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Holiday decorations: Creating fair, easy-to-follow, and owner-supported guidelines

Ungrated

Many have guidelines for homeowners to follow that detail the timing of when decorations may be displayed before and after the holiday and the hours when lights may be turned on, among other policies. According to media reports, the Florida community has a policy that says Christmas decorations can’t be displayed until Thanksgiving Day.

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How to Ensure Your AMS Reports Include The Right Data

Membersuite

The association staff on the project team care about these functions and features, but most of their co-workers only care about one thing: reports. Reports provide the information you and your colleagues need to better understand your members, customers, and prospects. Teach data users how to create and pull reports.

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Online communities 101: The benefits of leveraging an online community platform

Nimble AMS

Online communities have a set of guidelines and rules to make participants feel safe and more willing to contribute. Online community guidelines should be tied to an organization’s mission, easily accessible, and set the tone for all online interactions.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

.orgSource

Reading a report about the bells and whistles in the new website is a lot more interesting to most of us than combing through columns of figures in the audit or IRS form 990. So how do you make the financial report a bingeable presentation? This includes the laws relating to financial reporting and fundraising. Online courses.

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7 essentials for your association’s online community strategy

Nimble AMS

Your online community should include valuable information, such as details about professional development opportunities, the latest reports on industry best practices, and new insights from industry thought leaders. Active committees and/or special interest groups . Community guidelines. Explain how you’ll enforce guidelines.

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Does Your Governance Structure Need a Reboot?

Associations Now

A new report finds that association boards struggle with strategy. That question is at the core of a new report from McKinley Advisors, Next-Level Governance: Leading With Strategic Agility. There’s similar softness when it comes to committees: Only 28 percent of boards say they set desired strategic outcomes for their committees.

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Keeping Association Leaders and Staff Accountable

Association Leaders

At each meeting (committee, board, staff, etc.) If a goal is falling behind its scheduled deadline, that should be reported and discussed. Second to make sure the task is being addressed and an appropriate status report will be given at the next meeting. SMART goal status should be shared.