Data can be a powerful storyteller for facilities. Chris Hodges and Tim Carey, Ed.D. will be speaking at the Virginia APPA conference on March 28th about “Changing Your Perspective: Optimizing Facility Data to Tell a Better Facilities Story.”
Balancing facility costs between operations, capital renewal, renovations, and new construction is a tricky business. Most stakeholders do not recognize the ongoing challenges and costs of maintaining our facilities, often seeing our budgets as a trimmable expense. If you are not a facilities manager, your mind is not conditioned to think about things that break down, age, or need replacement. Recognizing others’ perspectives helps us become better financial managers, organizational integrators, business strategists, and expert communicators.
With proper planning and data management, we can change the conversation to what it should be; not a battle for annual funding. Telling the facilities story in a relatable way and seizing “teachable moments” in your day-to-day communications can lead to better results with currently available resources. Laying out facility needs in a logical, repeatable way, year over year allows you to manage resources more efficiently and improve stakeholder communications.
Learn how to transform data into compelling narratives that secure funding and showcase your team’s impact!
