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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]