42 years Strong


YOU ARE NOT IN THIS ALONE: HOW TO BEST OPTIMIZE YOUR CONTRACTED SERVICES



Tina Shouse, CFM, IFMA Fellow



Contract Management is a very complex issue with many moving parts. This session will not only explore the tactical elements of Contract Development but will move through successful contract transition. Most importantly, we will have a lively conversation regarding the emotional and intellectual aspects of contracting and how what we do as Facility Managers is indicative of the findings of Hart and Holmstrom. Teena will combine the strategic and tactical aspects of contract development and governance in an interactive and informative format.



AVOIDING DEATH BY POWERPOINT: HOW TO GIVE BETTER PRESENTATIONS WITH LESS ANXIETY



Wayne Whitzell, LEED AP, BEP, GBO



This is not a presentation about how to hold your hands or projecting your body language as you stand on the stage.There are plenty of presentations on that topic available on YouTube. This presentation will teach you that if you begin with simple and powerful content you will make a more powerful impression on your audience than a bloated slide deck that you just read back to them off the projection screen.


Lastly, if you experience nervousness when giving presentations, you will learn a 100% guaranteed method to end presentation anxiety once and for all.



AMENITIES, ATTRACTION, AND RETENTION



Tom Wirth, Facilities Operations Manager, Facebook



Join us for a presentation regarding amenities and the role they play in providing services to employees, their impact on facilities and their potential value to attract and retain talent in our organizations. We?ll hear about Facebook's current program and what have they learned from their experience. Our presenter will also give advice regarding what programs and tips other companies could implement with limited resources.



CHOOSING THE RIGHT FACILITY MANAGEMENT KPIs



Chris Hodges, P.E., CFM, IFMA Fellow, FRICS



Facility management reports focus on measuring and monitoring systems and are designed to tell us how much energy we use, how much work we?ve accomplished, how many projects we?ve undertaken, and how we spent our organization?s money. But we often get caught up in the data and miss making the information relevant to our work, meaningful to our staff, and useful to our organization.


If we instead start with the end in mind, tuning our facility management program and its processes to supporting the mission of our organization, our metrics will illustrate what matters most in our performance. This provides the essential value and focus we most need in our facilities programs.



BEYOND THE OPEN OFFICE AND THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL WORKPLACE



Christian Flanders, FMP



The world is changing rapidly and so is the workplace. Like the Boomers, Gen Xer's, and Millennials before them we will explore how the characteristics of Gen Z will impact the multi-generational workplace. Over 70% of U.S. companies report the use of only low cubicle partitions or no partitions at all. A decade into the rise of the open office design concept what have we learned? We will discover the key factors influencing future workplace design:


Christian Flanders, FMP is a Workplace Consultant with over 20 years of experience in Commercial Interior Design. His recent projects include the new Golden 1 Center home of The Sacramento Kings, the most technologically advanced and first LEED Platinum Certified arena in the country.



THE ART OF TELLING YOUR STORY



Laurie A. Gilmer, P.E., CFM, SFP, LEED-AP, CxA



Facility Managers are charged with ensuring that facilities operate to support the business mission, while balancing the expectations of occupants and stake holder requirements. This essential function is typically viewed by the organization as a cost, and facility managers are competing with their organizations for investment dollars. In order to secure funding, facility managers must be able to not only speak the language of finance, but must also craft and present a compelling business case to win funding for investment in facilities.


The success of the business case is just as much about the presentation of the data as it is about the subtleties of how the data is presented. This presentation will address crafting a business case that includes the essential hard skills elements of finance and data, but also the soft skills of messaging, anchors, and biases.

​


The Stellar RFP Process: Building, Issuing and Responding to RFPs



Larry Morgan, CFM, FMP, SFP
Wayne Whitzell, LEED AP, BEP, GBO



We will look at the entire RFP process from both the FM and vendor perspectives. FMs will learn a compact system to create RFPs that are aligned strategically with their organization and enable the best vendor selection to deliver the intended results. Vendors and Associates will learn an efficient process and various techniques to maximize their chances of award through smart, strategic responses to RFPs.


The top 3 key points/takeaways from the presentation:


1. Learn the Four Ds of building and issuing an RFP package (Define, Design, Develop and Deliver)


2. Vendors/Associates will learn a systematic process and techniques for responding to RFPs


3. Get the behind-the-scenes “inside story” on the RFP process in the private and public sectors



contact us



Got a question? We'll get back to you promptly.








Send

© OpenStreetMap contributors