Whether you chose community management or it chose you, you are part of a mission with profound significance. This profession offers the rare opportunity to blend practical skills with meaningful purpose, creating spaces where life’s most important moments unfold. To elevate our industry, we must establish clear pathways for professional development.
Effective communication skills are vital to relationships and interactions among community association managers, boards, residents, and colleagues. “We’re dealing with peoples’ homes, and there is a huge emotional component there. We need to embody a mutual respect and be nonjudgmental and allow community members to feel heard.”
Dawn M. Bauman, CAE, has been named the next chief executive officer of Community Associations Institute, the leading international authority on the community association housing model that includes condominium associations, homeowners associations, and housing cooperatives. Bauman begins her new role on July 1. She succeeds Tom Skiba, who is retiring after 23 years of service.
April is National Volunteer Month, an excellent time to celebrate the volunteers that help community associations thrive. Fiduciary duty is a critical component of successful volunteer leadership. It governs every decision and every action a board takes.
Over the past week, the stock market has suffered major losses that make even the most confident Wall Street trader stressed. Many community association board members also have been wondering: What should we be doing with our reserve funds right now? By grounding your community’s reserve strategy in timing, needs, and structure, you can reduce anxiety and increase confidence even in the face of market uncertainty.
