CoreNet Apprentice Program Update
Join ServiceNow as a 2020 CoreNet Apprentice Program Host! The CoreNet Apprentice Program (CAP) connects CoreNet member companies with top tier talent from schools throughout the Bay Area including, UC Berkeley, Stanford and more! To learn more please email Nick DeMartini at nick.dematini@cbre.com or Jackie Teer at Jacqueline.Teer@cushwake.com


Women of CoreNet Update
Women of CoreNet Co-Chairs Nancy Morse, Laurie Orlov and Soraya Farrah hosted a highly relevant panel entitled Return-to-Office: CRE Leaders Sharing Experiences From Around the Globe.
Held on April 30th, this engagement was well moderated by Nancy Morse (Newmark Knight Frank), and featured panelists Sandy Heistand (Dolby Laboratories), Barbara Donaldson (Synopsys), LindaMarie Santiago (VMware), and Roy Abernathy (Newmark Knight Frank). These corporate real estate experts shared insights, strategies and knowledge gained from the front lines - as they have already implemented returns to office in other parts of the globe. The audience was engaged using real time polls and a chat-based Q & A.
Each panelist shared what they have learned from early experience approaching this monumental and unprecedented task. Click here for full recap.
Some Topics Included:
-Global Return to Work focused on Asia
-Impact on real estate portfolios, maintaining culture, efficiency working from home
-How roles and responsibilities differ between government, landlord, and tenants / employers and how this affects compliance
-Phasing of return to office / re-boarding, entry requirements, testing, workplace planning - workstation, conference room, amenity space utilization, public space and elevator protocols
-New protocols for technology, emerging technologies, longer term home set up, PPE and cleaning, food service, transportation considerations
-Crisis Management, change management, communication and training strategies, playbooks, and signage
-Taking local and regional differences into consideration
-Plans to report, respond and dial back should a case occur on premise, or should flare ups occur in general public
-Taking employees differing circumstances into account - personal health (psychological, emotional and physical), child care, parent or other family care
POLL RESULT SAMPLES
What is your professional area of focus?
11% Architecture
14% Broker
14% Construction & Project Management
27% End User
11% Furniture
24% Other
When you return to the office, what is the most important thing to you?
10% personal workspace
15% travel on public and employer provided transportation
62% public and collaborative areas
13% locations necessity to conduct business off-site (vendor offices)
When will you feel comfortable going back to the office?
32% going back the day the office opens
15% wait a couple weeks
20% wait a month
34% a couple of months
Thank you to our moderator, our panelists and our audience for their questions! If you were unable to attend and wish to know more of what was discussed, please feel free to contact CoreNet NorCal and they can put you in touch with any of the Women of CoreNet Co-Chairs Nancy Morse, Soraya Farrah and Lori Orlov.


2020 Annual Golf Tournament Update
Chapter Postpones Annual Golf Tournament
After careful consideration from the CoreNet Leadership and Special Event Committee, a decision was made to postpone our Annual Golf Tournament originally scheduled for June 15. We have reserved a new date at Sequoyah Country Club, September 28, 2020, in hopes that at that time we can safely gather in some capacity.
Our Chapter continues to endeavor to bring value and community to our membership via all available means and are working diligently to reorganize and reschedule events. While we so greatly value being together and honoring our traditions we continue our commitment, first and foremost, to respect your well-being and to the health of our community as we make these decisions.

CoreNet Membership Survey Update
In Q1 of 2020, pre-COVID, the Chapter surveyed our members to better understand our membership demographics and priorities. The data is helpful in shaping our chapter's programing, activities, and priorities in the year ahead.

