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Evaluating safety: Recognizing a need to protect communities

Ungrated

Requiring annual (or more frequent) mandatory staff training to review protocols. Poole, an attorney and partner with Adams Stirling in San Diego, recommends community associations adopt a heightened sense of awareness of unusual behavior or threats. Attending (or scheduling) active shooter trainings.

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On the Beach Using His Smartphone, HOA Board Member Approves Invoices

AvidXchange: Association Management

Jason King, a board member for the condominium community Trellis Fifth Avenue in San Diego, California, recently took a vacation. The nice thing about AvidStrongroom is I can review past invoices and expenses to help determine budget amounts for next year. While on break in Mexico, three vendor invoices arrived. On the beach.

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Golden State collaboration: CAI California chapters discuss year ahead

Ungrated

Chapter executive directors and board leaders from San Diego and Sacramento to the Pacific Ocean, the Sierra Nevada, and everywhere between discussed the new issues communities are facing—rising insurance rates, supply chain delays, and safety concerns—to the recurring such as drought, wildfires, and legislative issues.

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Younger Millennials Strike Back with “OK Boomer”

Jamie Notter

The keynote I did in San Diego last week covered both Millennials and workplace culture, and as I was preparing for it, I realized that Millennials have now been in the workforce for more than 15 years. Photo by Nourdine Diouane on Unsplash.

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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

WBT Systems

Typically, a MOOC features a course syllabus, in this case, a ten-week lesson plan with assigned reading (poems), instructor-created video content, discussion forum, peer-reviewed writing assignments, and quizzes. One of the TAs, David Poplar, wrote about the pedagogical concepts behind their approach in Educause Review.

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Community NOW Day 3: Education sessions motivate and prepare attendees

Ungrated

Education Session: Covering Your Assets Communities need to have a process driven approach that links investments and reserves,” says Nico March with the March Group in San Diego. By reviewing reserves and making a financial plan, March recommends boards work closely with homeowners and be transparent about finances.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.22.21

Reid All About it

Presenters: Carl Winston, Founding Director of the Payne School of Hospitality Management at San Diego State University. Fiscal Sponsorships: A Review of Legal and Practical Issues. CMP credit. More info/register. Nancy Snowden and MPI’s manager of Educational Experiences. Mon 10/25 at 1 p.m. Ahmed Farruk. 1 CAE credit.

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