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Member News
February 2012

APPA Member Institutions are encouraged to submit contributions to the Member News section. Let us know about your facilities organization’s latest accomplishments, new initiatives, and success stories. Please email your contributions (100 words or less) to: webmaster@appa.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

Connect With APPA Through LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter!

Take advantage of the most recent ways to stay connected to APPA — through LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Consider these as new tools for accessing up-to-the-minute information to help you improve your management performance. Welcome to a new world in which you can explore and then leverage social networking to get information you need to maintain, protect, and promote excellence at the educational facilities you serve.Connect with APPA on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube orTwitter today!

Publicize Your 2012 Chapter Conference!

Please send Steve Glazner, Editor,Inside APPAandFacilities Manager, the dates and locations for your 2012 chapter conferences. APPA will help ensure this information reaches its audience by publicizing the dates in Inside APPAand also on our APPA website Events Calendar. Send your dates and locations to steve@appa.org.

Evaluate, Execute, and Excel with APPA' s Facilities Management Evaluation Program!

APPA's Facilities Management Evaluation Program (FMEP) will help you:

Identify and confirm needed resources for your facilities organization
Place your organization on track to achieve continuous quality improvement
Identify a path toward excellence for your entire facilities team
Establish a strategic planning tool
Exceed customer expectations

APPA’s FMEP provides institutions with a customizedevaluation conducted by a team of institutional peers and based on a comprehensive set of criteria. Institutions receive a written report consisting of feedback and recommended actions that are personalized to each institution and designed to help transform participating educational facilities programs into those worthy of international recognition.Learn more.

Attend an APPA Drive-In Workshop this Spring in a City Near You

A host of APPA Drive-In Workshops is taking place this spring. APPA Drive-In Workshops provide a localized and convenient learning and training experience. Attendees will receive the following education credits: .4 CEUs/4 PDH units/4 LUs.These half-day workshops are hosted by APPA member institutions, with sponsorship support from APPA Business Partners.The workshop provides an excellent opportunity for facilities professionals in your local area to learn the latest trends and to network with area professionals and peers. Learn more at http://www.appa.org/Training/Driveinprogram.cfm.

Register Today for the 7th Annual Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference

The 7th Annual Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference takes place April 16 and 17 at theUniversity of Maryland in College Park. Participants will engage in defining, understanding, and creating solutions to sustainability issues facing our campuses– and gain a valuable networking opportunity while doing so. Register today atwww.sustainability.umd.edu.

Facilities Manager Magazine

Volume 28, Number 1
January/February 2012

2011-2012 Public Strategy Agenda

Standards and Code Issue
Priorities of the APPA Code Advocacy Task Force
provides APPA members with a structured overview of the work and accomplishments the APPA (CATF) has made within the past twelve months.

APPA 2010-11 Annual Report

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2011 Thought Leaders Report

2011 Report Focuses on Technology

APPA Online Dues Payment Center

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Strategic Capital Development

This book presents a bold approach for planning capital investments from a strategic and long-range perspective. Click here for more details!

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The Body of Knowledge updates the Facilities Management manual and is the basic text for the Institute for Facilities Management and APPA’s certification programs.

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