Chapter Leaders Universal Challenges A shrinking workforce needs

Chapter & Leaders’ Universal Challenges • • • A shrinking workforce needs new blood IFMA’s need to engage the next generation Committees are busy enough already Disconnected chapter elders, past-presidents Little time to focus and address the issue

What we’re sharing today • • • Our Story Our Stellar partner Our campaign Our surprisingly successful startup Your chapter’s ticket to tap our pipeline A Toolkit and Roadmap to succeed while skirting roadblocks and dead ends

Failed Liaison Programs Madison created 2 Liaison programs, both failed. We tried to reinvent the wheel ourselves. Grassroot dead ends; even if successful, they couldn’t scale. Our Epiphany We changed the question from “How can we reach the next generation? ” to “Who can we partner with who is already there? ” & “How can we make the effort Scalable? " calable

Our Volunteer Team Initial Pipeline Members • IFMA Fellows • Passionate Chapter Members –Wisconsin –Minnesota –Colorado

We partnered… • With Skills. USA – Nearly 350, 000 members – Tech-Ed focus – Dominant High school and collegiate presence – Part of 1 M member Global Skills: Bern, Switzerland – Creates kids with career vision via • Mentorship • Competitions (District, Regional, State & National levels)

Amazing Track Record Of Success • 98% of high school members graduate, with elevated skillsets • 73% go to work in a competition-related career • 31% HS-field, 26% associate, 26% 4 Yr. degree 7% Military, 4% apprenticeship, 6% other • minimal college debt, many stay local

Why The Facilithon? • Its Cool • It’s a Challenge • BRAND Elevation

50 Question Test • Multiple Choice • Competency-Based • High School Level • Common-Sense

Role-Play Creates a live situation with which to judge Student given 15 minutes to read scenario Student presents to judges on their solution Judges use 5 minutes to ask consistent questions • Scoring rubric, consistent metrics • •

Monkey Wrench – FM challenge • • • Simple Emergency situation Dovetailed to end of role-play No prep Judged on immediate response to event Consistent questions to answer -The Participants LOVED THIS PART

Starting Local, Going National Inaugural Event in WI - Success 3 -5 were expected, 30 signed up Marketed with “ 1 in 30” Campaign Aimed at High School Instructors

Inaugural FACILITHON Event 4/28 -29/2015

Our Winners

Marketing • Participant leaflets • Wiggly guy to Instructors • Attend & talk @ conferences • Email via Skills. USA • Sample Tests via Skills. USA

Nugget- Marketing Focus Because high school students are not specifically trained in facilities management, we needed to shift instructor paradigms. They Said “Sorry, we don’t teach FM. ” We Said “Don’t worry” The successful campaign focused on the 1 in 30 students with Specific Attributes, not competencies.

Wiggly Guy/Girrrl

Conference Attendance & Speeches were keys to our success • • • Local conference - free District conferences - free Regional Conferences - free Facilithon at State Conference- $500 booth fee Your Chapter Outcome = priceless

We borrowed a booth From Strang Architects, Associate Sponsors. They get exposure and thanks, you get a free backdrop. Easy ask!

Nugget Skills. USA & Facilithon students are not passive, they’re active learners. This opportunity affords us a continuing liaison into high schools

Nugget The Experiment- 4 chapters 2 with ad-hoc teams, 2 with Education teams Which worked? AD-HOC Separate, Dedicated Team = Success

Why? • Existing teams have too much to do • • • Conflicting priorities Without a dedicated team, it can’t budget The parties involved aren’t natively invested The pipeline needs regularity Retired & former leaders are likely to have more flexibility to address the need

Dedicated Team Makeup • • • One Chapter Champion - good communicator One Event Manager- Good organizer All those FM’s you never see Post-Exec leaders Retirees Meet once a month for continuity FM Pipeline Team Conference Calls 1 st Tuesdays @ 12: 00 CST

Funding the Facilithon is easy! • Materials • Awards or Scholarship for winner • Skills. USA State contribution is tiny • Our team can help you ask • Our total cost was $2 K W/scholarship

What’s Next? • • • Find your Chapter Champion That person is waiting for this! Find your Event Manager Share with Exec Team Share with Chapter Call your “quiet FM’s” Enroll with us and Skills. USA Jim Zirbel – jzirbel@capital-fire-security. com Carolyn Visalli – president@ifmadenver. org This program allows your chapter to see the outcome of its efforts close to home.