We are off to a great start in 2020! We had 71 members and guests register for our January 2020 Monthly Meeting! Looking forward to seeing some of you at the Thursday, February 13th tour at 3:00PM of the Rho building in Durham. We currently have 38 members registered! This tour is limited to 40 [...]
Our January monthly meeting featured Tony Leone, Creator and CEO of Whole Brain Selling® presenting on "Lead From the Right" on how to focus on right brain leadership. The New Year brings new goals, new targets, new KPI’s, new results, and new challenges. The item that has the most impact on success is the impact [...]
Happy New Year All! We have an exciting year ahead for our Chapter in 2020! Plans and work are underway for some major events including: IFMA Carolinas Summit and Gala - March 5, 2020 in Charlotte March Madness Event Mike Bradley Memorial IFMA Foundation Golf Tournament - April 29, 2020 Professional Only Member Event scheduled for [...]
Happy Holidays Everyone! I hope that everyone enjoyed the Member Appreciation event at Angus Barn Pavilion as much as I did. What a great time and a nice way to thank everyone for the collective efforts throughout the year to make our Chapter the strongest it can possibly be. Thank you to our Ruby Sponsor [...]
GTC of IFMA held a fun Chapter Appreciation event on November 14th at the Angus Barn Pavilion! We had over 150 members and guests attend to celebrate our organization. We honored the below 2019 members during our Awards Presentation: Professional Member Justin Barber – Highwoods Properties Associate Member Kellie Renzi– McDonald York Rookie of the Year Nick [...]
The 2nd annual Bingo for Bones event was a huge success. Together we raised $1,475 which will be donated to the SPCA of Wake County. This is an increase of almost 70% from last year’s event. We had a great turnout of over 60 people and also had two rescue groups represented. We even had a [...]
by Travis Dodson, MBA, CFM, CIPM, FMP The Greater Triangle Chapter recently had the honor of awarding two IFMA Foundation scholarships in the name of Buck Fisher at World Workplace 2019. The IFMA Foundation is dedicated to the mission of promoting education for the facility management profession around the world and making FM a Career [...]
As we go into November and get closer to the end of 2019, I would personally like to thank everyone of you for your time, continued support, and being a part of the GTC of IFMA family, especially all the Veterans. Wishing our IFMA members and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving! Special thanks to Travis [...]
Let Fall begin! I would like to start by letting our IFMA family know that our Secretary, Haley Hough, has stepped down from her Board position effective September 30th, and will be leaving IFMA to embark on a new career as an Account Executive with The Looma Project. We are very thankful and proud [...]
Our September 2019 Monthly Meeting was well attended at PNC Arena. Sean Malone, President & CEO of Dix Park Conservancy, discussed the future of Dorothea Dix Park and the Master Plan recently adopted by the Raleigh City Council, in absence of Kate Pearce. The Master Planning process had over 65,000 residents share feedback online and [...]
The Greater Triangle Chapter of IFMA held a very successful Tour of Mill No. 1 followed by a member orientation/social at Hi-Wire Brewing in August. We had over 60 attendees to tour the historic 175,000 square foot building in downtown Durham and many sign up for committee involvement at the orientation following the tour. Special thanks [...]
Hello Everyone! As we roll into September, I would like to thank our GTC of IFMA family members who graciously sponsored for this upcoming year! We raised over $58,000 this year! Even though we fell short of our $70,000 GOAL, we are planning even greater opportunities to learn, grow, and network, and we want you [...]
Hello Everyone! As a result of our generous annual sponsors in year’s past, the Greater Triangle Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) is one of only a handful of national Chapters that has achieved double-digit growth over recent years. The value the Chapter provides to its membership continues to grow as is reflected in our performance: [...]
Hello Everyone! Since joining GTC of IFMA in 2013, I have been a part of some amazing opportunities and got to meet a lot of wonderful people. We are all not just acquaintances, colleagues, or friends, “We Are Family”! Without this opportunity, I would not have been able to navigate through the different levels of our [...]