The Community Outreach Committee used some creative ideas this year for our March Madness Bracket Challenge and introduced Lottery Ball hosting a fun event on March 18th! We were able to raise $1620 for the Boys and Girls Club! WINNERS! Bracket Challenge 1st Dallas Schwerin 2nd Scott Keadle 3rd Ethan Tecklenberg Lottery Ball 1st David Sielaty 2nd [...]
Happy April IFMA Family! We have a lot of great events coming up, both virtual and in-person, and I am looking forward to connecting with all of you. Our April meeting is right around the corner, and we are looking forward to hearing from our panel of FMs who have been in the industry for [...]
Hello IFMA Family, Welcome to March! Can you believe we have been in this together for a year!?! I am thankful I got to see some of you virtually in February at our luncheon and wine tasting. I am hoping soon we can all see each other in-person again. Until then, we have our upcoming [...]
by Travis Dodson Thank you to Jade Franklin with Knoll for providing the IFMA Greater Triangle Chapter and our guests with helpful tips as many of us continue working remotely. Jade provided insightful information to help our members continue to be productive while working from home. Key takeaways: 1. For every 20 minutes you're staring at your screen, take [...]
Hello IFMA Family, As we continue to move forward in our new COVID world, please remember we are all in this together! Reach out to your fellow associates and vendors and say hello to keep everyone motivated and join us for all things virtual! We have some great events including a luncheon and wine tasting [...]
Happy New Year! Welcome to the New Year, New You! We are excited about our upcoming virtual series that kicks off next month. Please try and join as many virtual events as you can to Stay In This Together! Registration has opened for our Carolina Summit in March in Charlotte. You will not want to [...]
Holly Bowers (Roofwerks), Lynne Beaman (Raymond Engineering), and Kellie Renzi (McDonald York) had a great time shopping with our friends from the Marine Corps for Toys for Tots on Tuesday, December 8th. As an organization, we raised $455.00 in funds to purchase toys, and we supplemented these 5 full shopping carts with 7 1/2 boxes [...]
Greetings my IFMA Elves! I hope everyone is as ready as I am to end this year looking forward to joy and excitement for 2021! I am grateful to have gone through this year with the support of all of you including my Board and all Sponsors. It was wonderful to see so many of [...]
The GTC of IFMA held our annual Chapter Appreciation Event on November 12 at the Angus Barn Pavilion. Special thanks to those committees that made this 2020 event a success during COVID while keeping members safe! Angel Bond, Roberta Scoblick, the Networking & Events committee and Board members worked together in this effort! The Toys [...]
This year’s Mike Bradley Memorial IFMA Foundation Golf Tournament celebrated our 21st anniversary. Despite the challenges of rescheduling this year’s tournament due to Covid-19, this year was another huge success. Thank you to all players, sponsors and volunteers as well as to the staff at Lochmere Golf Club. The primary purpose of this annual event [...]
"Let November be your month of giving!" Hi Everyone, So excited to be able to see you all in person at our Annual Appreciation event at Angus Barn. It has been too long! If you have not done so already, please consider giving to the Toys for Tots virtual event or you can bring your [...]
"All in it together!" I can’t believe we are already in October! As we welcome the cooler weather, let’s get together and enjoy a glass of wine during our Chapter's Virtual Wine Tasting event on Oct 22nd! It will be a great opportunity to take a break from our busy schedules to connect with fellow [...]
In years past, IFMA representatives from across the USA would convene in September for Advocacy Day: a two-day meeting each year to learn about current political issues and meet with their state representatives. Typically, the first day was spent learning about specific issues concerning the Facility Management profession and the second day was spent in [...]
On Thursday, September 17th, IFMA held a virtual meeting on the Workplace Post Pandemic. "The workplace is not dead. It is going to have a new beginning." - Raj Krishnamurthy "There’s only so much you can do inside a 2x2 box on your computer screen. You lose the ability to collaborate and build trust." - [...]