IREM DC, IREM Northern Virginia and IREM West Central Maryland invite you to attend one or all of our weekly webinars on topics relating to best practices of property management during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Each will focus on a different aspect of managing properties and tenants in our local market, and will rotate between topics relevant for residential and commercial management. Webinars will be 45 minutes in length and will run each of the next eight Thursdays at 1 pm. Webinars are FREE for IREM Members and Industry Partners and are $30 for non-members and guests. 

WEEK ONE

Is My Building Ready For Re-occupancy?

April 30, 2020 at 1 pm

Protecting Your Employees’ and Your Tenants’ Health and Safety

• What restrictions are needed?

• How often will I need to go through costly disinfecting treatments?

• What’s the best way to manage tenant requests?

• What steps take place after a known or suspected positive COVID-19 case?

Christopher Baker, VP of Operations at Hillmann Consulting, will be live on this webinar, discussing COVID-19 prevention measures and the transition back to partial or full occupancy of your building. Hillmann has been a well-recognized leader in the Environmental Consulting, Risk Management/Loss Control, Construction Services, and Construction Risk Management industries since 1985.

WEEK TWO

Rent Collections During COVID - 19

May 7, 2020 at 1 pm

Join us for a panel discussion featuring Jay Harris of Fair Collections & Outsourcing (FCO) and senior representatives from Grady Management, Horning Brothers, and Kettler Management. Benjamin Underwood of Saul Centers will moderate the conversation, where topics will include:

• Data collection—where do we stand today?
  
  
• Best practices for collections—what’s working and what isn’t
  
  
• Resources for our resident—where can they find funds to cover their rent?

See the Rent Assistance and Food Resources In DMV here.

WEEK THREE

The Impact Of Coronavirus On Building Security, Access Control, And Elevator Safety

May 14, 2020 at 1 pm

This webinar will focus on:

• The human side of crisis response and establishing a new normal, presented by Hart S. Brown, R3 Continuum
  
  
• Best practices in employee and visitor management, building security, and elevator procedures 
  
  
• Relying on your vendors for support--how to engage them and what to expect
  
  
• Q&A with industry partners and return-to-work experts
  

WEEK FOUR

Virtual Leasing & Contactless Move-ins

May 21, 2020 at 1 pm

Please join us for a discussion about leasing in a virtual environment and touchless move-ins. Topics to be discussed include:

• What technology is needed for virtual leasing

• How to leverage social media to provide virtual tours to a broader audience

• The move-in process in a contactless environment 

• Best practices for ID verification, lease execution, key exchange, inspections and move-in day challenges

Our panel of experts will be led by moderator Karen Trueman, CPM, Director of Talent Development and Brand Reputation for Legend Management and will include:

Laura Stankovic, Director of Marketing, Greystar

Krystan Langley, Community Manager, Greystar

Alison Punsalan, Sr. Vice President, Foulger-Pratt

Kelly Finucan, Community Manager, Foulger-Pratt

WEEK FIVE

Leading Virtually - Getting Results Through Perspective, Purpose and Empowerment

May 28, 2020 at 1 pm

So that we can incorporate your feedback into the discussion, please leave us your thoughts before the webinar here.

Meet Kristen Magni Kristen is the Founder and Principal Consultant of C Future LLC, a consultancy practice focused on transformational leadership and organizational culture. C Future helps organizations align business strategy and people strategy by connecting people with purpose and designing inspirational workplaces that scale and empower innovation.

WEEK SIX

Making Your Building COVID Clean

June 4, 2020 at 1 pm

Join us this Thursday, June 4th for a must-see webinar on “Making Your Building COVID Clean”. We will hear first from Eric Luke, with Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI), the national trade association for cleaning contractors. Eric will update us on COVID-19 and how it is impacting the industry as a whole.

Then we’ll hear from a panel of speakers – three property management professionals from Cushman & Wakefield, Monday Properties, and Lincoln Property Company, along with their cleaning contractors – who will share ideas and challenges on getting your building COVID Clean!

WEEK SEVEN

Managing A Way Forward

June 11, 2020 at 1 pm

Our adrenaline and Type-A personalities got us through the initial weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. Then came a posture of leaning in and problem solving to extreme degrees with unmitigated devotion to our teams, our families and our communities. As experienced professionals, you juggled this complexity while also wondering about your own health an economic security. If the “fight or flight” syndrome has left you weary and wondering how life looks on the other side of the mountain, this webinar is for YOU. First, know that you are not alone and secondly, join your colleagues for an engaging webinar that unpacks new possibilities and opportunities for navigating a new normal. 

Our time together will offer the following outcomes:

• Resetting your own mental mindset

• Developing a more authentic communication plan

• Critiquing policies that lessen bureaucracy and support agile workplaces

• Maintaining work/life integration, not balance

• Supporting more respectful, diverse and inclusive work groups

Debbie Phillips is an internationally recognized real estate professional with over 32 years of experience with diverse property types. As an entrepreneur, Debbie has a multifaceted career including developing world class leadership development programs and talent management strategies. She serves as Chief Engagement Officer for the Real Estate Career Academy and on numerous boards and advisory councils related to economic development, business and industry partnerships and talent retention.

WEEK EIGHT

It's all about TIME (Teamwork, information, Motivation, Energy)

June 25, 2020 at 1 pm

This “new normal” has required us to treat TIME in different and unique way. As real estate professionals we are still expected to wear many different hats and how we do that in a virtual world can feel daunting. One advantage to a new way of working has provided more “thinking time” as well as forcing us to take inventory of our resources to maintain some level of balance.

This workshop offers the following strategies:

• Encouraging virtual teams

• Sharing information effectively

• Motivation in times of uncertainty

• Measuring ROE – Return on Energy

Debbie Phillips is an internationally recognized real estate professional with over 32 years of experience with diverse property types. As an entrepreneur, Debbie has a multifaceted career including developing world class leadership development programs and talent management strategies. She serves as Chief Engagement Officer for the Real Estate Career Academy and on numerous boards and advisory councils related to economic development, business and industry partnerships and talent retention.