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Photos from the July
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"An empowered
organization is one in which individuals have the
knowledge, skill, desire and opportunity to personally
succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational
success."
- Steven R. Covey
My daughter just completed her
first semester of college. While I was pretty
proud of her, she reminded me that for braving that
grueling summer session, all she was rewarded with was
two lousy grades. Are these really that
important?
Well, grades are not
everything. Individuals are far more than test
scores. But, they do matter. Report cards
are one way to measure progress and to see how well we
are
doing.
In fact, our chapter has a
report card of its own; we call it the balanced score
card (BSC). The BSC is a performance metric used
to improve the internal functions of our chapter, gauge
external outcomes, measure progress, and provide
feedback to the chapter's board of directors. Think of
the BSC as a roadmap for our decision making throughout
the year. Chapter members are encouraged to view the 2010-11 BSC via the
chapters' website.
And for those of you who don't
have a chance to read the whole BSC right now, let me
hit some highlights:
Our chapter had chosen this year
to embark on the development of a five-year strategic
plan for 2011-2016. This is our chance to plan the
future direction of the chapter to ensure we continue to
grow and remain relevant to our industry. We are
recruiting strategic steering committee members now, and
I'd love to discuss your
participation.
Section 3 of the BSC discusses
the need for our chapter to continue to offer unique
values to our professional and associate members.
Well, last week, I had two dynamic conversations that I
hope will result in some exciting opportunities for us
all. One conversation involves a company that
wants our members to help test and develop new products
used in the facility management environment. The
other expands the chapter's Emerging Leaders program
through a partnership with Southern Polytechnic.
Interested in other avenues of
getting involved? Look to BSC Section 1 for
opportunities to build stronger business
relationships. Last year was our first annual
bowling night. It was such fun that we want to
repeat it again this year but on an even bigger and
grander scale. Volunteer with the Special Events
Committee to help make this event a reality.
Okay, last week I gave
you a challenge "to engage in social media in new ways"
through chapter-related websites. It was great to
hear how many of you immediately clicked the links and
joined our LinkedIn network and Facebook page. Our
Facebook Page is up 25% to 78 fans from last month and
LinkedIn discussion activity is up significantly.
The group grew 10% and is at 100 members.
With all the opportunities for involvement
in this chapter, I hope everyone finds a position in the
organization that keeps you involved in IFMA Atlanta,
benefits our chapter, and most importantly, helps you be
more successful in your professional goals. Your
challenge this month (and in the months ahead) is to get
(and stay) active. If you haven't started, World
Workplace is just around the corner in October and it
offers a myriad of one-time opportunities to be a part
of hosting the National Conference in our hometown.
Check the website to find out how.
Chapter
President
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Upcoming
Events
September
Luncheon
Topic:
A Case Study of ASHRAE's LEED Platinum
Rennovation
Date:
September 15th
Time:
11:30am - 1:30pm
Location:
ASHRAE Headquarters
New
Member/Guest Breakfast
Date:
Oct. 14
Time:
7:30 to 9:30am
Location:
The Buckhead Club
IFMA World
WorkplaceDate: October 27 - 29
Time: All Day
Location:Georgia World Congress Center,
Atlanta
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Connections...
Read our blog
at
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Links
to
Sustaining
Patrons
Gold Level
Silver
Level
Bronze
Level
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Congratulations
to...
Machelle
Pellegrini, CFM, for passing the Certified
Facility Manager exam on July 27
Please extendyour warm
Congratulations to Machelle Pellegrini for
recently passing the CFM Exam!
Machelle is the Administrative Services
Supervisor, Zone
Catastrophe/Sustainability
Coordinator with State
Farm in Johns Creek.
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GA
Tech Corner
 With
World Workplace coming to Atlanta in October 2010, the
Georgia Tech Facility Management graduate program would
like to have a big impact. Along with a booth in
the expo, students attending the Education Reception to
receive scholarships, and general attendance at the
conference, we hope to have students and IFMA Atlanta
Chapter supporters of the GT program prominently
greeting visitors and sharing information about our
program. Plans are underway, but will not be
finalized until later this
summer.
If you can help out by
manning the GT program booth # 641 in the Expo for an
hour, or would like to take part in helping to promote
our program during World Workplace, please contact
Professor Professor Kathy Roper at 404-385-4139 or kathy.roper@gatech.edu. or Brenda
Morris at 404-385-7479 or brenda.morris@coa.gatech.edu. This
should be a wonderful (perhaps one-time) opportunity to
greet potential students in our
hometown.
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Professionals:
Are you
looking for Green Products/Services?
If so, please check out our member
companies in the Sustainable Directory. It is
located on the Sustainability page under the Member
Resources tab on the IFMA Atlanta
website.
Associate members:
Do
you have a green product or service and would like our
professional members to find out about
them?
To be considered for listing on the
Sustainable Directory, please download and
application and submit the completed application
to Lani Terry.for review by the Sustainability
Subcommittee.
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A
Conversation with Karen Howard
IFMA Atlanta Chapter Vice
President
by Chris
Sanders
 I
was originally to conduct this interview of Karen
Howard on her home turf, C-W-C. As I drove with
the early morning traffic across the top end, a
chain of events caused 285 east bound to become a
parking lot. Karen graciously offered to meet me
at my office later in the day for this interview.
As I returned from lunch with Moe's in hand Karen
was waiting for me in the Equitable lobby. We made
our way up to the 25th floor of SWSN finding a
comfortable conference room to talk.
For
those that don't know Karen, which may not be many
of you, Karen is one of the founding members of
the Atlanta Chapter of IFMA. The network of people
around Karen started investigating how to charter
a chapter of IFMA in what was then a younger
smaller Atlanta. Karen pointed out that early in
her career, Facilities Management was very new;
there were not many Facilities Managers and the
few there were only worked for large corporations.
Through the years of Karen's involvement in IFMA
there have been many changes to both the Chapter
and to the city. In this interview Karen provides
insight into the past, present and what she hopes
is the future of our
chapter.
Read the whole interview
on our
blog!
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IFMA September Lunch
Presentation:
ASHRAE LEED Renovation
Case Study
Date:
September 15,
2010
Location:
Ashrae
Headquarters
Speaker:
Jeff Littleton, Executive VP and
Secretary of ASHRAE and Mike Snyder from Richard
Wittschiebe Hand
Mark your Calendars
Now!
Register
Here!
The September IFMA chapter meeting will be
held on September 15 at the newly renovated
headquarters of ASHRAE (American Society of
Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Engineers) which received LEED Platnium
certification in late 2009. Atlanta is home to the
headquarters of this organization which has 50,000
members globally. Founded in 1894, ASHRAE's
mission is to advance the arts and sciences of
heating, ventilation, air conditioning and
refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a
sustainable world. With this mission in mind, it
made sense that renovation of the headquarters
building should attain LEED certification. This
meeting, presented by Jeff Littleton, Executive VP
and Secretary of ASHRAE and Mike Snyder, one of
the project architects from Richard Wittschiebe
Hand will present a case study of the renovation
project with a tour after the presentation.
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IFMA World
WorkPlace
Your
IFMA Atlanta Chapter has the honor of working with
IFMA International at the 2010 World Work Place
being held from Tuesday, October 26th - Friday
October 29 at the Georgia World Congress Center.
One of our tasks is to recruit volunteers for this
annual event and you can help.
Are you registered
or planning to register for World Work Place? If
yes, your help is needed as a volunteer to assist
the IFMA Atlanta Chapter with staffing the WWP
information booth, staffing the IFMA Atlanta
Chapter booth, working as a tour guide, and
assisting at the Welcome Reception and the
Foundation Gala.
If you are
interested in learning more about the volunteer
opportunities, please check the volunteer form on our website
and then contact Candace Kearney at
volunteer2010wwp@yahoo.com.
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2010 IFMA
Foundation Three Ring
Spectacular
It is with great enthusiasm and excitement
that we introduce the 2010 IFMA Foundation Three
Ring Spectacular Gala and Recognition Reception,
to be held Tuesday October 26th at the World of
Coca-Cola during World Workplace in
Atlanta.
The IFMA Foundation Three Ring
Spectacular promises to be a wonderful evening of
networking and entertainment, including dinner and
sensational live and silent auctions. The annual
Gala is International's single largest fundraising
event. The funds raised are used to support our
scholarships, grants, recognized degree program
and research projects.
International needs
your help in their efforts to accomplish their
goals and mission. Please consider being a sponsor
and/or donating an auction item. Your support is
needed and contributors will be rewarded with
ample recognition.
The Atlanta Chapter is
also looking for volunteers to help with this
event - please visit www.ifmaatlanta.org
to view Volunteer Opportunities and sign
up.
And mark your calendars for the IFMA
Foundation Three Ring Spectacular at World of
Coca-Cola - Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.
Click here to view the
2010 Gala Sponsorship Form
Click here to view the
Donation Form for the Gala
We'll see you
there!
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August Lunch
Recap
The Atlanta Chapter of
IFMA met on August 18th at Magiano's in Buckhead
to enjoy some great food, networking and of course
education. Our panelists were:
- JeffJellets, The Salvation Army
- Tom McGuire, Munters Corporation
- Waylon Smith, Remco Solutions,
Inc
From examples right out of recent headlines
the panel gave advice that every facility manager
should know about how to get prepared for
disasters.
Answering
questions like:
1. Do you
have a professional First Responder in
place?
2. Who is your Insurance/Risk
Manager?
We learned the
clean-up (recovery) process and the advantages of
bringing in professionals and what requirements
should a facility manager look for when choosing a
disaster response company.
We
discussed how two of the most common types of
disasters, flood and fire result in the same
problem of water damage. They gave
instructions on what needs to be considered.
From what types of things can be salvaged to what
should facility managers' know about mold
remediation?
- 20% of companies will suffer a serious
business interruption due to a disaster.
Without a BCP:
- 80% will fail in a year.
- 43% will not even re-open.
- 93% that experience a significant data loss
are out of business within 5 years.
- Fewer than 20% of Forbes Global 2000
companies have a comprehensive business
continuity plan.
Check out the PowerPoint from the
presentation here!
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Collaborative
Project Management Workshop Update
-Machelle Pellegrini, IFMA
Atlanta Education Committee
Member
On August 17,
2010, there were 22
participants at the Collaborative
Project Management workshop. This workshop
provided a detailed
outline to implement "Flexible, Precise,
and Creative Execution
against Aggressive Time
& Cost Constraints."
Specifically, it allows
the Project Manager to bring projects in
on time, on budget, and within quality
targets. It teaches the differences between
the "traditional" versus "collaborative"
process of project management; and from
the project start to project finish,
it creates buy-in from all parties involved.
Our
facilitator, Ken Gwinner, provided a vast array of
examples from projects he collaborated in such as
the signature New York headquarters in Time Warner
Center at Columbus Circle. This
2.8 Million Square Foot tower was
completed in 2004 and it is the largest
building Manhattan. The project was
completed two (2) months ahead of schedule
and under-budget using Collaborative Project
Management tools shared in this
session.
As workshop
attendees asked questions and shared
insights based on their own experiences, the
parallel of participant involvement evoked
the feeling of enhanced quality of
the learning event. A special thank you goes to
The Best Consultant for sponsoring the event and
facilitator for this Atlanta Chapter of
IFMA Education
Committee program.
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Career Management
Update
Are you
looking for new employment opportunities including
working on a temporary or project-oriented basis?
Any IFMA member who is interested in temporary
facilities management positions can post their
resume and select their major skill sets on the
IFMA-Atlanta website. Your resume will be
posted for six months and then removed. If
you want to keep it active, you will need to
repost it after six months.
The IFMA
Atlanta chapter also has a group on Linkedin where
you get check out the latest blogs and view any
job openings.
Joe Carroll,
chairperson for the Career Management Committee,
is also a certified career coach. IFMA
members may contact Joe for a no-cost, career
coaching session. To schedule an
appointment, send an email to Joe@istmanagement.com. |
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The Next
Generation in Document Management
What
is on the horizon in facilities management
document management solutions? What is driving the
recent surge in acquisitions among the copier
giants? What should facility managers consider
when analyzing the cradle to grave life cycle of
documents and workflow solutions? You can find out
the answers in next
month's publication of FMJ.
Joe Carroll,
vice-president, human resources for IST Management
Services and chairperson of the IFMA-Atlanta
career management committee wrote an article that
addresses these major issues. Be sure to
check it
out!
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Interested in
contributing an article - or even in joining the Newsletter
committee? If so, then contact our Newsletter Committee
Chair, Joseph Geierman, at joseph@ifmaatlanta.org |
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