CBO on the Road: CFMA 2016

Last week, Editor Kathy Wells and the Construction Business Owner team attended the 2016 Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) Annual Conference & Exhibition. The conference was held June 25-29 in San Antonio, Texas. See what the CBO team was up to during the trip!

1. Attendees learned about technology products from CMiC Software and Apple.

#cfmaconf attendees meet to review case studies to resolve common #construction #finance & #leadership issues @CFMA pic.twitter.com/MbmYcIvNpP

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) June 26, 2016

2. “Every technology connection you have is another connection at risk.” – James Benham

37% of organizations haven’t updated their cybersecurity breach plan since implementation. 27% don’t have a plan in place. #cfmaconf

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) June 27, 2016

3. You can find free suicide prevention information and crisis resources at workingminds.org.

#didyouknow there were 43,000 suicides in 2015 & #construction is a “high risk” industry #suicidepreventioncfma #cfmaconf @sspencerthomas

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) June 28, 2016

4. Anirban Basu spoke about the top states for employment growth and what states are at risk.

Economist Anirban Basu #rocks the 9th inning general session at #cfmaconf w/ updates on global and U.S. economies pic.twitter.com/CjFsDV14Yg

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) June 29, 2016

5. Editor Kathy Wells (third from left) and the CBO team celebrated a successful conference with industry professionals at the closing night party held at Knibbe Ranch. 

The @CBOMagazine team had a great time at #cfmaconf‘s Closing Night Party #nobull pic.twitter.com/zRjjB9hxZT

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) June 29, 2016

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