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AMS Project Management Basics for Association Smarties

Achurch

You’re the one chosen as the project’s manager, yet you’ve never implemented a new AMS. Your AMS vendor assigned a project manager to your implementation. Yes, your AMS vendor has an implementation project manager (PM), but your association needs your own PM to keep your team on track and look out for your interests.

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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

Travel costs are rising due to strong demand (led by the leisure sector). Despite projections of persistent inflation and a moderate economic recession, CBRE’s forecast calls for a close to 6% increase in rooms revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2023.” Some of our clients are experiencing up to 30% increase in prices over 2022.

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What an AMS Actually Costs

GrowthZone

Indirect costs are costs that are not directly accountable to something (e.g., a particular project, facility, or product). In a recent blog post, Wes Trochlil of Effective Database Management addressed direct costs vs. indirect costs regarding association management software. Cheaper isn’t always better.

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Costly concerns: Addressing long-term maintenance and repair

Ungrated

Many community associations conduct regular reserve studies or use other means of projecting the cost of long-term maintenance and repair. Creating formal project plans before commencing work. The condo collapse in Surfside, Fla., Damage can be found on structural elements as well as plumbing and electrical systems.

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How Much Does Culture Consulting Cost?

PROPEL

There are many factors that go into the pricing of consulting projects that are aimed at improving your workplace culture, and the range is huge: for small organizations (less than 500 employees), you’re looking at $5,000 at the low end, and six figures on the high end if you’re in it for the long term.

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Financial impacts: What the costs of COVID-19 mean for community associations

Ungrated

Higher operating expenses and unanticipated costs due to the ongoing global crisis pose challenges to association budget projections, reserves planning, and maintenance requirements. While companies can’t expect to pass all of these costs to their clients, some percentage must be recovered to remain operational.

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To Build or Buy a Software Solution: Which is Right for You?

Association Analytics

Implementing a new software solution is a huge project. Once you dig a little deeper, you’ll see there are, in fact, ongoing costs with an in-house build in addition to some pretty steep up-front costs. This may include new staff or reassigned staff from other important projects. Time to Value or Return on Investment.

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