ConnexFM (previously PRSM), the authority on multi-site FM, empowers professionals by delivering industry best practices, education, forums & partnerships.
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Happy Halloween from ConnexFM! 🎃 Here's to the facilities teams keeping everything running smoothly because they carved out time for preventive maintenance. Have a safe and happy Halloween!
A spooky bedtime story for facilities teams: "The Big Bad Wolf came back with Code Enforcement..."
Keep your buildings safe before the scary stuff starts. 😨😱
Where buildings meet what's next.
From facility operations and real estate to technology and investment, the built environment is changing and your perspective belongs in the conversation.
Explore emerging solutions, connect with industry peers, and take away ideas to improve operations and shape what gets built next.
FutureBuilt | November 12
Bring your perspective. Leave inspired to act.
go.connex.fm/4ySS5Il
#FutureBuilt #BuiltEnvironment #FacilityManagement #PropTech #CRE
ALT FutureBuilt | November 12 - Bring your perspective. Leave inspired to act.
Anybody who's worked in a warehouse, factory, or even an office building during a hot summer or cold winter, knows that when the HVAC is miserable, everybody is miserable.
Have a read of our article from Lennox National Account Services (NAS), and educate yourself on HVAC maintenance readiness and preparations today.
go.connex.fm/3UNhGV3
We're only a day away from the close-out of the Workforce Data Benchmarking Survey, and that means it's time to jump on it if you haven't done it yet.
We use this data to find the workforce weak spots in the FM industry, so your team won't have to do without the best and brightest of the next generation when the time comes.
It's a short survey but it's helpful uses are long, so take it now before it's too late!
go.connex.fm/48l5gqw
Drop a name, there's cash to claim! 💸
Membership Mania is going on right now, and that means if you know someone who would be a great fit for ConnexFM and can help bring them over to the team, there's money in it for you!
See the details below, and start making your move to mingle with potential members. 🤝
ALT ConnexFM Membership Mania: Bring in new members. Earn rewards.
You'll meet some people who go through their career like they were grown in a secret government lab meant to make superhuman professionals. But for us normal people, we kind of just stumble through it as best we can, and that's why we say, "Fake it till you make it."
The ConnexFM Mentorship Program connects you with people who've stumbled through the same challenges before, so you don't have to fake it. With the support of the Qooper Learning System, you'll get a customized mentor pairing to help you become a little more surefooted on a slippery slope.
You don't have to be a superhuman to be a super mentee or mentor. Join the ConnexFM Mentorship Program today.
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#ConnexFM #FacilitiesManagement #ProfessionalDevelopment #FMLeadership
ALT No need to fake it. Mentorship that moves you forward. A customized mentor pairing for your career journey. Join Today - ConnexFM Mentorship Program, powered by Qooper.
Try to see in your mind's eye what a perfectly efficient facility looks like to you. Is it fully robotic, automated, with mechanical arms and maintenance bots on wheels?
Probably not for many, because we trust human discretion when it comes to the vital systems of our facilities.
That's why FutureBuilt isn't about filling your facility portfolios with gadgets, shiny tech, and digital solutions. It's about looking at what really keeps facilities functioning at 100+% and asking, "How do we eliminate the miscommunication and redundancy that bring it all to a grind?"
Join us for the conversations that keep the people involved in your operations on schedule, with the technology and information they need to make the right decisions.
Register for FutureBuilt today.
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#FutureBuilt2026 #BuiltEnvironment #FacilitiesManagement #PropTech
ALT What does an efficient facility look like to you?
It's heartbreaking to see a new team member motivated and excited to make a difference on the job, and the demands of the job slowly disintegrate that energy until that team member just loses spirit, checks out, becomes negligible, quits, or worst of all, does something to get their walking papers.
Any manager who isn't simply on a power trip doesn't want to see their people go through that, but sometimes altering job conditions that drive burnout and turnover is easier said than done.
If you're looking to find a good strategy to keep great employees who are struggling as part of your team, join Ryan Beck of W Services Group, LLC, Preston McClanahan of Michaels Stores, Inc. and Latoya Hamilton of OD Bryne Contracting on 11/5 for the VLE: The ROI of Inclusive Leadership: Reducing Turnover in Facilities Teams, and learn how to involve yourself and your people in a way that will build confidence in retention.
Sign up and start breathing life back into your team.
go.connex.fm/4zazgBf
ALT VLE: The ROI of Inclusive Leadership: Reducing Turnover in Facilities Teams
"We don't need to check the inspection report from last time. Just open that valve up there."
Famous Last Words.
Make sure your people are talking to the other people involved in the facility lifecycle. You've got all the tools of the 21st century to track facility data at your disposal, so use them. Better communication means more efficient operations and less chance of getting electrocuted / drowned / blown up.
Learn more about how technology is breaking down communication barriers across the building lifecycle in "The Blueprint and Back Again," only on Connexus.
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ALT Break down communication barriers across the building lifecycle.
Everybody ends up in the hospital at some point. If you're lucky, it's because you broke your arm or got the flu. If you're unlucky... well, needless to say that without hospital facilities equipped with functional infrastructure and systems, there would be a lot more orphans, widows, amputees, and unnecessary loss.
This week is National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week. In your average commercial facility, people rely on FM professionals to stay comfortable and efficient, but in medical facilities, you're a major part of keeping people alive, safe, and cared for. Thank you for what you do, and remember the impact you're making.
Fill in the blanks in the comments and help us celebrate the people who make a difference every day.
"You may not see [system or task], but it helps [care activity or everyday moment] happen safely and smoothly. This week, we're celebrating the people who [verb], [verb]. and [verb] behind the scenes."
#CelebrateFE #FacilitiesManagement #HealthcareFacilities #HealthcareFacilitiesandEngineeringWeek
ALT National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week
To outsource or not to outsource? That is the question. (Or at least item 151 on today's checklist.)
FM teams have options, but knowing which service model makes sense for the job is half the battle. And if you think every supplier that claims to self-perform does it everywhere, think again.
Join ConnexFM on October 29 for a VLE breaking down outsourcing, self-performing, and hybrid models, including how geographic coverage changes the game.
Get the lay of the land before you pick a lane. 👇
go.connex.fm/3UOstyd
🎢 What keeps one of Canada's biggest amusement parks running? Find out for yourself!
Join ConnexFM at Canada's Wonderland on Friday, November 20, for a behind-the-scenes facility tour, followed by holiday dinner, drinks (two tickets included!), and a charity raffle supporting local families.
Take part in a little holiday cheer. What better way to close out the year?
📅 November 20, 2026 | 3–8 PM ET
📍 Canada's Wonderland | Vaughan, ON
Save your spot and join us!
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#CanadasWonderland #Canada #FacilityTour #FacilitiesManagement
ALT Facility Tour & Holiday Celebration at Canada's Wonderland presented by ConnexFM
Your people have moved mountains and made monumental strides to keep the heartbeat of the portfolios you support pumping. But now more than ever, expectations are high on what a building can do, how efficiently it can do it, and how the people who make it happen achieve this.
It's time we come together to talk about the future of the built environment, and come together to talk about how we use the power of one of the greatest tech revolutions in the history of mankind to carry this weight.
Join us for FutureBuilt on November 12th.
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#FutureBuilt2026 #BuiltEnvironment #CRE #PropTech
This week’s FM Flashback features an “Elevator Girl” at New York’s Martha Washington Hotel in 1927. Back then, elevators often needed a specialized operator to manually “drive” the car, align it with each floor, and control its speed and braking.
But these operators did more than move people between floors. In lavish hotels and office buildings, they were also part of the service and prestige that defined a building.
Today, automated elevators have made the job largely obsolete, but when will their time come too?
Find out with VLE: Elevator Modernization - Repairs and Obsolescence.
go.connex.fm/4iatE2z
ALT “Elevator Girl” at New York’s Martha Washington Hotel in 1927
Think of the world of facilities management like a train. When something needs to stop, start, or change, it takes time to slow down or speed up.
We have a shortage and surplus at the same time in this industry, depending on which part you operate from. The key to getting ahead of it so the right people are allocated to the right place is to start collecting the data on it now.
Take the current benchmarking survey on workforce data, so the next generation of FM industry professionals end up in the right place. Your data provides an avenue for informed decisions across the industry. Use the link below to take the survey now.
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ALT Help FM workforce planning get on the right track. Take the ConnexFM workforce data survey.
End of the line for nominations.
Tomorrow is the last day to nominate someone you know can go the distance as a board of directors member for ConnexFM. The open board seats for the 2027-2028 year include 2 Multi-Site FM and 2 Supplier seats.
You can't sit on this any longer if you have someone in mind, submit now and have a say in who's at the wheel for ConnexFM.
go.connex.fm/4ieEbKi
ALT ConnexFM Board of Directors Nominations close tomorrow, Friday Oct. 23
The money you spend on your company's trash is such a 'waste'... No? Ok.
But seriously: Waste circulation is one of those expenditures that you can't get around, and the bigger your business, the more it impacts your bottom line.
It doesn't have to cost you your firstborn child to take out the trash. Read how you can lower facility waste costs and even get a little money back out of the trash bin by reading "One Person's Trash: Turning FM's Waste Problem Into a Profitable Environmental Solution", on Connexus today.
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ALT Lower facility waste costs. Even get some money back out of the trash bin.
Don't be fooled!
We want you to join us at ConnexFM 2027, but registration has not opened and we are not booking for hotels yet. If you receive "Offers" from third-parties, it is a scam. If you see opportunities from ConnexFM regarding housing and early registration, be sure to check our official sources.
Find out more on how to protect yourself here: national.connexfm.com/scamal…
ALT National Conference 2027: Hotel & Registration Scam Alert - Beware of unauthorized companies contacting you!
Members! Go forth and multiply! And get paid!
Membership Mania is happening right now, and that means when you introduce a fellow FM or supplier to ConnexFM and convince them to join, you'll get $75 back in your pocket or put toward your next ConnexFM National Conference.
So go get friendly with your fellow FM professionals, bring them home to meet the family at ConnexFM, and get rewarded!
ALT ConnexFM Membership Mania