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Can I rent your pool? Understanding the impacts of the new sharing economy

Ungrated

As seen with short-term vacation rentals , complaints about excessive noise, increased traffic, trash, and other governing document violations are likely to increase. What can community associations do when owners begin to monetize their underutilized or idle property assets via the sharing economy? Governing documents.

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Put Members in the Spotlight as Meeting Storytellers

Associations Now

Some specific tools, distribution channels, and strategies will help you put them in the spotlight. What if you want to document these interactions as they happen and seize the moment to capture some of your members’ impressions, experiences, and best thinking? How does this strategy help support your association’s goals?

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The Year Without Pants and How to Replace Email

Association Navigator

The Year Without Pants is about the team that is maintaining and continuously improving the WordPress software, while rarely working in their offices in San Francisco. Commuting, kids, and travel create legitimate reasons for wanting to work remotely. There’s clearly a trend toward adoption of remote or distributed work.

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Monday Buzz: Google Glass, Giving Back

Associations Now

Classroom Champions : This mentor-focused nonprofit will use its Glass and grant to allow Paralympic competitors to document their training and events for use in the organization’s materials for students in high-need schools. ht @ votenet ). Other Good Reads. Why do association boards fail?

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What I learned from the @Fitbit Community Manager at #octribe about Walking Communities

Beth Kanter

Allison Leahy gave a presentation about their online community strategy. Part of the reason that people become fitbit fanatics (I’m one) is because of the social aspect. There are many opportunities for people to connect, discuss, and share about their walking experience and tracking it with a fitbit.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth Kanter

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us.

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The Heart and Soul of Lean Impact: A/B Testing Experiments and Validated Learning

Beth Kanter

Document Your Results: One excellent way to document your results is to write a quick report – a couple of paragraphs discussing your hypothesis, how you did your test, and the final results. Use Scientific Methods: These include having a significant sample size, randomly selected groups and some split testing.