The BOMA Educational Webinar Series

In 2008, BOMA International will offer a series of ten 90-minute webinars that provide timely information, best practices and live Q & A with expert speakers for industry practitioners. Several webinars will address some of the industry’s most pressing concerns, including issues such as handling tenant improvements and managing an aging building. There is no more cost-effective way to gather the most critical industry intelligence.  

Registration fees are $125/members and $175 for nonmembers.

Webinar 1:
Managing Tenant Improvements
With construction costs at near record highs, tenant build outs can quickly become an expensive enterprise. This webinar will offer key points for managing the process from start to finish — while maintaining your budget, your calm and, ultimately, a good relationship with your new tenant.

Now available for on-demand viewing.

Webinar 2:
Risk Management through Emergency Planning
Emergency preparedness remains a top-tier concern of commercial real estate owners and managers. This webinar offers insight into how to use the emergency planning process to mitigate liability. The program includes a series of best practices for managing communications — internally and externally — before, during and after an emergency.

Speaker:
Geoff Craighead, CPP, BSCP
Vice President, High-Rise and Real Estate Services
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.

Now available for on-demand viewing.

Webinar 3:
Recruiting & Retaining Talent
Finding top talent has never been more difficult. This webinar offers practical insights for getting a foothold in the talent market and remaining competitive when recruiting new staff.

What You Will Learn:

• Learn how to diagnose your talent needs and develop a plan to find the perfect match.
• Discover what factors drive top talent to accept positions within organizations-and reject others.
• Find out what motivates top talent to move on and what compels them to stay.
• Discover strategies for moving beyond compensation and benefits to creating opportunities and challenges that keep top talent engaged.
• Examine what employee "churn" really costs your organization-not just in terms of employee "replacement costs" but also in terms of lost business opportunities, damaged customer/client relations, and de-motivation of other team members.

Date: Postponed until further notice

Webinar 4:
10 Ways to Manage Any Tenant Problem, featuring Kevin Fanning,
Attorney at Law, Clark Hill PLC
This webinar offers useful tips for avoiding “unintentional promises,” problematic lease paraphrasing and the dreaded “sloppy e-mail trail.” Learn how to use timelines to manage tenant problems and maintain consistency. Plus, discover how to communicate effectively with tenants to resolve disputes and to be prepared in case of litigation.

Now available for on-demand viewing.

Webinar 5:
Operating and Managing Mixed-Use Properties
Mixed-use properties are literally popping up on every urban corner and becoming hubs for “living, working and playing.” But, these specialized assets require special management and operational strategies. Participants will learn how to identify and respond to differing tenant needs and requirements; understand differences between office, retail and other types of leases common in mixed-use developments; manage contract services; and recognize special licensing requirements associated with these assets and their tenants

Now available for on-demand viewing.

Webinar 6:
Withering Heights: How to Manage an Aging Building
Much of the existing United States building stock is fast approaching “old age.” This webinar will explore the “age spots” and “creaky joints” of mature buildings and offer practical tips for how to plan for capital expenditures, identify cost-saving opportunities to preserve asset integrity and implement programs to enhance the value of these “old but good” assets.

Much of the existing US building stock is fast approaching "old age." This webinar will explore the "age spots" and "creaky joints" of mature buildings and offer practical tips for how to plan for capital expenditures, identify cost-saving opportunities to preserve asset integrity, and implement programs to enhance the value of these "old but good" assets.

What you will learn: 

• Identify market conditions and their impact on asset value
• Learn how to develop an asset management plan for building functions, operations and financials
• Plan and execute capital expenditures and improvements
• Implement and locate operational improvements

Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008,2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Patrick Freeman serves as the SVP and Regional Manager for Wells Real Estate Funds South portfolio of properties, working with a staff that manages over six million square feet of property from Atlanta to Houston.  During more than 20 years in real estate, Pat has served as a Vice President of Property Management with Trammell Crow Company, where he managed a staff of 17.  Previously, he was Senior Property Manager with Childress Klein Properties and a General Manager for Carter.  He has experience with both owned and third-party managed assets.

Webinar 7:
Elements of Green Leases 
(featuring Mychele Lord & Sean C. Ivery in collaboration with USGBC)

The term green lease is often spoken in conversations regarding office buildings, yet it's a term without a real definition. Some believe you can "green" a lease by adding language to stipulate product requirements and construction practices. While that may give a lease a green touch, it's not enough to make a green lease. To truly create a green lease, we must rethink the basic systems and components of today's office lease and prepare to address the leasing demand of sustainable buildings penetrating the commercial real estate industry.  Upon successfully completing this course, you should be able to:

• Define the critical attributes of a green lease
• Identify the fundamental components of a green lease
• Create and customize a green lease of your own
• Implement best practices in lighting and cleaning processes
• Effectively enforce green lease provisions
• Communicate green lease stipulations with your tenants.

Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

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Webinars 8 - 10:
Other educational webinars to come:

• October 22nd or 29th: Topic to be announced
• November 12th: Topic to be announced
• December 3rd: Topic to be announced

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Additional BOMA Webinars Archived on the Web for
On-Demand Viewing

Green Leases

Originally Webcast on November 14, 2007

Commercial office buildings are going "green" in their operations, and tenants have noticed the benefits. Now, leasing is going green too-with the landlords' and tenants' responsibilities for environmental stewardship being mapped out. How do leases go "green"?

BOMA's Green Leases webinar will identify:

• The core elements of a green lease
• Specific lease clauses which include green operations, practices, and building protocols
• Lighting and cleaning practices
• Contractor rules and regulations

The webinar will help you to enact successful strategies to operate and manage a green building, and will also offer tips for communicating with tenants, to assure that they understand their obligations for green practices under the lease.

Registration
Click Here to Register for Green Leases today.

Registration Fees

$125 USD per site (BOMA members)
$175 USD per site (Non-members)

It’s Easy Being Green

Originally Webcast on September 19, 2007

Speaker:  P. Marc Fischer, CPM, RPA, CCIM, Senior Vice President and Director, Management Services, Transwestern

Learn strategies you can implement tomorrow to improve green practices at your properties for little or no cost in the following areas:

• Recycling
• Water conservation
• Indoor air quality
• Heating and lighting
• Reusing recyclable materials in TI and construction projects
• And more strategies that are guaranteed to increase your building’s ROI with little or no financial investment.

You’ll also learn how to set goals; train team members, tenants and vendors; track performance; and measure/benchmark results.

Registration
Click Here to Register for It’s Easy Being Green today.

Registration Fees

$125 USD per site (BOMA members)
$175 USD per site (Non-members)

Sponsored By:

BOMA International and Buildings Magazine Present
Bird Flu Preparedness Webinar

Originally Webcast in 2007

Inoculate Your Buildings & Your Tenants Against Bird Flu

Most health and global security experts agree that a pandemic flu epidemic is inevitable-it's not a matter of "if" but "when." In the event of a pandemic outbreak, commercial office buildings may face extended closures and limited access, creating stresses for their tenants, property management teams, and investors.

Part 1 covered:

• Strategies for preparing tenants for Bird Flu-(identifying their business continuity plans and needs; preparing building's technology infrastructure, if needed; special training for tenants, if needed; reminders about building closures and access changes)
• Lease Review-what do current leases afford in terms of building closures, tenants' business continuity insurance requirements, technology requirements (to support extended office closures)
• Insurance Review-what are the insurance needs of the building and of the tenants?
• Tips for preparing building staff to manage the building remotely, if the situation warrants it. (Technology needs/requirements, determining closure/access plans, communicating to building staff and tenants about extended closures, training building staff to be prepared)

Part 2 covered:

• Operational strategies of multi-tenant buildings need to address as part of their Pandemic Flu preparedness planning 
• Building systems requirements, such as HVAC, access control programs, and telecommunications 
• Adapt operational requirements and strategies in the face of both a potential contamination in the building and for an extended building closure or limited access for building personnel

Registration Fees

Part 1:
$125 USD per site (BOMA members)
$175 USD per site (Non-members)

Part 2:
$125 USD per site (BOMA members)
$175 USD per site (Non-members)

Part 1 and 2 Webinars:
$250 USD per site (BOMA members)
$350 USD per site (Non-members)

Sponsored By:

What is a Webinar?

Webinars are educational programs delivered via the Web. Registration is by site. A "site" is defined as an internet connection, so one registration fee allows unlimited listeners on the connection via computer speakers. Each registered site is provided a link and login-ID to allow entrance to the seminar website. Complete instructions will be emailed along with seminar confirmation once registered for a program. Log in from your home, office, or conference room. One low fee allows you to train multiple employees from the same Web connection. Just turn on your speakers and learn!

Registration Questions?
Contact tara.behmer@stamats.com

Program Questions?
Contact education@boma.org