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Looking Back, Moving Forward

Looking Back, Moving Forward

Looking back, 2011 was a big year. Amongst the defining events this year were the Earthquake in Japan, Arab Spring, The Royal Wedding, Osama bin Laden's Death, Oprah's last show, the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, Occupy Wall Street, the passing of Steve Jobs. Events we closely followed and covered.

For The Society, we saw good things: A jam-packed Gala, our debut iPad app, a thriving Student community, exciting Speaker Series, and more. Industry-wide, we saw exciting magazine redesigns and launches; Exploration and wider roll-out of tablet apps; Stunning design, photography and illustration work (more on that in a moment). In addition, at the end of this year, our Executive Director, the indefatigable Emily Smith is leaving SPD. We will miss her sorely. Personally, I have been very lucky to work closely with Emily over the years, and I will miss her grace and dignity and wish her the best on her new endeavors.

illustration by Felix Sockwell
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A Note from SPD

Dear SPD Community,

Yesterday I sent this to all the members of SPD, and I wanted to share it with you here too.
 
Although it doesn't seem as though three years have passed, the time has come to bid farewell as President of the Board of Directors. I'm grateful to the entire Board for working together to make SPD the leading community support in our industry. Thanks to the Board's hard work and collaborative efforts, there are quite a number of accomplishments over the past year:
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Seasons Change

The sun is out but there's a distinct chill in the air. Fall is upon us and given the heartbreaking news out of Condé Nast yesterday, it feels downright wintry. (It was all just a bad dream, right?  What will I do without my Cookie?!) We've certainly seen better times but we continue to press on knowing that challenges like these bind us together and remind us not only of the great work we do but the great and talented people who make up this membership.

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