This is a composite schedule of the benchmarking data milestones (in color), the shared practice meetings (in black), and the steering committee meetings (in gray – all participants welcome). Registration links are included as the meeting agendas are established.
The benchmarking data schedule is designed to allow participants to input their data and review it thru various draft report cycles. This assures that the overall quality of the benchmarking report is maintained. We schedule most support webinars at two different times to allow participation from Europe to Australia.
Key Dates: 2025 Cultural Facility Benchmarking Program
All meeting times listed for New York for EST/EDT and estimated for other time zones, check your local time for any event of interest. This schedule will be revised from time to time as specific meeting dates and times may change.
Jan 14
Steering Committee Meeting: Open discussion of refinements for 2025 program; any new data/metrics desired for this year?
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Jan 28
No Shared Practice Meeting this month due to schedule conflict
Feb 11
Steering Committee Meeting: Open discussion of refinements for 2025 program; focus on any metrics/data changes for this year
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Feb 25
Shared Practice Meeting: Getting Value from Facility Benchmarking
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST / 6:00 pm CET
Mar 11
Steering Committee Meeting: Open discussion of refinements for 2025 program; Finalize any metrics/data changes for this year
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
Mar 25
Shared Practice Meeting: The Range of Services Your Department Provides (town hall format)
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 5:00 pm CET
Apr 1
Website open for data input
Input preliminary data through June
Apr 8
Review Session: How to Get Started with Data Entry
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT (Instead of Steering Committee Meeting)
Apr 29*
Shared Practice Meeting: Special Event Preparation at Cultural Facilities
*One week later than normal
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
May 13
Steering Committee Meeting – Discuss reporting changes, shared practice topics and ideas for annual meeting
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
May 27
Shared Practice Meeting: Live Help Session on Your Data Assembly Questions
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Jun 10
Steering Committee Meeting – Discuss reporting changes, shared practice topics and annual meeting
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
Jun 24
Shared Practice Meeting: Tentative – Update from New Building Institute
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Jul 1
Draft Report available (with update every week)
Continue data input/revision through Sept, comments on draft reports
Jul 8
Review Session: Using the BI Reporting Interface
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT (Instead of Steering Committee Meeting)
Aug 26
Shared Practice Meeting: Tentative – Lessons Learned from Energy AI System Pilot
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Sep 9
Steering Committee Meeting: none this month
Sep 23
Shared Practice Meeting: Annual Workshop Town Hall Session
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Sep 30
Deadline to submit final data adjustments and corrections
Oct 6
Final Report available
Oct 14
No Steering Committee Meeting
Nov 11
Benchmarking Report Review
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST (Instead of Steering Committee Meeting)
Dec 2
Shared Practice Meeting: Emerging Issues for Cultural Facility Management
*Note* 1 week later than normal due to US Thanksgiving
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Dec 10
No Steering Committee Meeting: Holiday Break
Dec
NO Shared Practice Meeting: Holiday Break
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