Meet Our Ignite Tampa Bay 2012 Emcee!

Ashley Ray

We are excited to announce Antony Francis as that this year's emcee! If you were at the last Ignite, you saw him speak (psst he was the one with blank slides). WHAT will he do THIS year? Who knows! You'll have to purchase a ticket and find out for yourselves!

You can follow him on twitter: @Antony511  

More on Antony Francis:

After 6 years successfully selling homes in Buffalo NY in the 90?s Antony was recruited by National Real Estate Guru Floyd Wickman, in Troy Michigan, as his Business Manager. He was then promoted to VP of Program Development where he designed the marketing plan for introducing training programs to real estate agents around the country as well as set up strategic alliances for the company.

He was then recruited by Realtor.com, a division of RealSelect, now Move.com, to work as a National Speaker. He spoke to audiences in all but 5 states ranging from 30-3000 attendees, teaching agents how to better market themselves and their properties with the internet. He also worked as National Sales Trainer for the company and taught internally to the large sales force.  He helped pioneer online learning for Realtor.com and wrote the territory management plan the company used.

After being laid off in late 2002, He worked as CEO of RealEstatePowerTools.com and as a technology integration consultant for Coldwell Banker NRT Florida. In 2009 after finishing his degree in Organizational Innovations he  made the decision to launch Head of Lettuce Media as a company that can help businesses of all sizes learn how to integrate social media and new technologies into their business mix.

His Ignite Tampa Bay 2011 talk: Effectively Networking for Success

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