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FMForward: Dedicated to the Rapidly Changing Landscape of Facility Management

This is FMForward, a podcast brought to you by IFMA Boston and now hosted by Kate Thibeault, about the rapidly changing landscape of Facility Management and how to remain on top of your game. Now in our sixth season, we are exploring the FM Talent Gap, if it really exists and if so, what to do about it! Click episodes to listen, or search FMForward in your favorite podcast player.   And this year we're introducing you to our valued Partners through a series called Conversations with our Vendor Partners.  Listen as Kate learns more about the value each partner provides to the FM Community.  Learn more about IFMA Boston at www.ifmaboston.org

  1. Landscape America - Conversations with Our Vendor Partners

    29 OCT

    Landscape America - Conversations with Our Vendor Partners

    In this episode Kate speaks with Doug Jasset, Commerical Business Development for Landscape America and discusses how Landscape America can help not only with snow plowing and landscape maintenance but also by adding value to the landscape engineering/planning process. Doug and Kate also touch on the value of open communication between vendor partners and FMs and how much it improves the relationship. Kate approaches these vendor conversations from an FM perspective to fully understand ...

    20 min
  2. It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: Other Sources of Talent

    16 OCT

    It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: Other Sources of Talent

    In our first episode we confirmed that we do, indeed, have a talent gap problem in Facility Management. In episode 2 we looked at what Higher Ed had to offer us in terms of solutions and found that the number of students in FM was dwindling. And in Episode 3 we looked at ways to drive more high school students into the trades and into Facilities Management certificate and degree programs. Now, in episode 4, Kate interviews Athene Sirivallop and Emily Wadman about other sources of t...

    37 min
  3. Existing Conditions - Conversations with our Vendor Partners

    7 OCT

    Existing Conditions - Conversations with our Vendor Partners

    In this episode Kate speaks with Kurt Yeghian, Founder & CEO of Existing Conditions Surveys, Inc., (now a GPRS company), one of IFMA Boston's vendor partners. Started 27 years ago, Existing Conditions' legacy is deeply rooted in Boston and New York, both cities rich with older buildings, but Existing Conditions has worked on the most high-profile projects across the country in 29 states. As a previous junior architect, Kurt realized early on that every project from design to ...

    18 min
  4. It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: FM Isn't Sexy

    6 AUG

    It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: FM Isn't Sexy

    In this episode, host Kate Thibeault speaks with Carolyn McGary, the National Director of the FM Pipeline team, Mary Mills, Associate Director of Operations at RTX, Kofi Williams, Senior Project Manager at Hughes Marino and Jackie Allen, rising Junior at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School and winner of the 2024 Massachusetts Facilithon about what it takes to get high school students interested in the field of Facilities Management. Listen to learn about this key demographic i...

    24 min
  5. MovePlan - Conversations with our Vendor Partners

    24 JUL

    MovePlan - Conversations with our Vendor Partners

    In this episode Kate speaks with Chris Colón, MBA, CCP and Workplace Project Director at MovePlan, one of IFMA Boston's vendor partners. MovePlan is one of the only specialist move and change management organizations that operates on a global scale. MovePlan focuses on the employee experience during the move and change process to ensure that all stakeholders are heard and are brought along for the journey. Listen to learn more about their approach to enhanced move and change...

    14 min
  6. It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: Focus on Education

    2 JUL

    It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: Focus on Education

    In episode two of the FM Talent Gap series, Kate speaks with the deans of two local universities about their Facility Management Programs and the courses they offer to their various students. They speak to the challenge of bringing high school students into the field of facility management and how to market to those students. From there they delve into the graduate level offerings and potential workforce development initiatives. The panel also discusses how this is juxtapo...

    35 min
  7. It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: The Problem

    22 MAY

    It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: The Problem

    In this episode Kate launches the new podcast season which is dedicated to the FM Talent Gap by defining the problem and discussing it with a panel of experts. If you have had trouble finding skilled talent lately, you are not alone! Stay tuned to hear from industry experts about labor shortages in the industry - why they exist and what some organizations are doing about it.Panel Introductions:Jake Smithwick - (1) Jake Smithwick | LinkedInjake.smithwick@charlotte.edu As...

    36 min
  8. Tecta America Roofing - Conversations with Our Vendor Partners

    19 APR

    Tecta America Roofing - Conversations with Our Vendor Partners

    In this episode Kate showcases IFMA Boston vendor partner, Tecta America with Anthony Moura, Regional Sales Manager. Kate approaches the conversation from an FM perspective to fully understand the value of partnering with a roofing company such as Tecta America. Anthony MouraRegional Sales ManagerTecta America New Englandamoura@tectaamerica.comC: 508-649-4715O: 781-982-5684North Billerica, MA - Commercial Roofing - Tecta America New England

    18 min
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This is FMForward, a podcast brought to you by IFMA Boston and now hosted by Kate Thibeault, about the rapidly changing landscape of Facility Management and how to remain on top of your game. Now in our sixth season, we are exploring the FM Talent Gap, if it really exists and if so, what to do about it! Click episodes to listen, or search FMForward in your favorite podcast player.   And this year we're introducing you to our valued Partners through a series called Conversations with our Vendor Partners.  Listen as Kate learns more about the value each partner provides to the FM Community.  Learn more about IFMA Boston at www.ifmaboston.org

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