For everybody living large in a condo, NeighborHuddle created an informal group on the social network Facebook called “NeighborHuddle - Kickin’ it condo style!” Show your love for your condo and join now… http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15931743229
In an effort to expand the professional network of condo board members, community leaders and those that do business with condo associations, NeighborHuddle has introduced the Condo Association Network group on LinkedIn. By joining this group, users will gain access to a network full of professionals with valuable skills and opportunities within the condo association landscape.
Join here, http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/109844/0F1CD04C04E5
Gone are the days of the “information-only” community website. By now, I’d be willing to bet there are tens of thousands of them sitting at the bottom of the Internet abyss just waiting to be updated and not seeing a visitor in years. They seemed like a good idea, but ultimately failed for not keeping up with the times.
Today’s community residents want more than just information from a website. They want to interact with their community and get value out of the time they spend online. At NeighborHuddle, we are constantly working to keep our services on the cutting edge of community websites. In the weeks ahead, we’ll be introducing three new features for our customers: contractor ratings/reviews, complete service request tracking from start to finish and text message reminders for assessment payments.
After several years on my association’s board and many conversations with board members from other associations, I’ve learned a couple things about community leadership. First, a large number of board members have very little board experience. Second, there are not a lot of informal resources to connect board members across communities. NeighborHuddle’s unique architecture allows your community to connect with others in your area to reduce the impact of these factors on your association.
As a resident and President of a NeighborHuddle community, I use the website on a regular basis. Here is a list of ten ways NeighborHuddle has recently helped our community.
1 - In order to leverage our size and save money, the community used the NeighborHuddle Forum to identify and coordinate residents who were interested in having their chimney swept and furnace cleaned.
2 - When our building’s window washing was delayed due to bad weather, I used the NeighborHuddle Quick Contact to instantly notify all our residents while sitting poolside in Greece!
3 - I noticed our front gate was broken and used NeighborHuddle to create a Service Request to the property manager. I received a copy of the request in my email and the gate was fixed the next day.
Four score and seven years ago… er, four years ago, I began to really take notice of the antiquated operations of my community association. Despite the ability to leverage the internet in nearly every aspect of my life, my association never seemed to grasp that concept. The only places my neighbors and I were able to communicate to everyone or find out about building events and issues were a three foot by two foot bulletin board in the building mail room or the occasional notice slipped under all 80+ doors. As someone who didn’t visit the mail room very often and traveled extensively for work, it was extremely difficult for me to know what was going on in my community.
Fast forward two years to a different community, a new career and another old fashioned association. After putting together some basic ideas for a community website and attending a couple association meetings, I found myself in an unfamiliar situation…on the board. I didn’t have any board experience to offer, but my initial contributions came in a different form. With my background in technology and a genuine interest in improving my community and reducing it’s impact on the environment, NeighborHuddle was born.
