A powerful affiliation for corporate RE professionals.As a global learning organization and thought and opinion leader, CoreNet Global's (CNG CNG Compressed Natural Gas CNG Calling (Tone) CNG Comfort Noise Generation CNG Cryptography Next Generation (Microsoft Windows Vista) CNG Centre National de Génotypage ) programs and services are focused on meeting the business needs of its members -- the world's largest group of corporate real estate executives who run the real estate and related support functions for companies whose primary business is not real estate (also known as end users.) Globally, CNG members manage $1.2 trillion in real estate and workplace assets with an average portfolio value of $490 million per member and average portfolio size of 29 million SF. Given that a presence in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is considered imperative for both strategic business initiatives and an as an imaging strategy for innumerable global corporations, the New York City Chapter, one of 50 worldwide, is CoreNet Global's largest (500 members out of 6,000 in the U.S. and 7,000 worldwide) as well as most active. The industry profile of CNG members also supports the vitality and leadership position of the New York City Chapter. Industries with the highest percentages of members are well represented in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications, computers and data services, and insurance. In addition to its core membership of senior level, corporate real estate practitioners, CNG membership is also comprised of service providers, such as real estate brokerage and consulting, construction, architecture and engineering, and economic developers, who work in strategic partnership with end user members. CoreNet Global's objectives in convening con·vene v. con·vened, con·ven·ing, con·venes v.intr. To come together usually for an official or public purpose; assemble formally. v.tr. 1. the industry are to advance knowledge, connect people and promote professional excellence. The core of the association's mission is the development and delivery of practical learning programs for strategic corporate real estate, infrastructure and workplace management. CNG exposes members to a broad range of new business models and corporate thinking, assists in development linkage linkage In mechanical engineering, a system of solid, usually metallic, links (bars) connected to two or more other links by pin joints (hinges), sliding joints, or ball-and-socket joints to form a closed chain or a series of closed chains. between new thinking and workplace, infrastructure and real estate issues, and supports adapting new thinking and ideas to members' own situations. Education and CNG research are the foundations for serving as an agent of change for the corporate real estate profession, providing in-depth information about current changes in the market which allows members to rapidly capture, package and deploy new business models. The ever-expanding network of CNG people and ideas serves to accelerate member professional growth and accomplishment. Member roundtables, seminars, executive development programs and forums draw from the experience and insights of the highest levels of senior corporate real estate executives to identify and discuss market forces, trends and practices that impact the nature of work, the workplace and the delivery of real estate services. The organization also provides a forum for the exploration and disbursal of best practices and valued-added services to the industry and partners with learning institutions such as Columbia, Wharton, NYU's Real Estate School and others to provide cutting-edge thinking based on practical exposure. At a recent CNG Leaders Roundtable, for example, business drivers impacting the profession, including globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation , technology. the war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act , accounting scandals Accounting scandals, or corporate accounting scandals are political and business scandals which arise with the disclosure of misdeeds by trusted executives of large public corporations. and economic slowdown, were analyzed and discussed Corporate real estate professionals who used to be able to plan with a high level of confidence, must now provide leadership, be innovative and add shareholder value within their enterprises as they face growing challenges that include less certainty about the economy, deceleration deceleration /de·cel·er·a·tion/ (de-sel?er-a´shun) decrease in rate or speed. early deceleration of strategic investment decisions and the repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl of 9/11, including heightened workplace security, that are still being evaluated and incorporated into the workplace. The development and delivery of strategies to deal with the aforementioned a·fore·men·tioned adj. Mentioned previously. n. The one or ones mentioned previously. aforementioned Adjective mentioned before Adj. 1. and other issues supports the importance, relevance and professional value of membership in a cutting-edge organization such as CNG While CNG members benefit from the opportunity to learn from and participate in global educational and research initiatives, the most cost effective, convenient and accessible channel to programs and benefits, including education and networking, is participation in a local chapter. The New York City Chapter of CoreNet Global holds educational luncheons, seminars and workshops and special events that include an annual golf outing, charity event and chapter gala. |
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