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Best practices for managing difficult people at an AGM
I have attended many Annual General Meetings. Some have been very interesting mostly because they drove me nuts for the same reason, because “Kim” attended. Managing difficult people at an AGM takes practice, but take heart, the skills can be learned. Who is “Kim”?...
Effective decision making for boards of directors: Three easy steps
Effective decision making is never easy. Every non-profit expects its board of directors to make the right decisions. Implementing a process that will help a board make good decisions is preferable to an add-hoc process. This post details a three-step process that...
How to be the Best Homeowner Association Property Manager
What are the characteristics of the best homeowner association property managers? Being a property manager of a community association, condominium, or homeowners association is a tough job. It takes very special people to be successful in these roles. The acronym...
How to have great board meetings: Get SMART!
Do you have great board meetings? No, not likely. Too many meetings are poorly attended, take far too long, are unproductive, and without purpose or outcomes. Then it is time to get smart! Having great meetings is not mandatory, but holding meetings that people want...
The Director’s Life Cycle: Onboarding, Orientation, and Offboarding
Nonprofit organizations face challenges in meeting the demands of the directors life cycle; onboarding, orientiation and offboarding directors every year. The article provides tips to successful onboarding new directors, providing them with an orientiation and how to...
A Series about Minutes, Meetings & Effective Decisions
A 4-part series about board management; minutes, meetings, property managers & effective decision making.Part 1: How to take better minutes: 5 Tips Minutes have an image problem, and we need to fix it. No one loves their minutes; no one even likes them. Directors...
How to take better minutes: 5 SMART Tips
Minutes have an image problem, and we need to fix it. No one loves their minutes; no one even likes them. Directors need to know how to take better minutes. The hardest position to fill on any volunteer boards is the secretary and then no one ever does anything with...
Trouble finding board directors? How to get more
What is the issue with recruitment? In this blog post, Pat and Bonnie address the issue of recruitment. This is the second in a three-part series titled From Meet n Greet to Board Seat; here we’ll focus on ways to get owners to take a central role in condo affairs,...
Keeping your board interested: Top 4 ways to increase engagement
In this blog post, Pat and Bonnie address the issue of engagement. This is the first in a three-part series; here we’ll focus on the top four ways to get owners engaged with condo affairs, and on the not-for-profit side, how to get supporters engaged with the...
Making board’s better: Best practices for new directors
This is a 3-part series about making board’s better. The series covers best practices in engagement, recruitment, onboarding and orientation of new directors. Part 1: Keeping your board interested: Top 4 ways to increase engagement In this blog post, Pat and...