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Conference Photos - Check Them Out!
| | Want to relive NATA Conference again? Couldn't attend but want to "experience?" Click HERE for a complete slideshow.
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Two FTA's Rewarded
| | Mazal Tov to Larry Glickman and Ellen Franklin who received their FTA certification at the December Conference. To read their theses, click HERE. To learn more about how you can become an FTA, click HERE.
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Senior Membership Rewarded to 9 NATA Members
| | Mazal Tov to Ken Davidson, Jack Feldman, Allan Glazerman, Sue Gold, David Lamden, Michal Lesner, Michael Liepman, Joyce Strum, and Regina Wurst who received senior membership status at the December Conference. Click HERE to see their picture and learn more about how you can become a Senior Member.
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Three NATA Awards
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Nancy Schneider
Bekki Kaplan, and
Ed Alpert who received NATA's top awards at the December Conference.
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New Member Introductions
| | Ladies and Gentlemaaan..... Introducing NATA's newest members! A favorite at NATA Conferences are always the new member introductions. Learn more about those who attended and experience how NATA is comprised of such wonderful, interesting people. Click Here for the complete list of names and introductions.
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Kathy Small Becomes a Bat Mitzvah... of sorts!
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NATA celebrates Association Manager, Kathy Small's 13 years of service to NATA by throwing her a mini-Bat Mitzvah! Kathy dodged the shower of candy from the audience during the closing banquet in DC. She is thrilled by her new status, and looks forward to working with NATA!
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2011 NATA
Salary Survey
| | Thank you for your participation in the 2011 NATA Salary Survey. Overall participation was excellent at 72% of active members. If you haven't already seen it, check out the executive summary of the survey on the NATA "Member Only" section.
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We Want to Hear From You!
| | Have an idea for a story you would like to see here? Interested in getting involved with NATA E-Exchange? If you answered "yes" to any of the above, contact Bekki Harris Kaplan, E-Exchange Editor. We would love to have your voice included!
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NATA CONFERENCE 2011 LIVES ON
Highlights, Documents, and so much more
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT from the Conference
LIVIA D. THOMPSON, FTA
 "The work we did with measuring success can be applied to NATA as well. How do we make sure that our resources (mostly people and time) are aligned with our vision and mission, and that we are reflecting our members needs and desires? We too have to measure our successes and failures, and the ways in which we have moved our profession forward, supported our members, assisted the Reform Movement and created strong educational opportunities for our colleagues. This doesn't just take the board, it takes all of us being engaged with all of us to make us successful."
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NATA CONFERENCE WRAP UP
by Barbara Merson
Energy, energy, energy - you could feel it in the conference rooms, the halls, and all through the Alexandria Westin. Whether it was the buzz in the first timers reception, the congeniality in the hospitality suite, the intense questioning in the education sessions or the just the conversations in the halls, this NATA convention pulsed with the energy created by the exchange of ideas.
This conference was shorter in than those in the past, but it gained in intensity what it lost in time duration. From the 6:30 am Zumba class to the late night sessions in the hotel bar, everyone was busy learning, understanding, and connecting with colleagues. It was wonderful to see colleagues from past conferences and to meet the first timers. The buddy program was particularly successful this year -- everyone felt welcomed and appreciated.
This conference is very important to all of us, particularly at a time when we are all facing major challenges in our jobs. The difficult economy is accelerating the debate about synagogue membership and dues. The generational model is changing, with baby boomers, gen X, and millenials often in conflict over the role of the synagogue. While there are no definitive answers, the NATA conference offered the tools, venues, and discussion partners to start the thought process of how to deal with all of this in the coming year.
And the energy didn't end with the convention. It was wonderful to see so many NATA colleagues at the Biennial and to be able to continue some of the discussions we had started at NATA. As we move into the new year, let's try to keep the buzz going by reaching beyond the routine , trying out some of the things we learned, and above all, staying in touch!
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Download Conference Materials, Continue the Learning
A plethora of good information was exchanged at various workshops. Check out the following, and if you have additional resources/documents that you want to post, contact Bekki Harris Kaplan. - Measuring Success- Key Facilitator, Sasha Litman
- Presentation from the Technology Workshop - David Lamden, Debbie Coutant, and Bekki Harris Kaplan
- Leadership in Action: Decision Making - Deborah Naish
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Information Fair - Available Online!
For those of you that weren't able to attend the D.C. NATA conference, a new feature has been added to the website. Take a look! Simply log on to http://www.natanet.org/ and go to the Members Only section of the NATA website and click on 'NATA Resource Library (new)'
We thank all of our colleagues who have already contributed materials. This is an ongoing and evolving resource library. If you have documents to contribute, please email: David Lamden or Michael Liepman. |
Closing Banquet / Honoring Our Long Timers
Coming much too so on after the start of this terrific Conference, our closing banquet was full of laughs. With the help of videos produced by their congregations, we roasted three NATA members: Mark Jacobson of The Temple in Atlanta, soon to celebrate his 35th anniversary as executive director, and we said goodbyes to two retiring members: Nancy Schneider, who has been executive director of Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York City for 19 years and Debbie Coutant, executive director of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, California, after 11 years in the field. We coaxed former NATA President Steve Breuer out of retirement to emcee and shared laughs as we watched the videos. You can, too:
- Nancy Schneider's Video (password: nancy)
- Debbie Coutant's Video
- Mark Jacobson's Video
Thanks also to Ed Alpert, Sydney Baer, Michael Garland, Bekki Harris Kaplan and Robin Rubin for an evening of fun and camaraderie.
Watch this space as we pay tribute to others who are retiring from the field including Marc Swatez and Randi Jaffe.
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Interesting Reads - Worth the Time!
We all come across interesting articles that our pertinent to our profession. NATA E-Exchange is the perfect place in which to share and learn. Check out a few of the articles below, and always feel free to pass along interesting reads to Bekki Harris Kaplan to include in future E-Exchanges.
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We Welcome Our Newest NATA Members
New NATA Members since December 2011:
Scott Allen, Congregation Kehillat Israel, Brookline, MA
Rochelle Garfinkel, Temple Sholom, Vancouver, BC
Jane Graver, Romemu, Eatontown, NJ
Joshua Laster, Congregation Ohev Shalom, Wallingford, PA
Marti Newman, Temple Israel, Akron, OH
Richard Tannenbaum,Temple Emanuel, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
David Weiss, Dix Hills Jewish Center, Dix Hills, NY |
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