As a show of investment in the profession, Staples is awarding scholarships to young facility managers; it also offers supplies and services to help seasoned managers keep their buildings running smoothly.
Global FM representatives will announce the winners of the third annual Global FM Awards for Excellence in Facilities Management during IFMA’s World Workplace. The 2012 series of international workshops will finish with events in Brazil and the U.S.
Guy Kawasaki and Frank Abagnale have been named keynote speakers for World Workplace 2012.
The foundation has been awarding facility management scholarships to deserving students for more than two decades to ensure the quality of the built environment in a changing world.
Additional World Workplace 2011 educational sessions will cover a variety of topics, including communicating with senior leadership, maximizing space utilization, and developing successful requests for proposals.
The event brings workplace professionals from the world’s top business and government organizations together with educators and exhibitors to focus on the future of the work environment.
Global FM held its 10th International Workshop in Atlanta, GA. Entitled “Managing FM Across Borders,” the event took place one day prior to IFMA’s World Workplace in Atlanta, GA.
IFMA has announced the winners of its Awards of Excellence, which recognizes groups and individuals who have made significant contributions to the facility management profession and the association.
Established to recognize members dedicated to IFMA and the facility management profession, the fellowship program creates an elite core of respected leaders who act as advisers to–and ambassadors of–the association. Being named an IFMA Fellow is the highest honor the association can bestow on a member.
The IFMA Foundation will present $112,000 in scholarships to 33 facility management students during the World Workplace 2010 Conference & Expo, held October 27-29 in Atlanta, GA.