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WOOT! It’s the Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada.
I’d like to mark this special weekend by thanking you for being a part of MiCasa. Your ideas and guidance help us to continue reinventing the way that strata communities currently operate.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family and your friends.
Sincerely,
Mat Peake
Co-founder of MiCasa
Re-invent Your Strata, Tip #14: Make a friend.
Those of you who follow the MiCasa Twitter feed, will know that I’m a big fan of independent journalism. When it comes to independent journalism in British Columbia, it doesn’t get much better than The Tyee. So when The Tyee ran a Jesse Donaldson article that took a tongue-in-cheek swipe at the famously aloof nature of West Coasters, I was caught howling with laughter, shouting “it’s true, it’s so true” at my screen. Read more…
Re-invent Your Strata, Tip #12: Why Residents Don’t Care.
We’re all guilty of whining from time to time. I whine about Canada’s position on the environment (what’s with Bill C-38 anyway?), I moan about the rain, I rant about reality TV, and don’t get me started on media ownership. Anyway, my point is we all whine, and for the most part I’m okay with it. Read more…
Written By James Mulvey
Meet ______ is a new series on the One Net Marketing blog. We pick start-ups and cool tech companies, talk about their marketing challenges and share their story. Enjoy.
In this interview, Mathew Peake shares MiCasa’s bootstrapped mission to change the way people communicate with their building community. He also shares the marketing and business lessons learned as MiCasa charts the next move from start-up to a wide audience.
MiCasa’s app allows building residents to upload and share important building files, communicate with other residents, book common areas, receive updates, and stay informed about key building issues.
Read more…
If you’re looking to Re-invent Your Strata, don’t rely on your AGM. The AGM alone, is not capable of creating transparent, informed and engaged communities. But there is a way… Read more…
Re-invent Your Strata, Tip #10: Don’t Rely on Your AGM
Anyone who lives in a townhouse, condo or apartment is familiar with the term Annual General Meeting (AGM). It’s universally accepted that AGMs are the best way to keep residents informed, seek opinion on important issues, approve budgets and elect councils.
Unfortunately, the antiquated Annual General Meeting is flawed by definition. Even for the smallest strata, a single yearly meeting cannot adequately summarize a year’s worth of council decisions, provide operational transparency, or come close to providing enough information for residents to make good decisions on important strata issues. Read more…
Encouraging residents to lend a hand in your building will Re-invent Your Strata. Relatively simple acts like helping the elderly lady on the third floor carry her groceries or feeding your neighbour’s cat while they’re away, have an immeasurable knock-on effect within a residential building. Read more…
Currently Working On: User Permissions Update Completed
Those of you who read our weekly “Currently Working On” article will know that we’ve been working our tails off to complete a major update of the MiCasa user permissions system (Read the article here). Read more…
Currently Working On: Saying Sorry to the MiCasa Community
I write a lot of articles about using MiCasa to promote open and transparent communication, and how this will re-invent your strata community. So it would be hypocritical of me to preach transparency without practicing it here, so the MiCasa Community can also benefit (or shun me completely, which is also an option… I guess). Read more…
Re-invent Your Strata, Tip #4: Find The Fun
For most people, sitting on their strata council is right up there beside root canals and colonoscopies in popularity. We need to find the fun in running our strata councils to attract new residents and fresh ideas.
Read my full article on finding the fun here.
Go ahead, have your say.
Does this article make you think of one of your own strata experiences? We’d love to get your feedback.
Mathew Peake: I appreciate your comment Katheryn. One of our big motivators is to...
Katheryn: Very true......keeping owners ignorant is strategic and rampant. When...
Mathew Peake: Thanks so much for your response Francesco. We're excited to shake...
Francesco Andreone: Hey Guys, Your ideas about creating new and easy ways for strata stak...