Our association headquarters at 1 East Greenway Plaza in Houston, Texas, has served us well over the years as the nexus for our international operations. 
The IFMA Foundation's purpose is to provide greater resources and educational opportunities to facility management professionals and those who support the FM industry. 
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IFMA's Communities of Practice
The goal is to provide a network for facility professionals to share resources, connect with other professionals, benefit from continuing education and advance the facility management profession as it relates to the industry.
To facilitate the sharing of resources, a community server platform has been put in to serve as the hub of each community. This resource allows members to communicate, ask questions, share best practices, and assist one another with industry-specific challenges and solutions. Members are in control of their interaction with the Web based community–with the Web based message system, or email subscription to all, or selected topic, discussions. Just go to http://ifmacommunity.org/.
Casino and Gaming - Open to casino and gaming facility managers to share resources, connect with other professionals, benefit from continuing education and advance the facility management profession.
Data Center Facilities - The data center community focuses on issues specific to data centers including: infrastructure, maintenance costs, efficiency, other cost controls, etc.
Hospitality FM and Engineering - Open to hospitality facility managers and hotel engineers to share resources, connect with other professionals, benefit from continuing education and advance the facility management profession as it relates to the hotel and hospitality industry.
Religious Facilities - The religious facilities community of practice identifies hot topics for roundtable discussions held via a webinar (web and phone session).
Restaurant and Food Service FM- This community provides webinars and information exchange related to restaurants and food service.
Retail Facilities - The retail facilities community focuses on issues surrounding the retail facility professional including: going green, utility cost controls, maintenance costs, efficiency, other cost controls, etc.
To learn more about IFMA's communities of practice or to join, please contact Kari Stein at kari.stein@ifma.org.
See Also: Add a Council or Community of Practice
