Get SMART: A Series of blog posts about Minutes, Meetings, Property Managers & Directors Join us for this 4-part series about SMART aspects of board management; SMART minutes, SMART meetings, SMART property managers and one more. Part 1: How to make Minutes...
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. No one likes taking minutes. The hardest position to fill on any volunteer boards is the secretary. No one ever does...
Making board’s better: A series about engaging, recruiting, onboarding and offboarding new directors With Pat Crosscombe & Bonnie Oakes Charron Join us for this 3-part series about engagement, recruitment, onboarding and orientation of new directors. We’re...
How to make meetings fun again Meetings are NO fun! And not having the meeting minutes before the meeting makes the meeting even less fun. Directors of nonprofit organizations, condominiums and homeowner associations attend a lot of meetings. Directors usually...
Governance My Condo Board The idea for BoardSpace began from my experience as President of my condo’s Board of Directors. Being a Director was great, I enjoyed learning about governance, management, legal issues affecting condominiums, engineering and the many other...
Director Joining My Condo Board When I joined my condo board, I absolutely refused to be the secretary because I knew taking the minutes would be a pain. I became president instead. During my term of office, we had recording secretaries of variable quality ranging...
