You asked and we listened. All NeighborHuddle communities can now create online polls and moderate their own forum without any intervention from the NeighborHuddle staff. If you’d like any more information on these features, please don’t hesitate to contact us!
You asked for it…polls and forum administration
March 2nd, 2008NeighborHuddle attends annual CAI conference
January 22nd, 2008On January 19, 2008 NeighborHuddle attended the Community Association Institute (CAI) Illinois chapter’s annual trade show and conference in Rosemont, Illinois. This was an opportunity to see what’s new in the association living industry, attend round table discussions and network with over 150 vendors related to every aspect of community living. HOA / condo websites continued to be a hot topic among the attendees and we were excited to spread the word about our unique solution.
Follow Up: NeighborHuddle helps recycle Christmas trees in Chicago
January 13th, 2008I’ve heard that a Christmas tree takes up as much space as a washing machine in the waste stream. I’m proud to report that NeighborHuddle and treecycle.org helped recycle over 200 washing machines, I mean Christmas trees, from the alleys of Chicago this year. On a beautiful 60 degree Sunday in January, Chris Hohenstein with the Chicago Conservation Core and I navigated a donated U-Haul truck through the residential alleys of the Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods. The good news was that we collected as many trees as we did. The bad news is that we could have worked around the clock and never run out of trees.
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NeighborHuddle helps recycle Christmas trees in Chicago
December 27th, 2007Recycle for the holidays! NeighborHuddle is pleased to announce a partnership with www.trecycle.org to help recycle as many of the 300,000+ Christmas trees purchased in Chicago this holiday season as possible! Through this partnership, NeighborHuddle will be scheduling tree pickups at all NeighborHuddle communities and dropping them off at one of Chicago’s 23 designated locations where they will be turned into mulch. To learn more about the program, please visit www.trecycle.org. Happy holidays!
Connecting with other communities in your area
December 11th, 2007After several years on my condo association 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.
Ten Ways My Community Benefited From NeighborHuddle
November 8th, 2007As 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 condo association.
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.
Why NeighborHuddle?
November 1st, 2007Four 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.