All Upcoming Events

Join your fellow SMACNA members, chapter executives and associate members for an unforgettable event featuring educational sessions, networking and a variety of local activities at the ultimate desert retreat. In addition to the popular product show, which assembles some of the industry’s most prominent suppliers, manufacturers and service providers, attendees can enjoy a new addition this year — a pickleball tournament!

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This class will focus on organizing Outlook and becoming a power user.
• Learn how to make your searches more efficient
• Categorize your emails, appointments and tasks by grouping these activities together under one thread
• Link your email with your calendar to turn emails into appointments
• Use OneNote to assist with notetaking
• Create a reminder for email recipients

This workshop is designed for all project managers and assistant project managers looking to learn more about key contractual concerns and best practices in project documentation for change orders and claims.

Every successful project starts with a successful turnover/kickoff meeting followed by an effective pre-construction planning meeting. A must for project managers, assistant project managers and foremen, this session will cover the importance of holding these meetings for every project regardless of its size.

SMACNA Greater Chicago is pleased to announce that Matt Gugala, newly appointed President & Business Manager of SMART Local 265, will be the featured speaker at this month’s Regular Membership Meeting. Gugala will share insights into the status of the local union, including the anticipated relocation of the union’s headquarters. Additionally, he will outline his vision and plans for the future of the local under his administration.

This session is best for those who want to build collaborative relationships and exemplify trust and respect, including new managers, supervisors and new hires who want to work confidently with others.

How often have you discovered that only the first line of your email was read? Make your communications more effective with organizational tips. In addition, you’ll learn built-in formatting features shared by Outlook and Word.

As we approach the holiday season, the SMACNA Greater Chicago YES Committee is excited to announce a special volunteering opportunity to give back to our global community. We have partnered with Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) to pack food for underprivileged children worldwide.

Word has so many great tools for making document preparation an easy task, but many of the tools need a quick explanation. By the end of this class, you will know many shortcuts to correctly format your documents.

This session was designed specifically for newly promoted and frontline supervisors, to help strengthen their leadership abilities and improve communication and interaction with their teams.

After learning how to format a document, we will examine documents that are hard to revise because they weren’t built correctly. We’ll fix broken documents by applying the concepts taught in Part 1.

Excel isn’t just about calculations; it also does a great job of managing data. A data list is any series of information that is used to track activity. Keeping track of orders, deliveries or payments are common data lists. This class will examine the common mistakes made in tracking information. By learning the rules on how to create a list, you can maximize your resulting reports.

This class will continue to expand on what we learned in Part 1. We will learn shortcuts to cleaning up data lists that aren’t layed out correctly. Rather than retyping the list to create good reports, you will learn the built-in tools to automatically adjust the layout.

This intensive workshop provides a series of activities, interactive exercises, role plays and case studies. It will help develop the confidence and experience necessary to coach your entire team toward improved performance and productivity!

Communication is truly the heartbeat of success. Every interaction, every exchange of ideas, brings us closer to our goals and strengthens our bonds as a team. We’re not just colleagues—we’re collaborators, cheerleaders and partners in progress.