It's 2021. 365 days of new choices. 365 days of new opportunities. How you take advantage of the opportunities is a choice. For me, and I hope for you, 2020 is behind us. There’s no sense in dwelling on the challenges of last year. What makes sense is focusing on the opportunities ahead of us. For CID essential workers, like managers and your invaluable Industry Partners, it’s taking care of your clients, taking care of your company, taking care of your family, and not necessarily in that order.
2020 had its challenges, there's no denying it. But I’m a strong believer that challenges always present an opportunity. An opportunity to exchange views, refine, define or attain a goal. Opportunity means a chance to grow, change, and learn new things and to do things better than before – as individuals and as a team. It could be a career opportunity, or the opportunity to meet with a prospective new client, or to further pursue education. Opportunities are endless. They never stop coming.
We’re in a pandemic. I get it. We’re still sheltering in place in many areas. But that shouldn’t stop you. You know the old saying, “if the door doesn’t open, go through the window?" I use, "If the door doesn’t open, knock it in." Sometimes we need to create our own opportunity.
You are managers and Industry Partners. You are professionals at what you do. We’re here to offer you some of those opportunities. Our upcoming Open House and Law Seminars are being held in our virtual platform, CMWorld. The pandemic closed the door on all of us. CACM kicked the door in and created an engaging and fun environment where you can move around, talk one-on-one with people, meet with the incredible Industry Partners and your colleagues and have engaging and meaningful conversations. The only thing you need to do is see the opportunity and walk through the door that we’ve kicked in for you. Join us, please.
I look forward to “seeing” you very soon!
Tom Freeley, CAMEx, CCAM
CEO & President
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OC Register names Seabreeze Management top workplace in 2020 |
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Anthony Mazza promoted to VP of First Service Residential California |
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OMNI Community Management welcomes Cindy Ihrig |
OMNI Community Management, LLC welcomed Cindy Ihrig, CCAM, to its Fair Oaks office. Cindy relocated from the Bay Area to Sacramento and joined the OMNI team in November 2020. Welcome Cindy!
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OMNI Community Management, LLC welcomed baby Isla on April 17, 2020, daughter of Sara Biller, CCAM, and her husband John. A late but heartfelt congratulations to the couple.
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Open House: This Thursday exclusively in CMworld |
FREE EVENT
Earn 1 CEU
Our Virtual Open House is this Thursday. Don't miss the opportunity to meet our new Board of Directors, hear our state of our state address and meet with industry partners. Here's the agenda:
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Meet and Greet with Industry Partners
Location: CMworld California Showroom
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: “State of the State” and Meet the Board Session
Location: CMworld Auditorium
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Industry Partner Giveaways
Location: CMworld California Showroom
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Make sure your membership renewal is paid in order to be listed in the Resource Guide Member Directory for 2021 and to keep your certifications active and current. You can pay online through our portal or by contacting us directly at membership@cacm.org.
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Education Department Updates |
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What Ethics Class Should I Take? |
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At CACM, we believe that the work of a community manager begins and ends with demonstrating the highest level of ethical behavior. This is why we require all members seeking their initial CCAM as well as all those renewing their CCAM, attend an ethics course.
CACM offers three different ethics courses. All provide four hours of instruction. Currently, the course has been divided into two, 2-hour sessions. The course titles are CMM 101-102 Foundational Ethics for Community Managers; LDR 500 Advanced Ethics: Leadership and Decision-Making; and LDR 550: Ethics Mastery. Many members are not sure which one to take so here is a brief synopsis of each of our ethics offerings:
CMM 101-102 Foundational Ethics for Community Managers – This ethics course introduces candidates pursuing their initial CCAM certification to the basic principles of ethics as well as the CACM Professional Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. In addition to attending the course session(s), students must successfully complete the end-of-course exam.
LDR 500 Advanced Ethics: Leadership and Decision-Making – This ethics course is designed for those members seeking to fulfill the recertification. Please note that the class was redesigned in 2019 so if you have not taken the Advanced Ethics course since that date, this is the course you should register for. In addition to attending the course session(s), students must successfully complete the end-of-course exam. If you are not sure, you can check your online Status Report at www.cacm.org or email Debbie Griffiths, your Certification and Credentialing Advisor at dgriffiths@cacm.org.
LDR 550 Ethics Mastery – This ethics course is designed for those members who have been in the industry for at least five years and have completed at least one recertification cycle. The course format is that of Round Table analytical discussions of real case studies developed by the CACM Ethics Advisory Committee. There is no PowerPoint to guide instruction but rather portfolios of information needed to engage analysis of authentic manager challenges. There is no end-of-course exam.
If you have any additional questions, please contact our Education & Credentialing Advisor, Debbie Griffiths, at dgriffiths@cacm.org.
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Now Available: The 2021 First Quarter Course Schedule
Your Education and Credentialing team has released the 2021 First Quarter Course schedule. New in 2021 – courses will be held via Zoom and in the CMworld!
What does that mean to you, our manager members?
- The continued convenience of online learning
- Continued interaction with experts in the CID industry, regardless of where you might live in the State of California
- An enhanced level of networking with colleagues near and far
- Enhanced engagement and student participation during all course sessions
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Interested in putting your knowledge and experience to good use? Interested in giving back by shaping the skills of community managers? CACM is looking to expand our instructor cadre.
Those manager members who have held a valid CCAM for at least 5 years, as well as industry partners with expertise in a specific area of the CID industry, are encouraged to join our most-talented teaching team. Please contact Patty Sedia, your Education and Credentialing Administrator, at psedia@cacm.org for an application.
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Check out new job listings on CACM's Career Center
Managers: You are welcome to upload your resume for viewing of management companies. The only companies who can view your resume are those companies that post an ad to the Career Center.
And More!
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Hear from top California legal experts and peers on how to spring into action in this new year with confidence. Join colleagues for candid roundtable discussions with case studies around the most requested topics from a recent CACM survey — SB323 and Financial Forecasting for 2021!
The Spring Forums will be held virtually in CMworld!
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CMworld Training Throughout January |
Have you attended a CMworld training? We have several dates and times scheduled this month for guided tours of CMworld to prepare you for our upcoming Law Seminars, Spring Forums and Open House held in this new virtual platform. Download CMworld and join us!
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