Author: OperationsManager
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Say Something Good – Meetings
By Art Fettig Meetings. Attending the Trade Show of the AENC this week at the fabulous new Raleigh Convention Center, I met with perhaps a couple of hundred people who are involved in creating Association meetings that make a difference in their particular field. It started me thinking about the conferences and conventions I had…
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I love A Parade
By Art Fettig No, I didn’t ride in that beautiful red Lamborghini. The seat is almost on the floor of that beautiful car and I figured it would take a crane at least to get me out of it. One strong man managed the job. Instead. I rode in the annual Mt. Airy, NC Christmas…
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When Does Life Being?
A Jewish Perspective “Nineteen hundred years ago when Caesar Anthony asked this question of Rabbi Yehudah Ha’Nasee, the rabbi replied: “From the moment the fetus emerges from the womb” (Midrash Bereishit Rabbah 34:10). The 11th-century Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi) explained: “for the fetus in the womb is not considered a person until it is born”…
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Trying Something and Failing is Far Better than Not Trying and Regretting – Ross Reck
Many people have bought into the myth that failure is fatal and is something that should be avoided. In reality, failure is nothing more than a very effective learning experience. Most of our greatest accomplishments were made possible through failure—learning to walk, ride a bike and drive.
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Mattel Accused of Promoting White Supremacy using White Jesus
“Mattel also sells a more expensive, “deluxe” Fisher Price Nativity, which depicts the Magi as people of color. But rather than introducing diversity, as we hope Mattel intended, it just depicts all of the holy characters as white while only including people of color in smaller supporting roles. That introduces an explicit racial hierarchy that…