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 [...]
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 [...]
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." - [...]
This year’s Ronald McDonald House event was a little bit different but still was a great success. Thanks to the members we raised a total of $680 and with those funds raised we purchased dinner from Mavericks Smokehouse and Taproom. This local purchase not only supported the families staying at the house, but it also [...]
The 1st Annual IFMA Carolinas' Summit and Gala was a success! We had a great turnout of 115 FM Professionals and Associate Members at the Foundation for the Carolinas in Charlotte, NC for an afternoon of educational sessions followed by a cocktail reception and awards dinner. The educational sessions were very informative, kicked off by [...]
We had 40 members and guests register for our February Tour of the Rho building in Durham. This was maximum capacity for the tour! Rho is a full-service contract research organization (CRO) focused on bringing new products to market through a full range of product development services. Rho’s headquarters are 50 percent larger than [...]
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 [...]