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CAI-CAC offers many educational events throughout the year. Our Educational Luncheons cover a wide variety of topics that are of interest to Board Members, Community Managers and industry service providers.
We also offer The Essentials: A Basic Course for Association Leaders at least twice a year. The Essentials is a one-day course and is a must for board members and first time managers who want information on the most pertinent issues pertaining to community associations operations. This is a highly interactive course designed to get you involved! This course covers all the basics you need to know to lead your community effectively. Learn what your fiduciary responsibility is, how to run an effective meeting, what the role of a director is, what the governing documents are (and how to use them), and how to read a financial statement.
Some homeowners and board members want to acquire advanced-level skills to better serve their community associations. For comprehensive training, you may wish to participate in one of CAI's Advanced Essentials - Selected Topics in Community Association Leadership programs. The Selected Topics in Community Association Leadership curriculum utilizes seven independent program modules offering in-depth, topic-specific training. Each module in this series is approximately two hours long and may be offered alone or in combination with other modules. The modules include:
Building Community—The cornerstone of the third level of CAI's homeowner education track, this module teaches what community means for community associations, how building community benefits association residents and leadership, and how to measure success in building community efforts.
Conflict Resolution—In this module, you will learn to recognize the causes of conflict among members and how to strengthen and use communication skills to resolve conflicts.
Facilities Maintenance—This module will help association leaders familiarize themselves with the process of bidding and contracting for community association maintenance services. A group activity will walk you through specifications that must be included in a request for proposal or contract.
Insurance Matters—This program is designed to increase awareness of the liability faced by association boards. This module addresses the common types of liability for community associations and will help association leaders identify some potential liability exposures due to board actions, as well as recognize your community association's options for limiting liability.
Financial Aspects—In this course, you will learn how to understand the meaning—and implications—of numbers in an association budget. You will be able to identify a budget line item and develop a replacement line item for an association budget.
Deed Restrictions—This course explores the importance and practicality of amending governing documents—an important skill for community association leaders. You will also learn how state and federal statutes as well as other issues are relevant to amending documents.
Assembling the Professional Team—This module will help community leaders identify the skills and attributes needed to find and evaluate lawyers, managers, and other professionals their association relies on for guidance and support. You will learn to develop interview questions for use in determining and selecting the most qualified candidates that best match the needs of your community.
We can also offer training on-site. You can bring the Nationally recognized program, The Essentials, A Basic Course for Community Leadership, to your community. We will arrange a special on site program and conduct the course right in your community. Click The Essentials On-Site Course for more information.
If you are interested in teaching this course, facilitator training is provided from time to time. |
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