for her memoir, Molly’s Game, which was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film of the same name by Aaron Sorkin. Bloom’s memoir chronicles her journey from having her Olympic dreams crushed by a career-ending accident to building and operating the largest and most notorious private poker game in the world. Named one of Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women, Molly has an extraordinary story of resilience and overcoming setbacks.
Business Innovation
Bill Rancic
Business Innovation
About Bill Rancic
Since rising to fame as the first winner of NBC’s The Apprentice, Bill Rancic has established himself over the last two decades as an entrepreneur, award-winning author, real estate developer and sought-after business leadership speaker. A Chicago native, he also co-owns the nationally recognized RPM Restaurant Group.
Conference Schedule
REignite will feature sessions on key issues affecting you and your clients such as homeowners insurance, lending, zoning reform and updates on the hottest legal and public policy matters.
General Sessions
| 11:30 a.m.-5:00 pm | Conference Registration | Registration Desk |
| 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Conference Registration | Registration Desk |
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. | Be Your Own MVP: Lessons from the Real-Life Ted Lasso with Donnie Campbell | Ballroom A-E |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. | The Story Behind the Insurance Crisis with NAR Senior Policy Advisor for Insurance Austin Perez and REALTOR® Ginger Sreenan | Ballroom A-E |
| Fee Freedom: The Long Road | Ballroom A-E | |
| 10:50-11:20 a.m. | MLS: Make it More Than Just a Database with MRED President/CEO Rebecca Jensen and Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer Chris Haran | Ballroom A-E |
| 11:20-11:55 a.m. | Lending and Mortgage Issues with Mortgage Bankers Association Associate Vice President of Housing Economics Dr. Edward Seiler and 2025 Illinois REALTORS® President-elect Jeff Kolbus | Ballroom A-E |
| 12:00-1:15 p.m. | All Attendee Luncheon (buffet) | Ballroom F-J |
| 1:15-2:00 p.m. | The Hidden Value of Leadership with NAR First Vice President Christine Hansen | Ballroom A-E |
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | I Heard it On the Legal Hotline with Victoria Munson | Ballroom A-E |
| Demolishing Value, Demolishing Your Rights | Ballroom A-E | |
| 3:05-4:00 p.m. | Being Smart is Not Enough to Succeed with Bill Benjamin | Ballroom A-E |
| 4:30-6:30 p.m. | RPAC Major Investor Celebration | PuttShack |
| 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Conference Registration | Registration Desk |
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. | The Ultimate Competitive Advantage with Amanda Gore | Ballroom A-E |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. | Future of Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSEs) with NAR Senior Policy Representative Ken Fears and REALTOR® Megan Oswald | Ballroom A-E |
| 10:45-11:25 a.m. | Business Innovation with Bill Rancic and 2025 Illinois REALTORS® President Tommy Choi | Ballroom A-E |
| Dousing Affordability: The Cost of Sprinkler Codes | Ballroom A-E | |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Is Illinois Building Enough Homes? with National Association of Home Builders VP of Regulatory Affairs Susan Asmus and 2025 Illinois REALTORS® Immediate Past President Matt Silver | Ballroom A-E |
| 12:00-1:15 p.m. | All Attendee Luncheon (buffet) | Ballroom F-J |
| 1:15-1:35 p.m. | The Art of the Campaign with REALTOR® Matt Persicketti and Senior Director of Advocacy Programs Gideon Blustein | Ballroom A-E |
| 1:35-2:20 p.m. | Zoning and Building Code Reform in Bloomington with Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady, City Manager Jeff Jurgens and 2025 Illinois REALTORS® Treasurer Debbie Prodehl | Ballroom A-E |
| 2:20-3:05 p.m. | Make Every Customer Feel Like a High Roller with Molly Bloom | Ballroom A-E |
| 3:05-3:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks with 2025 Illinois REALTORS® President Tommy Choi | Ballroom A-E |
| 6:00-6:30 p.m. | Inaugural Reception | Ballroom A - E |
| 6:30-8:45 p.m. | 108th Inaugural Gala and REEF Benefit (Ticket Required) | Ballroom A-E |
| 9:00-11:00 p.m. | Inaugural After Party hosted by the Peoria Area Association of REALTORS® | Harry Caray's Holy Mackerel Bar |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | Board of Directors Meeting | Ballroom F-J |
Committees & Meetings
| 1:00-4:00 p.m. | GAD Training (Closed) | Lilac C |
| 1:00-4:00 p.m. | Leadership Summit (Closed) | Junior Ballroom B |
| 8:45-9:30 a.m. | RPAC Trustees (Closed) | Junior Ballroom A |
| 8:00-9:30 a.m. | Professional Standards Committee | Ballroom F |
| 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | AE Committee (Closed) | Junior Ballroom A |
| 12:00-1:05 p.m. | Local Board Leadership Forum Lunch Meeting (Closed) | Junior Ballroom B |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | Board of Directors Meeting | Ballroom F-J |
Hotel Information
The Westin Chicago Lombard
70 Yorktown Center, Lombard, IL 60148
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