Cms Exclusive in-person events

Free
Event
LIMITED SEATS
PER EVENT
Includes
LUNCH
Prizes and
Giveaways

Creating valued & valuable Property Managers

Why should you attend the engage exclusive events?

The community management industry is bursting with opportunity. Are you ready to become part of the new bread of community managers that understand their value and communicate their value?

Who should attend?

Business Owners, Managers, Community Managers & Finance Team

There are so many good reasons to attend Engage:

Get industry shaping statistics to benchmark your business.

How to make the change from post box to platform of value.

New CMS features that will enable the whole team to be more pro-active.

Key strategies on how to bring the whole Team together.

Network with industry stakeholders and peers.

Stand a chance to win amazing spot prizes and giveaways.

Join us on our mission to create more valuable & valued Property Managers.

Venues

Pretoria
Tuesday
12 Mar
Date
TBA
08:00 - 15:00
To Be Announced
Atterbury
Theatre
Venue
To Be Announced
Limited Seats - Only
250
Attendees
REGISTER NOW
CLOSED
Johannesburg
Friday
15 Mar
Date
TBA
08:00 - 15:00
To Be Announced
Protea Hotel
Wanderers
Venue
To Be Announced
Limited Seats - Only
250
Attendees
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CLOSED
Cape Town
Friday
12 Apr
Date
TBA
08:00 - 15:00
To Be Announced
Protea Hotel
Stellenbosch
Venue
To Be Announced
Limited Seats - Only
250
Attendees
REGISTER NOW
CLOSED
Durban
Friday
19 Apr
Date
TBA
08:00 - 15:00
To Be Announced
Radisson Blu Durban
Umhlanga
Venue
To Be Announced
Limited Seats - Only
250
Attendees
REGISTER NOW
CLOSED
Bloemfontein
Date
TBA
To Be Announced
Venue
To Be Announced
Limited Seats - Only
250
Attendees
REGISTER NOW
CLOSED
Gqeberha
Date
TBA
To Be Announced
Venue
To be announced
Venue
To Be Announced
Limited Seats - Only
250
Attendees
REGISTER NOW
CLOSED

Agenda

08:00-09:00
Registration and Refreshments(Coffee/Tea/Juice)

09:00-09:20
Welcome and Intro: ENGAGE - Our Vision of Value

Johann
van der Merwe
Managing Director
Schalk
van der Merwe
Director, Sales & Marketing
09:20-10:00
Community Management: Your GAMEPLAN to win in 2024 and beyond

Community Manage is a team “sport”! You need a rock-solid Positioning Strategy that uses industry stats, trends, and market forces to align your People, Processes, Systems, and Partners to create the “WIN”.

Danie
van der Merwe
Director, Solutions Management
10:00-10:05
Lucky Draw for Sponsor Prizes

10:05-10:25
Comfort Break

10:25-11:50
Bring the Team together

Part 1: How to optimise Team performance: Building a winning team to achieve the ultimate efficiency Part 2: How to integrate systems and workflows for greater efficiency: Unveiling essential GAMEPLAYS to achieve “The Win” Part 3: How to communicate your value: Lifting “The Cup”

Part 1: How to optimise Team performance: Building a winning team to achieve the ultimate efficiency

Part 2: How to integrate systems and workflows for greater efficiency: Unveiling essential GAMEPLAYS to achieve “The Win”

Part 3: How to communicate your value: Lifting “The Cup”

Tobie
van der Merwe
Business Development Manager
Maritza
Botha
Product Manager CMS
11:50-12:00
Luck Draw for Sponsor Prizes

12:00-13:00
Lunch Break / Networking, Stakeholder Engagement, and Interviews

13:00-14:00
ENGAGE Activation Session: Business Owner and Management

A practical work session: How to build and package your value proposition

  • New client Presentation Pack
  • How to keep your “finger on the pulse”
  • Reporting – What and how?
  • People Driver Toolkit
Danie
van der Merwe
Director, Solutions Management
Tobie
van der Merwe
Business Development Manager
13:00-14:00
ENGAGE Activation Session: Community Manager

Activation work session: Steps to boost efficiency - How to save time with the right mindset, tools, and actions

  • Zero-inbox workshop
  • Practical Meeting Management: Pre, In and Post meeting workflows
  • Creating seamless collaboration between you and your finance team
Maritza
Botha
Product Manager CMS
Alize
van Vuuren
Product Owner
13:00-14:00
ENGAGE Activation Session: Finance Manager

Activation work session: Practical financial workflows for maximum efficiency and accuracy

  • Unpacking bulk banking
  • Simplifying the supplier payment process
Nisha
Singh
Customer Success Consultant
Lin-Marie
Carstens
Migration & Training Consultant
14:00-14:30
Closing: Final Lucky Draw and Stakeholder Engagement

Speakers

Johann
van der Merwe
Managing Director
WeconnectU
Johann van der Merwe
WeconnectU
Johann is the Managing Director of WeconnectU, a leading property management software solutions company. Johann has a history of working with one of the top ten multinational pharmaceutical firms where he was the Head of Marketing for Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2011, he decided to end his corporate career and join his family in the property management industry. In 2017, he started WeconnectU with his brother, Danie.
Danie
van der Merwe
Director, Solutions Management
WeconnectU
Danie van der Merwe
WeconnectU
Danie is the Co-founder of WeconnectU, a leading property management software solutions company. Before the founding of WeconnectU, Danie gained his experience in the property sector while being the MD of PropConnect, a company specialising in the management of Sectional Title and Home Owners Associations. Danie believes success is largely determined by the impact and success one can create for others.
Schalk
van der Merwe
Director, Sales & Marketing
WeconnectU
Schalk van der Merwe
WeconnectU
Before joining WeconnectU, Schalk gained international experience working in property management in the UK. He returned to South Africa in 2006 and started his real estate career as a franchisee. He was responsible for the management of multiple franchises, which included the management of the residential and commercial property portfolios. Schalk has seen how digital transformation can be leveraged to create incredible customer experiences and how this will enable you to differentiate yourself from your competitors. Schalk believes that meeting the needs of the “always-connected” customer is essential and that it is inevitable that businesses must embrace technology to be relevant and profitable going forward.
Tobie
van der Merwe
Business Development Manager
WeconnectU
Tobie van der Merwe
WeconnectU
Tobie is a Business Development Manager at WeconnectU. Before joining WeconnectU, Tobie spent many years specialising in the field of Marketing and Sales in the Professional Services and Software as a Service (SaaS) industry. Besides a deep rooted passion for people, marketing and sales, Tobie believes that Property Professionals can become more valuable as solutions providers through a strategic approach to their business.
Maritza
Botha
Product Manager CMS
WeconnectU
Maritza Botha
WeconnectU
Maritza heads up the CMS Customer Success team at WeconnectU. She has more than 14 years’ experience in the property management industry, including running a prominent managing agency in Cape Town with a portfolio of more than 10 000 units. Having been in the seat of a Portfolio Manager, Operations Manager and a shareholder of a managing agency, she has a deep understanding of the challenges the Property Manager faces on a daily basis. Maritza is positive, energetic and passionate, her mission is to support and assist the Property Manager on their journey to continuously expand their value to their stakeholders.
Alize
van Vuuren
Product Owner
WeconnectU
Alize van Vuuren
WeconnectU
Lin-Marie
Carstens
Migration & Training Consultant
WeconnectU
Lin-Marie Carstens
WeconnectU
Nisha
Singh
Customer Success Consultant
WeconnectU
Nisha Singh
WeconnectU

Testimonials

"The atmosphere was fantastic.”
Engela Wissing
Vision Properties
“ENGAGE'23 made me feel more empowered as a property manager.”
Inger Allen
Intersect
"It was fantastic to be in a room of likeminded individuals.”
Leroy Coleman
Coleman Properties
“ENGAGE'23 Helped me better understand my value!”
Corli Calitz
Calitz Estates

Testimonials

"The atmosphere was fantastic.”
Engela Wissing
Vision Properties
“ENGAGE'23 made me feel more empowered as a property manager.”
Inger Allen
Intersect
"It was fantastic to be in a room of likeminded individuals.”
Leroy Coleman
Coleman Properties
“ENGAGE'23 Helped me better understand my value!”
Corli Calitz
Calitz Estates

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FAQs

What is the ENGAGE Exclusive Events?

ENGAGE Exclusive Events are WeconnectU’s CMS 2024 in-person events to be hosted in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town. Durban, Gqeberha, and Bloemfontein for CMS clients. We want to engage in-person. discuss industry insights, talk business best practice, share stories and unpack CMS product developments. There will also be break-away Activation Sessions to discuss practical applications for Business Owners. Community Managers and Finance staff.

Will the ENGAGE Exclusive Events be in-person events?

The ENGAGE Exclusive Events will be in-person events to be hosted in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha, and Bloemfontein. These events will be invite-only events with limited seating available per event. Bookings are essential. The ENGAGE events will take place between the month of March and July.

Is it free to attend?

Yes. This is a free event. There are limited seats available per event, so bookings are essential. These events will include catering in the form of a lunch and coffee, drink and juice. There will also be spot prizes and giveaways.

Who is invited to ENGAGE 2024?

Exclusively invited CMS clients will attend these regional events. We want to gather 200-300 Business Owners, Managers, Community Managers and Finance teams in each event.

If I miss an event, will there be a recording available afterward?

No. This is an in-person event, so there will be no recordings made of the event. We will make the content that was shared available as downloadable resources after the event.

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