{"id":584,"date":"2017-05-16T11:39:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycoop.com\/blog\/?p=584"},"modified":"2018-09-01T17:07:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T21:07:37","slug":"5-ways-to-engage-with-your-building-and-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-engage-with-your-building-and-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Engage With Your Building and Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to make things happen in your building, there are many actions you can take to help other residents and neighbors be engaged and active. Here are five tips for getting others involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1. Start a conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The easiest way to connect with others\u00a0 is to become the building leader (or socialite) and start talking with your neighbors. This can be as simple as stopping and chatting in the hallway or laundry room, knocking on doors or hanging out in the building&#8217;s lounge, if it has one. On MyCoop, if you want to suggest a new bakery that opened up around the corner, post on your building page (click the &#8216;recommend&#8217; tab), \u00a0letting people know. If the heat in your building isn\u2019t working and you called your super, post on the building page so everyone is aware that steps are being taken to solve the problem. New people moving in the building? Just knock on their door, or when you bump into them in the hall, suggest they sign up for MyCoop and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycoop.com\">join the conversation<\/a> about everything that\u2019s going on. <a href=\"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/mycoop-tips-adding-photos\/\">Share photos<\/a> and keep a fun record of what is happening with your neighborhood and building.\u00a0 Post a flyer on your building&#8217;s bulletin board letting people know that MyCoop.com is the hub for everything happening in your building.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Invite Your Neighbors and Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the easiest step for involving neighbors. \u00a0Simply click the \u201cSend Invite\u201d button on your building\u00a0 page, and invite neighbors and other friends to join your building (or if they live elsewhere, their building). You add people you know through email or social media channels such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. You can also see who else in your building is already on MyCoop and add them as friends.\u00a0 By adding other people in your building as friends, you can send them private messages \u2013 perfect for communication that you don\u2019t want made public on your building page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Use Special Events and Holidays as a Way to Connect<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We recently posted about <a href=\"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/passover-seders-and-neighbors\/\">Passover<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/easter-and-the-start-of-spring\/\">Easter<\/a> and how\u00a0 holidays are great times to meet new people in your building, among other kinds of events and opportunities, like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/salsa-dancing-neighbors\/\">dance classes<\/a>.\u00a0 Holidays and events are changes of pace in our daily lives and offer an incentive to bring people together, including neighbors you don\u2019t yet know. Want to have a meet and greet BBQ in your building\u2019s backyard, or rooftop? Create an event. Running for the co-op board and want to get to know the tenants who could potentially vote for you? Organize a town hall style meeting by creating an event and posting an introduction on your building page. Offline methods, such as handing out flyers or putting up signs in the hallways, also work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Share Goods and Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone has <a href=\"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/5_great_things_share_with_your_neighbors\/\">something to offer<\/a> or something they need. Tell others in your building if you have a power drill available, too many bags of sugar, or a collection of novels that you\u2019re willing to share and <a href=\"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/neighborhood-book-club\/\">discuss<\/a>. Or, perhaps you need your dog walked the next day or are looking for someone who offers guitar lessons.\u00a0 Maybe you want to get people together to volunteer at a soup kitchen, or some others to go to the local basketball court to play a pickup game. The marketplace\u00a0is a great tool for engaging neighbors and people in your building so that goods and services, or opportunities for great activities,\u00a0 are easily exchanged or shared. Next time you see someone post a flyer that they have a couch for sale on the building bulletin board, tell him\/her to post on the marketplace. They\u2019ll get what they need even faster!<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Let Others Know That They Have Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone is familiar with the occasional downside of urban building life: Getting used to a small apartment, an unresponsive property manager when the building isn\u2019t getting hot water, a lack of resources when you need a question answered. Everyone faces these kinds of issues, but \u00a0don&#8217;t worry: they can be <a href=\"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/5-tips-solving-building-issues\/\">solved<\/a>.\u00a0 If you know a neighbor is having problems, knock on the door and see how they&#8217;re doing and if you can help them in any way.\u00a0\u00a0If there is a problem with the heat, call your super or property manager but then post on your building page so others can chime in so that everyone isn\u2019t making the same phone call to the super. If you noticed a new resident moving into an apartment, share a post with tips on how to<a href=\"https:\/\/mycoop.com\/blog\/make-the-most-of-your-small-apartment\/\"> maximize space<\/a>. Refer others to the Discover page to find content that will help them have a better life at home. 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