Fri.Feb 07, 2025

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Inflation and Reserves Planning: Adjusting to Rising Costs

Association Reserves

Inflation is an economic force that affects everything, from household expenses to the long-term financial planning of homeowners associations (HOAs). For HOAs, reserve planning is particularly vulnerable to inflationary pressures, as rising costs for materials, labor, and services directly impact the ability to fund major projects. A $50,000 roof replacement a decade ago might easily now cost $80,000-$100,000 or more.

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Association Brain Food: 2.7.25

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community The voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls. Friedrich Nietzsche Social events. Heres a problem your association can solve. Everyone wants to attend parties, but no one wants to throw them. Ellen Cushing at The Atlantic says Americans need to party more.

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Why Boards Need to Be More Agile

Associations Now

Post-pandemic, boards have asked to meet more often, do more, and think bigger. One governance expert shares what that process looks like. Faster. If theres one word that summarizes what association governance requires now, its that. Associations have been pressed to respond to a pandemic, inflation, workforce shortages, and a quick-acting White House thats undone a lot of business-as-usual processes.

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GEI17 welcomes music and climate heavyweights as full agenda announced

Event Industry News

TheGreen Events and Innovations Conference (GEI) has announced its full agenda and a stellar lineup of music, sports and environmentalist thought leaders including Moby, Dale Vince OBE, Declan McKenna and award-winning musician and activist Madame Gandhi.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Job opportunity: Event Marketing Executive (Tech Exhibition & Conference)

Event Industry News

Type of employment: Full-time.Office location: London (Canary Wharf) until August 2025. After that Farringdon or Paddington (TBC).Start date: ASAP.Annual salary: Competitive salary depending on experience and expertise.Benefits: Comprehensive private medical insurance (also includes therapies, dental, optical care and a substantial gym discount), Annual performance bonus, Hybrid work, 25 days of PTO and more.