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Note:  On my travels to represent NAAP at conferences this fall, I was asked a number of the same questions, often because of my experience as an Administrator/Executive Director. Many of these were not programming related, but rather concerns about operations, staffing or management. I’m starting this new column in the NAAP e-blast as a […]

Create Joy and Festivity – for isolated people – during the Holidays. This is a session I teach which I’m breaking down in four articles applying a Creating Joy Framework I’ve had fun developing. Don’t Plan First off, and shocking I know, don’t plan! Even though you get paid to plan, don’t do all the […]

Arts and crafts are not something exclusively for children or grandmoms, it is an activity that can be enjoyed by all ages. The holiday season is one of the best times for crafts because there are so many possibilities. From Christmas ornaments to table decorations, crafting is also a great way to spend time with […]

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Create Joy and Festivity – for isolated people – during the Holidays I teach a session with this title. In the next four articles I am going to break those holidays down and offer and apply a Creating Joy Framework I’ve had fun developing. Don’t Plan! First, don’t plan! Isn’t that ironic. We get paid […]

I must admit that when I am stressed out I gravitate to reading my horoscope. Sounds odd, I know, but somehow I am looking for universal guidance, celestial answers to what is really causing my anxiety, pseudo-psychological answers to my never ending questions. When life has hit a plateau, I back off of the endless […]