Facebook’s Carolyn Everson @CEverson Responds To Tough Questions At Feliciano Center Fireside Chat @BizFeliciano #NJTech #NJBiz #MBA #Facebook #ilmaBlog
Posted: April 17, 2019 Filed under: Executive MBA, Leadership, Science & Technology | Tags: Business, eMBA, Facebook, Leadership, MBA, Montclair State University, New Jersey, NJ, Tech Leave a commentOn April 9, 2019, Carolyn Everson the VP, Global Marketing Solutions, at Facebook joined us at Montclair State University to discuss her role at Facebook, and her career path that includes stints at Microsoft, Viacom and other companies. The event took place at University Hall Conference Center, 7th Floor (Click here for event information).
The following is an article written by Esther Surden and Frank Cunha III for NJ Tech Weekly.
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Leadership Series: Live Your Passion #ilmaBlog #fc3Leadership #Leadership #Passion #DiscoverYourPurpose #LiveYourPassion
Posted: March 22, 2019 Filed under: Leadership | Tags: Business, Discover Your Passion, Discover Your Purpose, Find Your Passion, Find Your Purpose, LEAD, Leadership, Live Your Passion, Success Leader Leave a comment
Leadership Series: Living Your Passion
Presented by: Frank Cunha III on behalf of the Montclair State University Center for Leadership Development (Spring 2019)
This 50-minute presentation will be a discussion on why it is important to live your passion and follow your dreams. I will use my experience as a leader in my field to encourage the audience to make choices that will enhance their lives. I will discuss the importance of using metrics and guiding values in making life choices that will define who we are and who we are destined to become. I will draw on my personal experience to encourage the audience to follow their dreams and succeed in life by choosing a path that may not always be easy but will always be rewarding. We will be discussing how we can lead through a life of service and dedication to our passion.
Outcomes for participants:
- Discover that success often follows passion
- Discover your gifts and talents
- The sooner you discover your life’s purpose the sooner you can start living your dreams
- Passion will help you follow your dreams through difficult challenges
- Success can be measured in different ways – time, people, money
- Discover the virtues of integrity and honesty in your professional life
- Understanding courage and earning respect
- Life is not meant to be easy, but it is meant to be fulfilling
- Serving people by tapping into your passion
Brainstorm Questions to Help You Discover Your Passion and Purpose in Life:
- What do you love to do?
- What would you do even if you were not getting paid?
- What comes easily to you?
- What are two qualities I most enjoy expressing in the world?
- What are two ways I most enjoy expressing these qualities?
- Make a list of all the times you’ve felt the greatest joy in your life.
- When have I felt most fulfilled?
- What am I naturally good at?
- How could I apply my talents creatively?
- What makes me feel good about myself?
- What do I fear that excites me?
- What activities allow me to be creative?
- What causes am I interested in?
- What do I enjoy reading about?
- What do I love talking about?
- What would I regret not having tried?
- What would I love to teach others about?
- What help or advice do others often seek out from me?
- What am I most grateful for?
- What would I do for free for the rest of my life?
- What kind of life do I want to live?
- What do I want to be known for?
- How do I define success?
- What is my real passion?
5 Lessons Learned From Interviewing And Learning From People Who Are Doing Work They Love.
By Jessica Semaan (Founder, www.thepassion.co)
We’re all gifted with a set of talents and interests that tell us what we’re supposed to be doing. Once you know what your life purpose is, organize all of your activities around it. Everything you do should be an expression of your purpose. If an activity or goal doesn’t fit that formula, don’t work on it.
Practice Your Fears
Afraid of rejection? Lack of structure? Uncertainty? Practice it. We found that the secret to successfully transitioning to doing what you love is to build a thick skin.
Create Your Own Board
Support is a necessary part of pursuing your passions. Surround yourself with people that inspire you and want to help you. I have seen those who have chosen a “board of supporters” to be the most successful. Pick three or four people: an expert in the space you are interested in, two people pursuing similar passions and a close friend who knows you well and you can reach out to them throughout the process. Most importantly be sure you are on this board too, supporting yourself throughout the journey.
Simplify
Doing work you love can oftentimes mean less money in the bank in the short to medium term. Be prepared to simplify your life. Think cooking at home with friends over expensive dinners; buy one less new outfit. I found that this part of the experience is the most gratifying: it pushes you to become resourceful and creative and you realize that the pleasures of life are rarely related to money.
Be Patient
They say do what you love and the rest will follow. I say do what you love with persistence and the rest will follow. When you’re following your passions, unexpected doors will open to you. With more clarity, you are more likely to spot opportunities that will lead to your success. Just keep believing, especially in moments when you feel stuck, overwhelmed or don’t see tangible results.
A palliative nurse recorded the most common regrets and put her findings into a book called “The Top Five Regrets of The Dying.” The #1 regret of the dying was: “I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself and instead lived the life that others expected of me”
Don’t wait till your deathbed to live the life that you want and do work you love. Start small and start now.
What is one small step you can take towards one of your passions today? If you are unsure about your passion, what is one interest you have that you can test out on the side?
“True desire in the heart for anything good is God’s proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it’s yours already. So the desire you have, that itch that you have to be whatever it is you want to be … that itch, that desire for good is God’s proof to you sent already to indicate that it’s yours. You already have it. Claim it.” –Denzel Washington
Developed by Chris and Janet Attwood, The Passion Test is a simple, yet elegant, process. You start by filling in the blank 15 times for the following statement: “When my life is ideal, I am ___.” The word(s) you choose to fill in the blank must be a verb.
“What should I do with my life?” “What is my passion?” or “What is my life purpose.”
- PASSION AS AN ENGINE FOR SUCCESS
- Living a life of passion motivates and gets you excited about what you do
- Living a life of passion helps you face challenges
- DISCOVERING YOUR GIFTS & TALENTS
- How can I discover what I am passionate about?
- Creating a network of
advisors – They can help you see things you cannot see
- Even CEO’s have coaches and mentors
- HOW DOES PASSION LEAD TO SUCCESS?
- Living a life of passion informs what you do with your life
- Passion gives you drive, clarity and focus
- HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS?
- Time for yourself and time for love ones
- Connecting with people, socially, professionally, and personally
- Experiences (Traveling)
- Hobbies: Fitness, Reading, Museums, Sports
- How much money you make, compensation/benefits
- Security
- LIVING A PASSIONATE & VIRTUOUS LIFE
- Honesty, Integrity, Courage,
Persistence, Loyalty, Respect for self and others
- These virtues and values help guide your decisions
- Honesty, Integrity, Courage,
Persistence, Loyalty, Respect for self and others
- SERVING PEOPLE BY UTILIZING YOUR PASSION
- Living a life of passion helps you serve others by filling a need
- Makes you feel like your life has purpose and meaning and gives you a reason to wake up excited to start your day
- USING YOUR PASSION TO BECOME UNSTUCK
- When life offers you a choice, you can use your passion to help you make a decision
- Be ready for when life offers you an opportunity
Contact Information:
Frank Cunha III, University Architect at Montclair State University
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fc3arch
Website: https://www.frankcunha.com
Blog: https://ilovemyarchitect.com
Email: fc3arch@gmail.com
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What About Public Private Partnerships? #ilmaBlog #HigherEducation #P3 #PPP #University #Architect
Posted: March 22, 2019 Filed under: Architecture, Campus Planning & Design, Education, Higher Education - Architecture & Design, University | Tags: Architect, Architecture, Assets, Budgeting, Business, College, Construction, Delivery Methods, Delivery Models, Design, Developer, Education, Expertise, Facilities, Finance, Higher Education, MBA, P3, Partnership, Private, project management, Public Sector, Risk Management, Strategic Partnerships, Student Housing, Turn Key, Turn Key operation, University Architect Leave a comment
Background on Public Private Partnerships (P3’s):
Many institutions of higher education are facing mounting pressure on their mission to deliver high-quality, affordable education to students and perform world-class research. Reductions in public funding support and concerns about overall affordability present substantial near-term and longer-term budget challenges for many institutions.
Public institutions are predominantly affected, having been constrained by suspensions or reductions in state funding. State appropriations across the US grew by just 0.5% annually between 2005 and 2015. State funding has still not recovered to 2008 levels, the last year in which state funding decisions would not have been affected by the Great Recession.
(Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) — state appropriations revenue divided by total fall enrollment, 2005–15)
Public-private partnership models are continuing to proliferate as cash-strapped colleges and universities seek to replace or update aging and outdated infrastructure amid tight finances.
(Source: Proliferating Partnerships)
What is the P3 Delivery Model?
A public-private partnership, or P3, is long-term agreement between a public entity and a private industry team that is tasked with designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining a public facility. The past decade has seen a steady increase in the use of P3 structures, both inside and outside higher education. In 2016, something of a watershed year for P3, multiple high-profile projects came online in response to a variety of public needs, including a $1-billion-plus water infrastructure project servicing San Antonio, and a $300-million-plus renovation of the Denver International Airport’s Great Hall.
(Source: A Few Lessons About Public-Private Partnerships)
“Public” is a non-profit institutional or governmental entity that engages a “private” for-profit entity to pay for a particular project.
The “private” partner provides funding (and often expertise) to deliver (and often operate) the project used by the “public” entity to meet its purposes.
In return for its capital, the “private” entity gets a revenue flow from the asset it has paid for.
(Source: Should your University enter into a Public/Private Partnership – the Pro’s and Con’s)
The emergence of the P3 option is happening where it matters most: projects that would be otherwise unattainable under the traditional public-improvement delivery models. For instance, 10 years ago, only a handful of higher education P3 projects were up and running; today, we are approaching three dozen such projects.
The biggest challenge is, of course, the financing component, but P3 teams bring much more to the table than money — they give public entities access to expertise and innovation that can add significant value to projects at each phase of development.
(Source: A Few Lessons About Public-Private Partnerships)
Illustration of Institutional Functions
Motivations for P3 transactions vary widely, but include:
- Supplementing traditional debt instruments. These include private capital, using off balance sheet or alternative mechanisms.
- Transfer of risk. Historically, universities have born all or most of the risk of facilities-related projects themselves. A P3 is a way to either transfer or at least share the risk.
- Speed and efficiency. A P3 allows for a faster development process, and time to completion is generally shorter and on schedule. The sole focus of the private entity is to complete the project on budget and on time. University infrastructure tends to have competing priorities across all-campus facility needs.
- Outsourcing provision of non-core assets. Outsourcing allows institutions to focus investment of internal resources and capabilities on those functions that are closer to the academic needs of its students.
- Experience. Private partners often have much more experience and skills in a particular development area (e.g., facility architecture and infrastructure, student housing needs) and are able to better accommodate the needs of students, faculty, administrators, etc.
- Planning and budgeting. Private partners offer experience and know-how in long-term maintenance planning and whole life cycle budgeting.
(Source: Public-private partnerships in higher education What is right for your institution?)
The four types of P3s:
- Operating contract/management agreement. Short- to medium-term contract with private firm for operating services
- Ground lease/facility lease. Long-term lease with private developer who commits to construct, operate and maintain the project
- Availability payment concession. Long-term concession with private developer to construct, operate, maintain and finance the project in exchange for annual payments subject to abatement for nonperformance
- Demand-risk concession. Long-term concession with private developer to construct, operate, maintain and finance the project in exchange for rights to collect revenues related to the project
Pro’s and Con’s of P3’s:
Since their emergence in student housing several years ago, P3s have become important strategies for higher education institutions because of the many benefits they offer, including:
- Lower developer costs
- Developer expertise
- Operational expertise
- Access to capital
- Preservation of debt capacity
- More favorable balance sheets and credit statements
- Risk mitigation
- Faster procurement and project delivery (It can typically take a university about 5 years to get a project built. With a P3, that process can be reduced to just 2 years. Additionally, P3s can save approximately 25% in costs compared to typical projects.)
Beyond the above, the indirect advantages of P3s in student housing are numerous, such as they:
- Provide better housing for students
- Expand campus capacity
- Create high-quality facilities
- Expand the tax base for both a city and county
- Provide an economic boost to surrounding areas, which likely lead to private growth and other improvements
It is important to note that, while there are many benefits of P3s for higher education institutions, these agreements also have disadvantages that need to be considered, including:
- High cost of capital
- Reduced control for the university
- Complexity of deals
- Multi-party roles and responsibilities
- Limitation on future university development
(Source: Student Housing A Hot Sector For Public-Private Partnerships)
A LOOK AHEAD
Where Are We Heading?
- More political involvement and pressure to consider P3
- Pre-development Risks – Many projects failing to close
- Issues with Construction Pricing & Labor Shortages
- An increasing number of developers are getting in the on-campus business; however, developers are being more strategic on which projects/procurements to respond to
- Exploration of other sources of funds like tax credits, USDA, and opportunity zones
- Shared governance continues to grow
- Larger, more complex P3 projects including long term concessions, availability payment models, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Bundling of Procurements (food, housing (including faculty), academic buildings, hotel, energy, facility maintenance, etc.)
Further Reading:
- State of the P3 Higher Education Industry by Brailsford & Dunlavey http://programmanagers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/P3-State-of-the-Industry-Final_Small.pdf
- Should your University enter into a Public/Private Partnership – the Pro’s and Con’s https://edualliancegroup.blog/2017/06/26/should-your-university-enter-into-a-publicprivate-partnership-the-pros-and-cons
- No Free Lunch: The Pros and Cons of Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Financing https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2017/02/09/no-free-lunch-the-pros-and-cons-of-public-private-partnerships-for-infrastructure-financing
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12 Rules For Architects Using Aspire Project Management Techniques #ilmaBlog #PM #Management #Business #Architecture
Posted: December 21, 2018 Filed under: Architecture | Tags: #ilmaBlog #PM #Management #Business #Architecture, Architect, Architecture, Business, ILMA, project management Leave a comment
- Customer Satisfaction: Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable design solutions.Embrace Changes: Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer’s competitive advantage.
- Embrace the Process: Deliver working design solutions frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.
- Embrace Teamwork: The design team must work together daily throughout the project.
- Support Enthusiasm: Design projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need and trust them to get the job done.
- Face-to-Face is First: The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a design team is face-to-face conversation.
- How Do We Measure Progress: Effective, efficient and elegant design solutions are the primary measure of progress.
- Less Is More: Simplicity — the art of maximizing leaving stuff out — is essential. Agile processes promote sustainable development.
- Allow for Flexibility: The best design solutions emerge from self-organizing design teams.
- Execute, Monitor, Adjust: At regular intervals, the design team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.
- God Is In The Details: Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
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History, Revolution, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Architecture Featuring @DuoDickinson via @EntreArchitect [Updated]
Posted: August 9, 2018 Filed under: Architecture, Design, More FC3 | Tags: Architect, Architecture of the Future, Artificial Intelligence, Business, EntreArchitect, Firm, Future, Future of Architecture, Practice, Technology Leave a commentFREE DOWNLOAD AUDIO – Part 1
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X Factor of Design
Posted: July 6, 2018 Filed under: Architecture, Design, More FC3 | Tags: Architect, Architecture, Business, Campus, College, College campuses, Community, customers, Design, Designer, eMBA, Experience, favorite place, Gensler, Innovation, intellectual, MBA, Research, Retail, social connection, Space, Technology, University, X Factor 1 CommentBetter design, better experience
The design of physical space proves to have a significant, quantifiable impact on the quality of people’s experience.
Everyone is doing everything, everywhere
The traditional uses of space are blurring. People are working, eating, socializing, exercising, having fun, taking classes, and shopping everywhere.
Single-use spaces are becoming obsolete
People who do more than one activity in a place rate their experiences significantly higher and are more likely to report it as their “favorite place.”
Gensler’s Hyundai HQ
Ignore social space at your peril
Places that support community and social connection perform better—from higher job satisfaction in the workplace, to a greater likelihood of recommendation for retail stores and public spaces.
In-between time isn’t wasted time
People who take time to reflect and unplug have better experiences, with direct business benefits: employees are more satisfied, and customers frequently end up making purchases despite not originally intending to do so. College campuses have a way of encouraging intellectual pursuits in different places by making better use of real estate by equipping in-between spaces. Adding wireless connectivity, comfortable seating, and room to spread out your work and almost any space becomes useful work space.
Technology matters, but not in the way you think
Technology may be more about impression than direct engagement— people see it as a powerful symbol of innovation.
The multipurpose space should be able to handle several forms of technology, just like any large lecture hall or classroom. Video, data, and electrical outlets should be spaced along the perimeter of the space, as well as at the edge of the stage. A sound system, video projection system, and cable and satellite capability also should be available. Also, operationally, users will need to know how to use the equipment properly.
Every place and space today is ultimately competing on the experience it delivers. As a new generation of consumers shifts spending and attention toward experience-based consumption, the need to deliver a differentiated experience has never been stronger. The human experience must be the driving force behind every element of a space—from the design of physical space to the qualities of interaction, expectation, and intention.
(Source: https://www.gensler.com/uploads/document/552/file/Gensler-Experience-Index-2017.pdf)
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