Community Matters

Community Matters episodes:

• 04.22.2024

  Exploring the Fulfilling Journey in Community Management

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today's guests are Erica Pelosi and Dana Castellotti, two seasoned community managers who redefined their career paths to step...

  
• 03.25.2024

  Property Loss & Insurance Claims: A Personal Story

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. In this episode, Denise Adamic, CMCA, Community Association Liaison for Horn Williamson, delves into the challenging world of property...

  
• 02.26.2024

  Virtual Meetings & Voting in Community Associations

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. In this episode, we're talking about electronic meetings and electronic voting in community associations. This form of meeting and...

  
• 01.31.2024

  Emerging Technologies Impact on Community Associations

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Technology has changed the way we do everything. In today's episode of Community Matters, we're chatting with  Ed Hoffman,...

  
• 12.05.2023

  A Conversation with The Philadelphian Condo Green Task Force

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. The Green Task Force at The Philadelphian Condominium, a high-rise condo in Center City, Philadelphia has implemented many programs...

  
• 10.17.2023

  The Future of Community Association Management

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Community Associations Institute celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023. The community management profession is about the same age. So...

  
• 09.19.2023

  The Impact of Climate Change on Community Landscapes & Trees

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Have you ever cut your grass in March? Are you ready for the potential decline and disappearance of the...

  
• 08.21.2023

  What’s up with the HOA Insurance Market?

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Many factors are impacting insurance premiums for HOAs and condos. In this episode of Community Matters, we'll talk about...

  
• 07.31.2023

  Property Inspections Best Practices

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Tune in to this intriguing conversation with Sarah Hash, a community association manager with Danella Realty & Management Company,...

  
• 07.12.2023

  Ideas to Refresh & Remodel Your Common Areas

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today we're speaking with Giselle Hymanson, ASID, Interior Designer with Parallel Architectural Group and Barbara Saxton, CMCA, AMS, PCAM,...

  
• 06.23.2023

  Community Engagement & Volunteerism

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today we're speaking with Caitlin Lyons, Communications Manager at The Philadelphian Condominium in Philadelphia, and Anna Toretch and John...

  
• 05.25.2023

  Facade Inspections & Maintenance

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today we're speaking with Joe DiPompeo, founder of Structural Workshop, about building facade issues, conducting facade inspections and repairs,...

  
• 04.28.2023

  Smoke Free Communities

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today’s topic is all about clean air. More specifically, how a community association can go smoke free, reduce indoor...

  
• 03.20.2023

  Crime Scene Cleanup

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today’s topic is likely something no one ever wants to have to deal with, let alone discuss or listen...

  
• 02.06.2023

  Electronic Voting in Community Associations

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Electronic voting is a trending topic for community associations, especially since many communities utilized electronic voting in some way...

  
• 01.04.2023

  America’s Mental Health Crisis - How Communities Can Assist

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. There’s been a lot of talk in the media and elsewhere these last few years about the mental health...

  
• 12.05.2022

  Greenery & Scenery - Regulating Seasonal Decorations

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. It’s the holiday season! Homeowners across the region are busy decorating their homes with lights, displays, inflatables and all...

  
• 11.07.2022

  Remote Staffing for Community Associations

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Most people probably don’t associate remote and virtual staffing with community associations. But after the Covid-19 pandemic, is this...

  
• 09.16.2022

  Financial Best Practices for Community Associations

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. When it comes to finances for community associations, there’s a set of best practices you should follow to avoid...

  
• 08.15.2022

  Why HOAs should care about exterior building maintenance

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. In this episode, we’re discussing an important maintenance topic for community associations – exterior building maintenance and cleaning. Today's...

  
• 06.29.2022

  A Year of Apportunities from Beth Z - Your Nerdy Best Friend

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today's episode offers listeners a terrific apportunity! Today's guest is Beth Z - Your Nerdy Best Friend. Beth is...

  
• 06.14.2022

  Swim at Your Own Risk: Operating a Pool Without a Lifeguard

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. It’s pool season! Community associations with pools are struggling with the same situation that public pools and local beaches...

  
• 05.16.2022

  Advice for New Community Association Managers

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today’s conversation is all about best practices for community association managers that are new to the profession. Our panel...

  
• 04.11.2022

  Young Professionals - and your business cards - can’t miss CAI’s Annual Conference!

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today’s conversation is all about CAI’s biggest event of the year – the Annual Conference & Expo and the...

  
• 03.02.2022

  Preparing for Association Board Meetings with a Board Book

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. One of the primary functions of a community association board is meetings. Among other things, meetings establish policy, develop...

  
• 02.05.2022

  Preparing Your Roof for Fall & Winter

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. In this episode, we're talking all things roof related, and whether or not your roof is ready for the...

  
• 02.03.2022

  Chapter Leader Chat: Nicole Skaro, Board President

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. We're taking a bit of a different approach with some of our podcasts this year. In addition to the...

  
• 01.07.2022

  Let’s Talk Legislation with CAI’s PA LAC

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. This is our first episode for 2022 and the topic is legislation. We’re in the middle of a very...

  
• 10.21.2021

  Resale Disclosure in Community Associations

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. What is a resale certificate? Simply put, a resale certificate is a legally mandated document containing a very large...

  
• 09.21.2021

  Lessons Learned: Association Boards, Reserves & Fiduciary Duty

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Anyone listening to this podcast is very likely aware of the tragic collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium...

  
• 07.30.2021

  Re-establishing Community in a Post Pandemic World

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. As a community association manager or board member, it can be difficult to fully understand the financial, legal, and...

  
• 06.25.2021

  Bet on This: Games of Chance in Pennsylvania Community Associations

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Community associations often get creative in programming activities for homeowners. Sometimes these activities may involve games of chance like...

  
• 05.17.2021

  Managing Collections & Delinquencies

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today's episode is about the always important topic of assessment collections and delinquencies in community associations, and what impact,...

  
• 03.26.2021

  The Nuisance Factor

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. The topic for t his episode is nuisances in community associations – odors, noise, neighbor to neighbor disputes, and...

  
• 02.18.2021

  To Re-Open or Not - That is the Question

  Welcome to this episode of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. A year in to the Coronavirus pandemic, and there is a light, however dim, at the end of the...

  
• 01.25.2021

  Avoid the Road to Ruin: Asphalt Maintenance

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. One of the biggest expenses that can face any community association is the maintenance and upkeep of asphalt roads...

  
• 01.07.2021

  Service & Support Animals: What’s the Difference?

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. CAI often gets questions from community association managers and homeowner leaders on the topic of service and support animals....

  
• 12.17.2020

  Virtual Marketing using Social Media

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today’s episode is part three in a mini-series of episodes focused on our business partner members and how they...

  
• 11.17.2020

  Virtual Marketing: The Perfect Virtual Elevator Pitch

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Today’s episode is part two in a mini-series of episodes focused on our business partner members and how they...

  
• 11.02.2020

  Marketing Your Community to Millennials

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. This episode is all about millennials - specifically, how to attract millennial homebuyers to your community association. Our presenter...

  
• 10.27.2020

  The Value of Virtual Marketing

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. With this episode, we’re expanding our podcast beyond the issues of managing and governing community associations. This new mini-series...

  
• 07.29.2020

  Social Media Impacts on Community Associations

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. In this episode, we'll be discussing the use of social media and its potentially significant impacts on community associations. Today's...

  
• 06.30.2020

  Safely Opening Your Fitness Center during Covid-19

  How do associations re-open gyms and fitness centers and operate them safely while Coronavirus continues to be a threat?

  
• 06.23.2020

  Act Early to Ease the Cost of a Building Repipe

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Most community associations probably don’t think very often about your building’s pipes. But it might be too late by...

  
• 06.02.2020

  Crisis Communications

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. We often hear people talk about the need for communication skills, especially in a crisis. And crisis communication skills...

  
• 05.11.2020

  Pools in the Age of Coronavirus: To Open, or Not?

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. Memorial Day is fast approaching, and, with it, pool season. But, this year’s pool season is different from all...

  
• 05.07.2020

  Why You Need Flood Insurance

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. This topic was adapted from an article by Ross Rutman, with JGS Insurance, that was originally published in the...

  
• 04.14.2020

  Be Productive While Working from Home

  Today’s episode of Community Matters podcast is being recorded during the ongoing coronavirus public health emergency. Millions of workers have been furloughed while millions more have been working from home for the last few weeks, and for the foreseeable future....

  
• 03.30.2020

  Communicating After a Disaster: A Little Conversation Goes a Long Way.

  Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations.  Today’s episode is being recorded during the Coronavirus global pandemic, during which tens of millions of Americans are under...

  
• 02.17.2020

  Technology for Community Association Management

  Today’s episode is all about technology – more specifically, the technology necessary to efficiently manage a condominium or homeowners association, and a community association management company. From accounting and collections, to data security, communications platforms, and even mobile apps, we’re...