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Lawsuit claims "negligence" in massive Miami Gardens condo fire

AMG

Living in a Florida condo seems like a risky idea these days, with another major disaster happening to Miami Condos. A fire has broken out and left around 200 people without homes. Are the managers to blame? Read more to find out. Read More

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Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million for nonprofits

Beth Kanter

Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million, organizers at The Miami Foundation realized that Give Miami Day 2014 would be their most successful Giving Day yet. Thursday’s Give Miami Day raised $5.2 This was the first year that The Miami Foundation promoted a funding goal for Give Miami Day, set at $5 million. “As Collaboration among nonprofits is key; Miami Arts Brigade was a huge testament to that.

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Miami Association of Realtors Looks to Attract Chinese Investors

Associations Now

The real estate group is teaming with a major property-search portal in China to help draw attention to the Miami market. Case in point: The Miami Association of Realtors (MIAMI) is trying to attract real-estate buyers all the way in China. Last week, the association announced that it was teaming with the property-search portal Juwai, in an effort to attract Chinese investors to the Miami market.

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A Miami building is evacuated near the site of the deadly Surfside condo collapse

AMG

Residents of a Miami Beach building on the same street where a condominium collapse killed nearly 100 people were forced to evacuate on Thursday evening after officials determined the structure was unsafe and gave orders to leave.

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The Bee Visits Miami – Top 10 Highlights from the 2012 PAC Grassroots Conference

Beekeeper Group

Beekeeper Group was thrilled to be part of yet another first-rate Public Affairs Council Grassroots Conference last week in Miami Beach. It’s pretty tough to beat warm weather, a cool breeze, sandy beaches and of course, the top Public Affairs … Continue reading → Uncategorized advocacy Advocates Beekeeper Group grassroots Online Engagement PAC public affairs Public Affairs Council

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Pembroke Pines condo building deemed unsafe, triggering displacement concerns

AMG

With Miami condominiums crumbling from the inside out, residents in Pembroke Pines said they are fearful if being kicked out due to the unsafe conditions.

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Can you really motivate association staff?

SCD Group

Yesterday’s paper carried two related stories: Miami Dolphins fire head coach “for failure to motivate players.” “But jamienotter ASAE association professionals Association CEOs association executives Miami Dolphins SCD Group Washington NationalsJamie Notter posted a great piece this week on culture headlined Why Successful Companies Are Okay with People Leaving. But your employees are humans, not spare parts, and that fundamentally changes asaethe equation.

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What business is your association in?

SCD Group

opened his column on Jeff Bezos purchase of the Miami Herald writing: “. association leaders SCD Group Miami Herald Simon Sinek association executives BlackBerry Leonard Pitts Jr. Why do associations exist? Leonard Pitts Jr. so newspapers wound up in the ignominious position of surrendering our product — information — to Internet and cable outlets and watching them reap handsome profits from aggregating and re-reporting it while we furlough employees and cut back home delivery.

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New condo boom feeds off short-term rentals (FL)

All the Blogs

Condominiums purposely built for short-term rentals were established in Miami just a few years ago, but they’ve swiftly become a huge part of the new condo construction boom. Read the article……………………… Florida Condo & HOA News National Condo & HOA News Short-term Rentals

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Melo’s Aria on the Bay allegedly plagued with construction defects: lawsuit (FL)

All the Blogs

Aria on the Bay may be the Melo Group’s signature project near Edgewater and the Arts & Entertainment District, where the developer has built most of its residential buildings in Miami. Designed by Arquitectonica, the 53-story luxury tower features units with floor-to-ceiling glass walls that offer expansive views of Biscayne Bay and downtown Miami’s skyline.

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Getting involved: 4 strategies to boost volunteer engagement

Ungrated

Similarly, the Sterling Condominium in Miami Beach manages to consistently generate considerable volunteer engagement despite also having its fair share of seasonal residents. Natasha Paz is a manager for KWPMC at Sterling Condominium Association in Miami Beach.

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High alert: Building safety concerns rise following Surfside condo collapse

Ungrated

Amid the heightened sense of alarm immediately following the tragedy, at least two residential structures in Florida were evacuated over building safety concerns, including a 156-unit condominium in North Miami with a history of code violations.

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Sensible public policy: CAI meets with White House to discuss condo safety

Ungrated

Jason Pizzo (D-Miami-Dade County) met with White House officials to garner support for two pieces of federal condominium safety legislation: H.R. For more than a year, the CAI advocacy team has been moving forward sensible public policy to ensure greater safety in condominiums.

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Building standards: Improving structural integrity requirements for condominiums

Ungrated

Authorities in Miami-Dade County identified the final known victim of the tragic collapse of Champlain Tower South condominium in Surfside, Fla., earlier this week, ending a month-long search and recovery operation.

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Bee-hind the Scenes of Beekeeper’s Latest Video

Beekeeper Group

In preparation for the upcoming 2012 Public Affairs Council National Grassroots Conference in Miami, Beekeeper Group put together this video depicting our mascot’s search for his Valentine. Though the clip itself is short, the filmmaking process was anything but. From … Continue reading → Digital Tactics advocacy Beekeeper Group PAC Public Affairs Council

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Monday Buzz: How Valentine’s Day Flowers Get to Your Door

Associations Now

Go behind the scenes of Valentine’s Day flower delivery to find out how they arrive at your home via the Miami airport. If you are, then you’re part of a multibillion-dollar international flower industry that kicks into high gear this time of year, according to the Miami Herald. Each year, importers fly in billions of flowers from countries including Ecuador, Mexico, and the Netherlands, with most entering the United States via the Miami airport.

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Ready for Valentine’s Day? The Bee Is!

Beekeeper Group

Voting for the Bee Mine competition has closed and the Bee, back from Miami, has been very busy preparing to surprise his new Valentines. Attendees of the Public Affairs Council 2012 National Grassroots Conference voted in large numbers for coworkers … Continue reading →

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Privacy: It’s Personal, or Is It?

Reid All About it

This year’s Art Basel Miami Beach included an installation that prompted attendees to weigh the cost of privacy. Google’s new privacy policy takes effect on March 1. It allows them to collect and consolidate user data from all its web properties — Search, Gmail, YouTube, Picasa, Maps and about 50 other Google services. You can’t opt out. Google has always collected this data at its individual sites. Now it will combine them to get a fuller profile of each of us.

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Three Ways You Can Design Better Conferences and Trade Shows for Entrepreneurs and Owners

SBI

Does that mean every event needs to be in Miami or Hawaii? No—and Miami or Hawaii aren’t everyone’s idea of a vacation destination. Regardless of whether they are virtual or in-person, planning association conferences and events is not a one-size-fits-all exercise.

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Optometric Association Offers Free Lyft Rides to Eye Exams

Associations Now

Under the partnership, a free round-trip ride, up to a $25 fare, will be offered in 10 cities: Charleston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Miami, New York City, St.

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What Do You See When You Look In the Mirror?

Association Leaders

Check out this video clip and short blurb from a 2014 NBA Playoff game between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers. Good leaders have many common traits and behaviors. We’ve explored many of them through this blog.

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Tiffany Haverly Joins IA As Communications Director, IA Builds Team With Two Additional Hires

InternetAssociation

Hannah is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she earned her Master of Arts in Political Science as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Diplomacy and Global Politics with a minor in Italian.

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Ruff reality: 5 ways to resolve your pet waste problems

Ungrated

Miami Beach has launched an educational campaign to keep Biscayne Bay clean and free of dog waste. Like Miami Beach, communities need to address the risks of pet waste to ensure the safety of the environment and community members.

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What to Do Before and After a Hurricane (FL)

All the Blogs

And I say Florida now, because we are serving not just Southeast Florida, but also Southwest Florida with offices in both Miami and Fort Myers. Hello, and welcome to Community Association Matters, the podcast that serves homeowner and condominium associations in Florida. So we’re very excited about that opportunity.

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Are Tattoos Becoming Less Taboo at Work?

Associations Now

The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Miami and University of Western Australia Business School and published in the journal Human Relations , revealed no statistically relevant differences between the salary and employment levels of workers with tattoos compared to those without them. A recent study says people with visible tattoos have less trouble finding a good job than they used to, but another suggests that some employers still take an old-school view.

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Hospitality Industry Urges Congressional Action on Zika

Associations Now

But even with a lack of federal funds and with new cases of the virus emerging, meetings continue to go on as planned in Miami. Meetings Go On in Miami. Yet, despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention travel advisories and a lack of government funding to fight the virus, conferences and meetings—association-related and otherwise—continue to go on as planned in Miami. million visitors to Greater Miami and the beaches is a top priority,” GMCVB said.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.7.21

Reid All About it

Victoria Moser, Managing Director of Girls in Tech (Miami). The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Research on associations.

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Membership Hack: Opportunity to Do Good in a Disaster

Associations Now

Due to Hurricane Irma, the Textile Rental Services Association canceled its annual conference in Miami. Earlier this month, Hurricane Irma forced TRSA to cancel its annual conference in Miami. It gave attendees and sponsors the option to turn their fees into donations for disaster relief. How to hack it? When a natural disaster causes you to cancel a meeting, what do you do? The Textile Rental Service Association decided it was an opportunity to give back.

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Mosquito Control Group Spreads Zika Education

Associations Now

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned pregnant women and their partners not to travel to a community just north of Miami where Zika is actively circulating. In addition to the travel warning, the Aedes aegypti mosquito has infected more than a dozen people in Miami with Zika. Even though Conlon concedes there is some hype around Zika, he said it is a serious problem and that he was dismayed to read accounts of people in Miami remaining complacent about it.

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AARP Foundation Boosts Employment Initiative

Associations Now

in the greater Miami area). Through the Back to Work 50+ Women’s Economic Stability Initiative, the two community college grantees—Miami Dade College, North Campus, in Miami, and Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama—will focus on helping women 50 and older find jobs and build their financial savvy.

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Can There Be Such a Thing as Truly Black Art?

Reid All About it

Ligon, who coined the term “post-black,” is one of the better known artists in 30 Americans which “highlights the work of 31 contemporary African American artists in an exhibition organized by and drawn from the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, Florida.”. “We’re always at the mercy of people’s desires to place us in certain identities.”.

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How Associations Are Helping Shape the Super Bowl Behind the Scenes

Associations Now

The Super Bowl is the ultimate show of lots of people coming together to put on something really big. And associations are helping to make an impression in quiet but important ways. In ways big and small, associations will be involved in making the Super Bowl happen this Sunday.

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Get to know me, really

Association Advocacy Chick

My favorite cities include Las Vegas, Miami, Chicago and New Orleans. If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I do government relations for an association, have my CAE, and a DELP scholar. However, I think it’s time to open up about the other aspects of this association advocacy chick. So here are some fun facts about yours truly. I’m a middle child. I have an older sister and younger brother.

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Catch Me Online and In Person

Jamie Notter

NACS: NACS Leadership Forum, Closing Session , Miami, FL, Feb 9. Happy new year everyone! 2018 is already shaping up to be a busy year, particularly in the speaking department. Here are some of the venues you can hear me speak in the near future, both online and in person: QuestionPro Webinar: Workplace Culture Benchmarking, Challenges and Opportunities. Tomorrow(!), Jan 8.

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Are You Using Identity as Association Marketing Strategy

SCD Group

Miami (Ohio). Sitting in the airport last Saturday, I noticed a huge number of people wearing logoed clothing that identified themselves with their team, cause, city, company. Rather than a team or cause, some were unpaid walking billboards for “cool” apparel companies. In 35 minutes, I saw hats, t-shirts, jackets and bags promoting: STL Cardinals. SF Giants. Ohio State. Mizzou. Maryville. Houston. Texas. Cincinnati Bearcats. Ole Miss. P38 Lightning. Volcom. Ernst & Young. Swiss Army.

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Are you ready to make something spectacular happen?

Association Adviser

Over the weekend, my University of Miami Hurricanes won their baseball series against the University of Virginia thanks in part to this amazing catch by outfielder Dale Carey. Through the quotidian routine of daily tasks, are you staying alert for opportunities to make something spectacular happen? Even a casual baseball fan knows that baseball is not a continuous action game like hockey or basketball.

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How to Get Attendee Personalization Right

Associations Now

A few weeks ago, I went down to Miami for some rest and relaxation, and most importantly, beach time. While some members may see personalization as creepy, if associations do it right, it could turn prospects into attendees and lead to more engaged participants onsite. Before we left, the hotel sent us a brief survey that asked a few questions about our interests and preferences.

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Resources for Measuring What Matters

Beth Kanter

The presentation was prepared for the Miami Philanthropy Conference and addresses a familiar issue: Many nonprofits feel that demonstrating impact through performance measurement is a top priority for their programs and communications efforts including social media. I’ve been curating resources on nonprofit measurement over on Scoop.It, with eye towards collecting useful material related to social media and social impact measurement.

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The Association That’s Defending the ‘Stache

Associations Now

A mustache advocacy group is criticizing Don Mattingly, at one time a mustachioed New York Yankees icon, for enforcing a “no facial hair” rule as manager of his current team, the Miami Marlins. But with his new position as manager of the Miami Marlins, Mattingly has apparently found a new perspective on the hair thing, because the Marlins have a “no facial hair” policy , and Mattingly is the guy in charge of enforcing it.

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Ahead of Give Local America, 7 trends in Giving Days

Beth Kanter

The Giving Day analysis, conducted by Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies , looked at Giving Days run by the Blue Grass Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and GiveMN, The Miami Foundation and Mississippi Gives. But The Miami Foundation and Boulder an increase in participating nonprofits and overall amount raised.

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