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A Year in Photos

Thanks For Playing

My resolution in 2012 was to do Photo365 , which I documented on a Tumblr. The point was to be the see-er, not the seen, and to document the world around me. I started a little before January 1, 2012 and took at least one photo nearly every day for the entire year. But that wasn't really the point. A pretty flower. A great shadow.

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With Federal Help, Association Gives Historic Cars Their Due

Associations Now

Thanks to a collaboration between the Historic Vehicle Association and the Department of the Interior’s Heritage Documentation Programs, the 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe will go down in history. Heritage Documentation Programs worked with the association to set criteria for adding cars to the registry. Literally.

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Beer Group Helping to Brew Up a History Lesson

Associations Now

The Smithsonian Institute says it’s time to document the history of brews and beers, and the Brewers Association is here to help. It’s time for a toast.

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Five Things You Might Not Know About Halloween

Associations Now

The 186-year-old Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia houses Terror Behind the Walls, a massive haunted-house production with a cast of more than 200 performers each evening, Hollywood-quality sets, and animatronics. Americans are expected to spend $3.1 billion on Halloween costumes this year.

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Essay Contest Harnesses Student Voices to Fight Hazing

Associations Now

He said he’d like the see the selection committee “take all of the submissions and draft them somehow as a sort of whitepaper/best practices [document] that young people can look at as a resource [showing] what other high school programs are doing across the country to prevent hazing.”.

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Summer Update

Moving through the Association World

This left me tasked with developing the content and program for our Mid-Year Meeting, which was held way back in April at Philadelphia. Part of that was implementing a new policy/document management system. Earlier this year I stepped in to Chair the Mid-Atlantic Society of Association Executive’s Education Committee.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth Kanter

This year I facilitated several labs, including several for the Knight Foundation Arts Program to learn about the local arts ecosystem in four cities, including Philadelphia, San Jose, Charlotte, and Macon. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn.