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Unique Peek in on a Troubled Maritime Festival
We rarely get the opportunity to get an inside look at what makes a maritime heritage event succeed or fail; however, last week the State of North Carolina published a Special Review of last summer’s...
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Rhode Island’s State Flagship looking for crew for the summer and beyond
Providence Maritime Heritage Foundation based in Providence, RI, operates the Continental Sloop Providence and is seeking crew for the 2007 sailing season, which will include tall ship events in...
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Tall Ship Museum Looking for a Master and Commander
While the Independence Seaport Museum reported that they hired a new president yesterday, another of America’s great maritime museums is looking for someone to take the helm. And this one has their...
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Ex-head of maritime museum may be heading up river for a long time
Today (Oct. 13, 2007) John Shiffman of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the federal prosecutor in the Independence Seaport Museum / John S. Carter case wants to send the ex-head of the museum up...
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Rocking the Boat changes kids lives
I was recently “tagged” by my leadership blogger friend Ed Brenegar of Leading Questions to participate in Alex Shalman’s Compassion, Caring, Charity project. This is the first time that I’ve been...
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Can you spare some change, for a Tall Ship?
New media tools allow nonprofits to reach out in ways never seen before. I’ve written about this previously here. In the spirit of the Holidays, I present the following public service announcement for...
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Tall Ship Sailing and Social Media: US Brig Niagara Video
Back in July 2006, when I was executive director of the American Sail Training Association, I created this video in one evening from footage shot by the ASTA summer interns aboard the US Brig Niagara,...
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Birthdays and Charity Water
Today’s my birthday and I wish I was as smart as this guy. [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rphhfy4qCfc] YouTube – The story of charity: water – The 2009 September Campaign Trailer I’ve added a...
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Grab an oar and make a difference. Vote for the Boat!
Okay if you visit this blog you must like boats. So join me in helping one of America’s most historic and beautiful vessels win a $100,000. grant from American Express. How many times do you find...
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Please Help Me Help the Seamen’s Bethel
I’m on the board of managers of one of the most amazing maritime nonprofit organizations anywhere. It’s called the New Bedford Port Society and this paragraph from our website explains how we got...
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