Hey friends,

Welcome to the Nexus Pro member digest… a collection of recent highlights you shouldn’t miss.

These digests are designed to save you time and allow you to catch up on the whole month. Then you can dive deeper whenever you’d like.

Enjoy.

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1—Newsletter & Podcast

The podcast is almost back! Can't wait to share the new formats with you.

Have you filled out our podcast survey yet? Please help us make the pod better! This will enter you in a drawing for a chance to win a Nexus t-shirt! 

We revamped the newsletter this month. Did you see we've added some fun new comics? It's fun to make fun of ourselves! 

Finally, We updated our new speaker database with 16 new speakers for conference organizers. Apply to be added if you'd like more opportunities to speak at conferences.

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2—Members-only goodies from April

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Member Gathering with Thano Lambrinos—April’s members-only gathering was an honest and insightful take on Quadreal’s efforts rolling out “The Operations of the Future” across 55 buildings. Speaker Thano Lambrinos defines what that term means, the business case for it, and reflects on what he’d do differently next time around.

Quadreal's Quest for "The Operations of the Future"—Summary blog post with takeaways and key slides

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SME Workshop with Dream—April's members-only SME Workshop was a master class in showing how a roadmap to Net Zero includes operational technologies. Speakers Lee Hodgkinson and Nicholas Dumoulin outlined Dream's commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions across their portfolio of owned and managed properties by 2050. The presentation explains that this commitment includes both direct and indirect emissions from the properties, and will require the implementation of various strategies and technologies to achieve.

Dream's Net Zero Target and the Technology Involved—Summary blog post with takeaways and key slides

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3—Interesting chatroom posts and conversations

• Who is against the independent data layer? (James Dice)
• Subscription? SaaS? License? Service Fee...? What's everyone's experience and views on the choice of terminology in our industry? (Liam Bates)
• Haystack Grafana Plugin (Jay Herron)
• 💡Need Your Ideas: New Conference Formats (Drew DePriest)

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4—New Members!

12 new members joined us in April! Please jump into Nexus Connect and take some time to say hello! Find new members at the top of the member list here.

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5—SME Workshops featuring… you!

What are you an expert in? I know that each of you has deep expertise that would help us move forward as a community. Our SME workshops are a great way to get your name out there, build relationships, and get feedback on your ideas.

To grab a spot on our calendar in the future to teach the community... just hit reply and we'll work out the details.

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6—Upcoming events

There's a lot of fun to be had this month! Here are a few things to look forward to...

• Australia/APAC Pro Member Gathering: TBD!
• Subject Matter Expert Workshop: Pro member Krigh Bachmann, Associate, Leader of Digital Innovation at DIALOG will dive into How to Leverage Building Information Modeling (BIM) to Improve Smart Buildings. It’s a common misconception that smart buildings applications can simply “pull information from BIM”. Pro Member Krigh Bachman of DIALOG will explain how to think through the smart building related requirements of a BIM model before it’s built.
  May 16th @ 11AM MT | 1PM EST
• North America Member Gathering: We'll hear from Becca Timms, Director of ESG at Jamestown. May 31st @ 9am MDT

As always, you can find all upcoming member events on our Events page.

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7—Build the future of this community with us!

Here’s what we’re needing help with this month…

• Event planning: Looking for speakers for upcoming SME workshops and Pro member gatherings
• Adding resources to the Nexus Pro Library. Please help!
• Post your thoughts on Nexus Connect and respond to others' thoughts. Community engagement is one of the ways we can "lift all boats".
• Apply to be a paid Nexus Labs Creator.

Feel free to provide feedback and input whenever you'd like!

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Thanks for reading and thanks for being a Nexus Pro member. As always, I’d love if you hit reply and let me know how we can improve your membership.

—James and Rosy

P.S. for all of you new members, here are some handy links:

• ​Anonymous member feedback form (constructive criticism is always appreciated!)
• ​Modify your account (E.g. modify your plan from monthly to annual, switch credit card, etc - just login and then click profile in the upper right corner)​​
• Add the Nexus Pro podcast feed to the player of your choice
• ​The Nexus Vendor Landscape​
• ​The Archive (all posts with a '⭐ Pro Article' are for members only)​

P.P.S. Did you know we have enterprise memberships? Reach out if you'd like to see more of your colleagues in Pro.