World FM Day 2010 Held With Great Success!

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Overview of Events That Took Place on June 24

The second annual World FM Day, celebrating facilities management, was a resounding success as groups across five continents marked the day with events ranging from panel discussions to site visits and from a river cruise to a Lego building competition. For one day the worldwide FM community was connected - scroll down to discover how different countries celebrated

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ABRAFAC - 186 Participants

Event: Happy Hour / Networking with prize draw and speeches by the founders of ABRAFAC

ABRAFAC's Chairman Statement on World FM Day: "This celebration of our profession has become a special occasion in all our diaries. No matter what your position within the profession it is a special opportunity to meet colleagues, share experiences, lament failures and most important of all celebrate our successes & achievements. It is indeed our special day, and like everything we do it is a group activity with everyone playing their part, in my opinion World FM Day truly reflects the spirit our profession. We should be really proud of what it represents! Last but not least it is an international movement with which ABRAFAC is proud to have been associated since it’s beginning. May I take this opportunity to wish all FM professionals wherever they are, both past and present, a very happy and successful World FM Day"

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ARSEG - 100 participants

Event:Conference "FM’s business performance all around the world"  followed by a cocktail (organized by Avenance-Elior) on the river boat the "Tennessee” for a cruise on the Seine

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BIFM - 50 Participants

Event: Evening event held at Steelcase offices in Farringdon, London, with networking afterwards. Live streaming of the event was available  

BIFM's Chairman, Ian Broadbent, Statement on World FM Day: "It was exciting to see the number of people involved in World FM day this year with people joining in at events, on-line or simply taking the time to promote their work within their business. Over the last year FM's have played a leading role in supporting businesses through difficult financial times, World FM day gives FM's the opportunity to reflect, celebrate and also look to the many challenges ahead together".

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FMA Australia - 270 Participants

Event: Lunch forums organised covering different topics ( Mandatory Disclosure; The Australian Economy;  Business Continuity Management, etc) in relation to FM in Australia.

FMA Australia's Chairman, Steve Taylor, Statement on World FM Day:“It is extremely gratifying that all of today’s events held across Australia for the second World FM day celebrations, were thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. FMA Australia is pleased to have played its part in raising the profile of FM in conjunction with our Global FM colleagues who have organised similar celebratory activities in their respective countries. Through this collaboration FM world-wide is assured of continued growth and stature as a business enabler in the built environment.”

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IFMA - 120 Participants

Event:The second edition of the TweetWorldFMDay Event on Twitter. At IFMA Headquarters a lunch and the competition "build the best building out of Legos" was organised. Facility managers from the IFMA headquarters building and members of the Houston Chapter of IFMA were invited to serve as judges.Other IFMA chapters (Abuja, Trinidad & Tobago, Silicon Valley, among others) organised different events from seminars and conferences to luncheons and happy hours.

IFMA's Chairman, Thomas L. Mitchell, Statement on World FM Day: " World FM Day gives people worldwide a chance to come together and recognize the contributions facility management has made not only to the workplace, but also to international business development. This annual event promotes good will and camaraderie between facility professionals so that, no matter where we are in the world, we can reach out to one another and celebrate what we do.”

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HFMS - 40 Participants

Event: Social event at Kinnarps House in Budapest. In this occasion the 10th anniversary of the FM education in Hungary and the 5th anniversary of HFMS were also celebrated

HFMA's Chairman Statement on World FM Day: "We consider the World FM Day as gate to the world for the FM profession and for the FM industry in Hungary. WFMD fosters industry consciousness, helps to gain gravitas and dignity for more than 500 000 people who work in this industry. In Hungary the FM industry delivers 7%  of the GDP and employs more than 10%of the people in working age, and we think this industry is really the lifeblood of the economy".

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SAFMA - 36 Participants

Event: A function was organised at the Prestige Cleaning Services Training Centre in Johannesburg. During the event, the corporate members of SAFMA were awarded plaques and certificates. Following the function, participants gathered in the SWC 2010 fan park. In Cape Town a small group of 14 people had a lunch.

SAFMA's Chairman Statement on World FM Day: World FM day is a wonderful opportunity to recognise and celebrate those people that provide such a fundamental service to organisations and who often go unrecognised. It is also an excellent occasion to educate business leaders about the importance of FM.” Cliff Hocking SAFMA President

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Interview with Matthew Sheldrick, Vice President of Business Development, Qube Global Software

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