Registration will begin on June 3, 2019
Leadership Academy
September 10 - 12, 2019
Sheraton Music City Hotel
777 McGavock Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
BONUS: As an Academy registrant, we are offering you a complimentary seat in the following program (You MUST pre-register to attend):
Leading Your Facilities Organization through an Age of Transformational Change
September 9, 2019
8:00am – 4:30pm
Higher Education facilities organizations are facing changes and challenges at a pace unlike those experienced in previous generations. Entrenched and established views in the profession are being overturned by accelerating changes in funding models, technology advances, shifting workforce demographics, and strategic stewardship and master planning. This workshop will prepare facilities professional to effectively lead their facilities management organizations in this age of accelerations. For more information on this special offering, visit us here.

General Registration Information
TUITION
Tuition for this week long program is $1,455 (members) or $1,955 (non-members). Because the Leadership Academy is an immersion type program, we will not be able to accommodate spouse/guests or family members at any of the food functions, except the closing banquet. Tickets to the closing banquet may be purchased on-site at the meeting registration desk.
MEALS
Several meals are included in the cost of registration: breakfasts from Tuesday through Thursday; lunches from Tuesday through Thursday; and banquet dinner on Thursday; and refreshment breaks from Tuesday through Thursday. All other meals are at the attendee's discretion and expense. Registration does not include travel, accommodations, additional meals, or optional activities.
SPECIAL NEEDS
APPA will make every effort to accommodate persons with special needs. If you have a condition that may require special materials, services, or assistance, please contact APPA's Professional Department to make arrangements at
education@appa.org.
Academy Schedule
Schedule
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 |
7:00am - 8:00am |
Breakfast and Registration |
8:00am - 9:40am |
Track Offering |
9:40am - 10:10am |
Break |
10:10am - 11:50am |
Track Offering |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
1:00pm - 2:40pm |
Track Offering |
2:40pm - 3:10pm |
Break |
3:10pm - 4:50pm |
Track Offering |
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 |
7:00am - 8:00am |
Breakfast |
8:00am - 9:40am |
Track Offering |
8:40am - 10:10am |
Break |
10:10am - 11:50am |
Track Offering |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
1:00pm - 2:40pm |
Track Offering |
2:40pm - 3:10pm |
Break |
3:10pm - 4:50pm |
Track Offering |
Thursday, January 17, 2019 |
7:00am - 8:00am |
Breakfast |
8:00am - 9:40am |
Track Offering |
9:40am - 10:10am |
Break |
10:10am - 11:50am |
Track Offering |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
1:00pm - 2:40pm |
Track Offering |
2:40pm - 3:10pm |
Break |
3:10pm - 4:50pm |
Track Offering |
5:45pm - 6:30pm |
Reception |
6:30pm - 8:30pm |
Banquet |
QUESTIONS?
If you have any further questions regarding registration, please contact APPA’s Professional Development Department at education@appa.org.
Hotel & Travel Information
OMNI Fort Worth Hotel
1300 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX
(817) 535-6664
APPA's Group Rate is $199 per night (plus
applicable fees/taxes).
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DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport:
From the airport, exit the south ramp to TX-183 west. Merge onto TX-183 west toward Fort Worth. Proceed 10.5 miles until TX-183 west merges with TX-121. Proceed 7.1 miles until TX-183 west/TX-121 south merge with I-820. Stay left following TX-121 south toward downtown Fort Worth via exit 24B. Merge onto I-35W south. Take exit 52A (TX-280 Spur) toward downtown. Merge onto TX-280 Spur west. Take the East 6th Street exit on the left. Turn left onto Houston Street (US-287-BR). The hotel is located on the right directly across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Other transportation options from the airport:
From Dallas Love Field Airport:
From the airport, exit west onto Cedar Springs Road. Turn right at Inwood. Turn right on North Stemmons Freeway (I-35E) and merge onto north I-35E. Stay left onto TX-183 west and follow the exit for Irving/DFW Airport/TX-183/TX-114. Continue 21.9 miles until TX-183 merges with TX-121 south; continue 7.1 miles until it merges with I-820. Stay left following TX-121 south toward downtown Fort Worth via exit 24B. Merge onto south I-35 W. Take exit 52A (TX-280 Spur) toward downtown. Merge onto TX-280 Spur east. Take the East 6th Street exit on the left. Turn left onto Houston Street. The hotel is on the right, directly across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
- Taxi service: Approximately $75 each way
- Shuttle service: Available 24 hours; (972) 615-2410
Directions from the North – Via I-35W South
Take I-35W south and exit 52A (TX-280 Spur) toward downtown. Merge onto TX-280 Spur, exit left onto 6th Street and turn left onto Houston Street (US-287-BR). The hotel entrance is on the right, directly across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Directions from the South – Via I-35W North
Take I-35W north to exit 51B (TX-180 east Downtown/Lancaster Avenue). Turn left onto East Lancaster Avenue (TX-180) and turn right onto Houston Street (US-287-BR). The hotel entrance is on the left, directly across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Directions from East – Via I-20 West
Take I-20 west and take a slight right at US-287 north (Downtown Fort Worth/I-820 N/US-287 N). Merge onto I-820 north (5.9 miles) and then exit left to I-30 west toward Abilene. Keep right at the fork and follow the signs for Downtown/Lancaster Avenue. Proceed onto East Lancaster (TX-180) and then turn right onto Houston Street (US-287-BR). The hotel entrance is located on the left, across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Directions from East – Via I-30 West
Take I-30 west and exit Lancaster Avenue/Downtown. Proceed onto East Lancaster Avenue (TX-180) and turn right onto Houston Street (US-287-BR). The hotel entrance is located on the left, across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Directions from West – Via I-20 or I-30 East
Take I-20 east and take the ramp onto 1-35W north. Take exit 51A to merge onto 1-30 west toward Abilene. Then take the exit for TX-199/Henderson Street and keep right at the fork. Follow the signs for East Lancaster Avenue and merge onto West Lancaster Avenue. Turn left onto Houston Street, and Omni Fort Worth Hotel will be on your left, across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Take 1-30 east, exit onto Lancaster Avenue and turn left onto Houston Street. Omni Fort Worth Hotel will be on your left, across from the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Parking
- Valet parking: $28 + tax per night/per vehicle* – overnight parking (unlimited in/out privileges)
- Over-sized vehicles: $40 + tax per night/per vehicle*
- Daily and event valet parking: $22 per vehicle* (no in/out privileges)
- City-operated self-parking: $22 per vehicle* (no in/out privileges)– available at the city-operated garage adjacent to the hotel. The garage entrance is on 11th Street between Houston and Throckmorton (one block north of the hotel).
*Prices are subject to change without notice.
Scholarships
Special Programming
NEW SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
Calling Past Institute Graduates - We Would Love to Welcome You BACK!
As a graduate of the Institute program, you have experienced first -hand the ever valuable course content as well as the plethora of networking opportunities that were made available during your session. Now, APPA you would like to invite you to participate in the IFM Graduate Program. This specially designed session format will allow you to choose classes within any core and a selection of electives that you may not have had the opportunity to participate in during your prior attendance. By returning to the IFM Graduate Program, you not only have the opportunity to continue your professional development in the classroom, but you also provide our emerging professionals, who are in attendance, a body of mentors with whom they can connect with throughout the week.
WHY COME BACK
As the profession evolves, so has the content of the Institute for Facilities Management since you were last with us. Returning to participate in class will allow you to truly see how programming is providing you the most current resources you need to stay top in your profession of choice.
YOUR PROGRAM
During the registration process, you will sign in to the APPA Registration system and choose your registration type as IFM POST GRADUATE. This will then direct your screen to allow you to choose course offerings among the different cores and then your afternoon electives. For example, you may choose core content in General Administration & Operations and Maintenance or just in Energy & Utilities or something from each of the four core areas to include the Advanced Planning Design and Construction Core. Then as you did as a previous attendee, you would select electives for your afternoon sessions.
CONNECTING AS A MENTOR
As our profession changes & evolves, APPA is continually expanding venues to connect the right people. During your time at APPA U as an IFM Graduate Program Attendee, we will host various opportunities to allow you to meet with those professionals who are rising up within our organizations looking for mentoring relationships to learn from the best of the best.
LIMITED OFFERING
Due to the nature of this program format, the IFM Graduate Program registration will be made available to the first 50 registrants. As a reminder - this offering will not be made available to those who have not yet graduated from the Institute program and scholarships will not be permitted for attendance.
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Cancellation Policy
Cancellation Policy
All cancellation requests must be
submitted in writing. APPA will refund the full cost of registration for cancellations received on or before December 14, 2018. APPA is not responsible for any travel or lodging charges incurred. Please contact
education@appa.org for additional information.
The Academy is a unique experience. The Academy will expand your ability to be an effective leader. The Academy promotes the concepts and skills needed to be a life-long learner, not just in leadership but in your whole life. This should be a “game changer” in your life.
The Academy is designed as an adult learning experience. This means that there are many activities YOU will be asked to participate in such as: organizing a cohort group, presenting group thought and ideas, leading a discussion on a given topic, listening to content delivery, expressing new solutions to old problems, etc. This style requires that you participate but more importantly that you are growing as a leader. You will have the same set of facilitator’s the whole week. They will be there to monitor and present skills and knowledge needed at that level of learning. They will facilitate and help you learn but the real learn is up to you.
We want the Academy to make a difference in your life. Please take time to know and understand the concepts. LEADERSHIP can be learned and applied to any role in your life; Professional or Personal. LEADERSHIP is CHOICE not a position. Choosing what is RIGHT is a result of good leadership principles , practices, and choices. ENJOY the experience.
- Paula Farnsworth, Dean of the Academy
The four levels that comprise the Leadership Academy are:
Level I: Individual Effectiveness Skills
Level I helps your institution achieve sustained superior results by focusing on making individual leaders more effective. The most successful teams and organizations are led and driven by the character, strengths, and talents of their individual members. Developing that strength of character and releasing individual potential is an inside-out process. This level helps participants explore their values and highest priorities, increase productivity by staying focused on those priorities, improve leadership skills and trust-based relationships, and achieve a healthy work/life balance. Participants will discover that the pursuit of effectiveness will have enduring positive impacts on both their personal and professional lives. This level includes a 360-degree benchmark providing participants with feedback from managers, peers, and direct reports and clear indicators of their top strengths as well as areas to target for improvement.
Skills Learned
- Leaders learn effective leaders are not victims, But are responsible and accountable for their actions and subsequent consequence.
- Leaders learn to live by a personal vision, mission, and values commitment that serves to guide their life.
- Leaders learn that credibility and integrity stem from personal trustworthiness that is demonstrated in all they say and do.
Level II: Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
Effective managers use interpersonal and team skills to motivate, communicate, and inspire those around them. This Level focuses on understanding the dynamics of working together, successful ways to sustain Trust which can be used to support successful relationships and team efforts. Level II will help you hone the skills needed to make you not only an effective leader, but also an effective manager.
Skills Learned
- Leaders learn to use the Four Cores of Creditability to build trusting relationships.
- Leaders learn how to apply leadership skills that are essential in todays workplace.
- Leaders will discover how to build relationships by using the 13 behaviors of a High Trust Culture.
Leaders learn the importance of their individual style, and knowing others style, in building relationships
Level III: Managerial Effectiveness Skills
In this level, participants develop and strengthen leadership skills while learning basic principles for organizational and managerial effectiveness. Attendees experience a dynamic learning environment utilizing engaging discussion groups, learning games, discovery exercises, synergy, and project collaboration. The content of this program complements and builds upon the individual skills learned in Level I and the interpersonal skills developed in Level II.
Skills Learned
- Leaders learn how to apply leadership skills that are essential in todays workplace.
- Leaders master strategies for handling and ultimately solving difficult conversations and situations.
- Leaders learn how to Model strong leadership skills through knowing their own strengths and compliment the strengths of others.
Level IV: Organizational Effectiveness Skills
One of the main objectives of the Leadership Academy is to build leadership skills into the whole organization. As we prepare and demonstrate leadership from all employees, our influence and trust will increase within our institutions. The skills we have to change and develop organizations will require us to be at the institutional decision table helping to guide and manage the assets of the institution. Level IV prepares you with the organizational skills needed to sit at the table to provide excellent learning environments.
Skills Learned
- Leaders learn how to expand their set of leadership skills to include a stakeholder strategy, organizational process aligned systems.
- Leaders learn how to determine, reinforce, and build an effective team that is results-driven and stakeholder oriented.
- Leaders learn how to align systems, structures, and processes for greater, long term effectiveness.
QUESTIONS?
If
you have any further questions regarding registration, please contact APPA’s Professional Development Department at education@appa.org.
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