The BoardSide Blog
Consent Agenda: A Simple Way to Run More Focused Board Meetings
Many board meetings get sidetracked by routine updates and items that don’t need discussion. If your meetings are running long and losing focus, there’s a simple solution: the consent agenda. Used correctly, a consent agenda can help your board save time, stay on...
Creating a Board Meeting Agenda That Works
An effective board meeting starts with a solid agenda. Whether you’re leading a nonprofit, condo board, or association, the agenda sets the tone, keeps discussions on track, and ensures meetings are focused and productive. Here’s how to build a board meeting agenda...
Building High-Rise Harmony: Lessons Learned from Tonis Kasvand
Condo #1: Building Harmony in High-Rise Living Hi, I’m Pat Crosscombe, Founder and CEO of BoardSpace. You’re listening to my very first podcast—a series that will explore the knowledge, history, and a little bit of the magic behind condo and not-for-profit boards. I...
Effective Board Meetings: Strategies for Success
Are your board meetings effective? If not, you're not alone. Many organizations struggle with poorly attended, lengthy, unproductive meetings that lack clear purpose and outcomes. It's time to transform your board meetings into effective sessions that drive results...
Continuing education for condo board directors
Condominiums are complex entities to manage, yet they are governed by elected directors who are not required to have any relevant expertise. Most new directors have no prior experience on a condo board. If a director has expertise pertinent to the condominium, it is...
How Condo Boards Can Reduce Manager Stress and Burnout
For condo managers working on the front lines of condominium corporations, day-to-day life can be demanding. It often includes dealing with frustrated owners, navigating competing board priorities, and keeping operations moving despite limited time and resources. It...
Seven tips for building trust in condo communities
It is unlikely that the condo’s declaration, bylaws, rules, or policies include any reference to building trust; yet good governance cannot be achieved without it. Directors might assume that meeting their fiduciary responsibilities is enough, but specific actions...
A condo board’s guide to fixing people problems
Attempting to fix a condo board's problem does not usually result in calling the police. If a fight breaks out at a condo board meeting and the police are called to assist, most directors recognize that there is a problem. These types of problems usually escalate over...
Collaborative Document Editing with LiveDocs
Our customers asked for a feature that would allow them to collaborate on editing documents. We listened, pondered, reviewed the idea, and planned its implementation. We now have our beta version of this feature in LiveDocs. What is LiveDocs? LiveDocs is a new...
BoardSpace announced a new integration with Enumerate
Ottawa, Canada, November 22, 2022. BoardSpace, a board management system for community associations, announced its integration with Enumerate (formerly TOPS) Software, the largest provider of community association management (CAM) Software. Enumerate provides a...