In between, Stefan has translated residential real estate, its trends, its risks, and its inflection points, for more than two million people in person. From the Sydney Opera House to UCLA Anderson. From standing-room crowds of 10,000 in Anaheim to twelve people around a boardroom table.
Each talk is updated every ninety days and rewritten end to end every year. Sometimes hours before taking the stage. The material is always current. The job is always the same. Take what is complex about residential real estate and make it usable for the people in the room.
Where the industry is heading over the next decade. Consolidation. Technology. Consumer behavior. The shifts already underway and the ones that have not arrived yet but will.
The fifty potential threats facing organized real estate, drawn from the NAR-commissioned study that defined a generation of strategic planning. Many of those threats have since materialized. The talk walks through which ones, what came of them, and what is still ahead.
Seven survival skills, drawn from seven animals, applied to the real work of leading through volatility. Adapted from the New York Times bestseller. A framework for resilience, decision-making, and personal growth under pressure.
How technology is reshaping brokerages, MLSs, and franchises. What executives need to do about it now, and what they need to be ready for next.
Strategic planning for associations, MLSs, and brokerages navigating consolidation, M&A, and changing competitive dynamics. The structural questions a leadership team has to answer in order to plan beyond the current cycle.
The Sydney Opera House and a twelve-person executive retreat require different talks. Stefan has done both, sometimes in the same week.
Standing-room-only
From the Anaheim Convention Center to the Sydney Opera House. The scale where industry-wide direction gets set.
CEO & C-suite gatherings
The T3 Summit and leadership forums. A commercial-free environment where the leaders of residential real estate gather for presentations, strategic dialogue, and on-stage interviews. Hosted by Stefan annually.
Boardrooms & retreats
Hundreds of board offsites, executive retreats, and leadership team strategic planning sessions. The work that guides decisions for franchises, brokerages, MLSs, and national associations.
Continents reached
Audiences across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya, and Europe. Once delivered a 90-minute keynote back-to-back in two languages.
"Too often we find that experts are either great writers or great speakers. Rarely do we find both in one incredibly talented and passionate person. Swanepoel is that rare breed that gives you the total package."
“Stefan is the smartest person I have met in real estate.”
“If you want a high-impact speaker, you want Stefan. He’ll grab them with his energy and keep them on the edge of their seats.”
“Stefan has a profound grasp of the industry. He has great insight into our business that can be helpful going forward.”
“An engaging and energizing speaker with his finger on the pulse. He demonstrates how attendees can use the information to be more successful.”
Stefan has interviewed more than 100 CEOs and industry leaders live on stage in what have become iconic, deeply personal and highly insightful conversations exploring leadership, strategy and the human stories behind some of the world’s most influential real estate organizations, companies that collectively oversee hundreds of billions of dollars in annual real estate sales globally. Here are a few examples.
Although not naturally drawn to the podcast format, Stefan has participated in more than 50 podcasts over the years, primarily as a courtesy to clients, industry colleagues. Below a few examples.
“Wisdom speaks less and says more.”