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 [...]
GTC of IFMA members and guests enjoyed our June 2019 Monthly Meeting. Our speaker was Dr. Jolene Erlacher, Founder of Leading Tomorrow, on Millennials & Generation Z in the Workplace. She presented on the different generations including: Silent - Born 1928-1945 Boomer - Born 1946-1964 Gen X - Born 1965-1980 Millennials/Gen Y - Born 1980-1995 [...]
The Community Outreach Committee had a great event serving dinner at the Ronald McDonald House on Friday 6/14/19. The menu featured ribeye steak, baked potatoes with all the fixings, fresh salad, steamed vegetables, and even spaghetti and sauce. Several families came to eat with us and others made to-go plates to take back to their [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, This is the last President’s Message that I’ll be writing to you…my term ends on July 1 and the GTC IFMA President-Elect, Justin Barber, will be writing his own President’s Message to you next month. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you as GTC IFMA President this year…I’ve learned so [...]
This year’s Mike Bradley Memorial IFMA Foundation Golf Tournament celebrated our 20th anniversary and was a 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 is to raise money towards scholarship funding for students pursuing a career in Facility [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, Happy New Year! That sounds like an odd message for May, doesn’t it?! For the Greater Triangle Chapter (GTC) of IFMA, May represents an aspect of a New Year's celebration as our annual planning retreat takes place this month. Our Chapter uses the retreat to set goals for the coming year, plan [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, Is it just me, or does everyone think Spring is arriving slowly this year? As I write this, the weather forecast calls for temperatures in the 50’s all week. Again! I’ll be glad when the weather turns warm. That got me thinking about other things to look forward to this month especially in [...]
by Kellie Renzi, McDonald York The 2019 March Madness event was another huge success! All together we raised $1396.00 for the Boys and Girls Club of Wake County. We had a huge turnout of both members and guests and the rain held out for us to have the perfect afternoon. The new venue, Rally Point [...]
by Justin Barber, Highwoods We were very pleased to see many new and seasoned GTC of IFMA members and their guests at our March Member Committee Orientation and the March Monthly Meeting to hear Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, the 25-year old founder and CEO of Bee Downtown. As a fourth generation beekeeper, she and her “buzzing” startup [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, I’ll start with a quote by Douglas Adams, “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” I recently re-read an article by Anne Cosgrove in Facility Executive magazine that posited, “the age of the ‘accidental facility manager’ [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, We’re fortunate to live in an area in which the Facility Management profession is experiencing rapid growth. There are lots of workers that are relatively new to the Facility Management profession, as well as our more seasoned professionals, who both want and need to keep their skills current. “The illiterate of [...]
By Haley Hough, Little This month’s meeting was a fresh start to the new year in our new location at PNC Arena! And what better way to start a new year than with an action packed presentation from Ben Brookhart on how to achieve Category 5 Success in 2019. We all kicked off the lunch [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, Last month’s message took a look back at the IFMA Greater Triangle Chapter’s accomplishments in 2018…here, at the beginning of 2019, let’s take a look forward. I’m one of those people who makes New Year’s resolutions; I write them down, I re-visit them throughout the year, and I even change them [...]
On December 5th, in lieu of a “regular” luncheon meeting, GTC of IFMA was treated to a tour of Raleigh’s Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral. With over 65 members attending, it could have been an overwhelming crowd for many spaces, but not for what is now the nation’s third largest Cathedral (the former Raleigh Cathedral, [...]