I attended my alma mater’s alumni weekend festivities and attended a session where Jim Larranaga was talking about George Mason basketball.  In the session, he mention how Dr. Alan Merten, the President of George Mason University, persuaded him to be the head coach of George Mason in 1997.  Larranaga told another story of how Merten persuaded Vernon Smith, an economics professor at the University of Arizona at the time, and staff to go to Mason.  As a result of those moves, Smith won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 and Larranaga lead George Mason to a Final Four run in 2006.

Alan Merten’s actions has position George Mason as the number one  up-and-coming university in the United States, which leads to what organization need to grow…ONIONS!

To paraphrase what Larranaga said about his boss, “When Merten became President, he had a vision of what George Mason should be and use his networking skills to get what he wanted to achieve that vision.”  This should be what other executives mindset if they can get superstar talent.

(To get this out of they way, if your organization has numerous problems, don’t read the rest.  Your organization likely has internal problems and there are too many problems to fill.  Now, if your organization has a few problems, read the rest).

In your organization, if there is one piece of the puzzle that is missing and there is someone out there that the organizations wants, bring the kitchen sink.  If there is one (or two) piece(s) missing, the employees and executives feel they are getting close and optimism arises within the organization, but it must start with a vision in place so you can tell your organization’s current situation and tell the person why they are important.  Then, the organization tells what they’re doing great and what weaknesses they have and explain to the person why is he/she an important piece of their organization.

The best case scenario is if the superstar accepts the decision, jubilation ensues throughout the organization and anticipation comes and after a few months, the superstar meets expectations.  The worst case scenario is with all the hoopla within the organization, the superstar fails to meet expectations and demoralize the organization. 

Simply put, it is alright to take a chance at something that your organization needs.  It will give a temporary boost within the organization.  It the organization takes a chance and fails, that happens and you move on, but if you’re not taking risks, how can your organization improve long-term?  All you need is a vision, specific goals, a great workplace culture,  networking depth, and timing to force the issue.  In Alan Merten’s case, the stars were aligning in his favor because he forced George Mason to be great.

This week is Halloween and the Grim Reaper is approaching the human resources department according to all these articles here. Apparently the HR bloggers are recreating an episode of Touched By An Angel.  Seriously, is HR one foot near the grave?

Let’s be clear about one thing: the concept of HR is going to be there. Even if there is no HR, people within the organization must recruit, hire, train, negotiate, give orientation, write their own policies, explain benefits, budget, and all the other goodies they have to do.  I could mention the organizations can outsource HR, but what would be the fun of that?

Which leads me to why people are discussing HR’s fate.  The problem with HR is they have too many definitions. While some organizations view HR as tactical, strategic, and proactive;  most organizations, employees, and HR professionals themselves view it as administration, office, and (at times) legal work.  This is where the disconnect is with HR and their employees.  To show you the disconnect, here’s an audio clip of an employee who is upset at HR. Let’s call him Mr. Tony:

Also, I had a discussion with my friends about HR and here are the responses (Of note: my username there is pudgeyt). The perception is there that HR professionals are bad people.  Is there a way to change that?  There are several answers I heard from:

• Change the department name to “Talent Management”
• Outsource HR
• Make it into Marketing
• Put it under the Legal team
• Just put it out of its misery

All of the selections are reasonable, but one thing that struck me the past month was Steve Boese’s tweet to one of the speakers at the WTPF SOARS event and one of the tweets said (and I’m paraphrasing), “People should not be HR Managers…they should be General Managers.”  As Sherman Lewis would like to say…BINGO! 

To me, HR is a war room for organizations.  They plan, recruit, and discuss what are the organization’s and employee’s strengths and what needs to improve.  HR creates the working environment for organizations.  The problem is most organizations don’t realize it.  Departments need to realize what value HR has, but on the flip side, HR professionals need to know how the industry and organization is structured and be democratic about the process.  Basically…it’s a two-way communication.

In all honesty, I don’t care how organizations view HR.  If organizations vision for HR is admin or legal purposes, that’s fine. If they vision HR for branding or strategy, that’s fine as well.  Just find the right HR professionals who want to share how organizations view HR. 

To answer the question, is HR dead?  No…HR has a concussion.

By the way, if I would replace the name “Human Resources”, here would be my answers:

1. War Room
2. Romper Room
3. Situation Room
4. My favorite: The Norris Department

Last Thursday, I attended #Twtrcon in DC. Twtrcon is a conference for businesses that have applied Twitter in their business strategy, so no novices here.

The main reason I went to Twtrcon is to meet people I met before and finally see the faces of the people I met through Twitter the past year so they wouldn’t think I’m a fake  I can say I have reach double digits meeting the HR/Recruiting people, although I have 700 HR/Recruiting pros to meet.

Twtrcon had several sessions throughout the day. The ones I was most anticipated were Michael DiLorenzo of the NHL on real-time branding since if you go to my all-around Twitter feed you know I’m a bit “devoted” to the NHL.  I also wanted to listen to Jessica Lee and Kerry Noone’s presentation on Twitter for Recruiting since that’s my area of expertise. Both were great discussions on how to use Twitter.

Twtrcon also provided a few memorable quotes:

• “Free the Nerds”
• “People should tweet, not brands”
• “There is no social media expert”
• “Twitter is a sushi conveyor belt moving at 100 mph”
• “Twitter: blogging for lazy people”
• “If you aren’t failing you aren’t trying”
• “What wine pairs up best with bacon?”

The presentation that had everyone’s attention was Scott Harrison’s charity: water. Scott showed video and stats of how much people have donated and how their donations help in Africa. Almost everyone agreed that it was a powerful presentation, although some question that his presentation has nothing to do with Twitter. In hindsight, I agree that it wasn’t focusing on how Scott was utilizing Twitter, but I really think Scott made the point that if you have a powerful message, it can be transmitted anywhere, no matter the source. 

There are some things I want to change for Twtrcon like the 5 minute real-time tools “ad”.  I found it more promotional than informative and I wouldn’t mind if they gave us 30 minutes to walk around the area to see the new products for Twitter, which for the most part, are very useful.  Another adjustment Twtrcon should make is have a screen in front of the speaker or panel to see what questions arises, they can answer it, although if they put a screen outside the Grand Hyatt to let everyone see what people are tweeting about, that will be much better.

Overall, I thought the sessions were useful, but Tonia Ries made the greatest point in the beginning of Twtrcon that the conference is for the people to share their ideas and network with other tweeple and this conference drive that point.

This brings me to the future of Twtrcon if it is going to continue when Twitter’s popularity fades.  I remember 5 years ago people were holding local MySpace parties and everything thought it was a great idea.  Then, MySpace is off of anyone’s radar (except for the creeps).  What Twitter brought that no other social media did is involve anyone who wants to contribute of anything.  While Facebook, Linkedin and other social media do have some barriers, Twitter is making a small world even smaller.  Case in point: I met a guy who is a patient of my brother.  However, the world and technology is going fast and Twitter will eventually be in the bottom of the totem pole.  That said, there will be conferences about social media or any speciality involving social meadi and its impact.  This year is Twitter;  next year, there will likely be a Google Wave Conference;  and 5 years from now, there’s going to be a Hologram conference where people stay at their homes and bring their holographic self.  Either way, all of these conferences have one thing in common: the people, which the conferences should always be about.

Resources:

Pictures from ReadySetDC
Twtrcon Presentations
Official Twtrcon Site

Last week, I discuss how a job seeker can join the world of nonprofits.  Now, I’m here to tell what to expect of going into nonprofits.

What Nonprofits Do:

If you want to get into nonprofits, understand their biggest strength: storytelling.  Nonprofits are there to send a message to an audience.  Nonprofits bring an emotional attachment that the person can either donate money, volunteer, or spend more time on the subject.  If there is no attachment, there will be no cause and no nonprofit.  That is why it is important what makes you tick and how to utilize your skills for “good.”

Benefits:

You know the deal that nonprofits don’t pay as much and work for long hours.  There are two reason why salaries are low.  One is funding for salaries since most come of the salary comes from the government and there are restrictions on how to spend that money.  The other reason salaries are low is your organization is spending a lot on benefits from healthcare, retirement, life insurance, and others to make up for the salary and let you have close to security in the future.

Resources:

I would like to call the nonprofiteers the “Moneyballers” of an organization.  Although nonprofits do not have the resources like the private sector has, nonprofiteers are very clever and know how to maximize with little.  This article from Harvard Business Publishing tells exactly how nonprofits use their resources.

The key player:

Although storytelling and emotional content can bring people together, the most important person in nonprofits is the fundraiser.  The fundraiser can have many faces within a nonprofit: it has a face (or voice) people recognize, a salesperson who cares about the cause, and a super salesperson/networker.  The first two is easy to identify if done properly, but the last one is like the Angel of Death.  It is the one person that you don’t want to see, but it is willing to protect you.  In this case, the fundraiser’s sole objective is to raise money by any means necessary.  Storytelling might bring people to watch a mural, but the fundraiser drives the nonprofits to monetary success.

This brings to the overall point about working for nonprofits currently is strictly business.  Don’t get me wrong, there are going to be business aspects anywhere you go, including nonprofits, but nonprofits need to pick their spots.  What business does for nonprofits is give them structure, but it is also the nonprofits job to keep the focus on their cause and storytelling, but the both can overlap at times.

In the two posts I wrote about nonprofits the past couple weeks, one thing that stands out is work that you care for.  That is why I mention to job seekers to find three organizations/causes you want to work for.  If you don’t have any purpose of what you’re working, then what’s the point of job searching and vice versa for the employees working in nonprofits?

This was the first #Pubcamp and my first unconference and to be honest, I thought I was missing something when there was no schedule.  I then realize that people set out the schedule in the beginning.  It also helped that there was hour delay because of a bike race in DC and it was raining, but around 250 braved the rain and bikes to come to the first #pubcamp.  It is also to note that it was the quickest introduction I’ve been to and they were very helpful to know each person with each person saying their three tags. Onto the sessions I’ve attended:

Citizen Journalism and Public Media

This was the most intense of all the sessions and there are a lot of things that were said, and Jessie X sums up perfectly of why there was tension in the session.  I want add that journalism is still a competitive sport where people are still fighting for stories.  There was one person who said their site does better covering DC than other stations and websites.  That right there shows not only a generational difference, but journalism is still competitive and it is every company for themselves, which brings me to a conversation I had with Charles Meyer and this was not mentioned in the session, but people are looking more towards the internet for the news than newspapers.  Television is still important, but the internet is catching up because there are various opinions and people can select their own news and which ones they believe in.  This tells me that although it’s great you have the story, get all the information and tell the WHOLE story.  This is why NPR and other sites are getting readers/listeners/viewers because they have the time to get the whole story and not care who has the first story.  The morale of the story is get the the story right and have a lot of specifics to clarify the audience.

Social Media Success Stories

I think mostly everyone knows Public Media have been in the forefront in social media and mobile applications.  I want to bring one thing that was mention Amy Wielunski and she mention that although the average donations are down, membership is up.  This is where I believe social media plays a key role not only for Public Media, but in nonprofits and associations.  Nonprofits will not see the big donors donate anytime soon, but through social media, public media can develop an army of supporters and ask them to donate whatever amount.  However, I do think organizations like NPR, PBS, and CPB need to tell their audience/members to donate to their local stations better, but they are improving in that area.

Gaming in Social Media

This was the most anticipated of all the sessions and depending on your viewpoint, you either got it completely, or you slowly understand gaming.  In my case, it was the latter.  The first half of the session was very technical and most of true gamers would understand was going on.  In the last half of the session, almost everyone participate asking themselves: 1) if these games can bring value to the members and 2) how would stations take advantage of the games to help fund stations.  It was a great discussion and more to talk about but here are three games, in my opinion, would help the stations, members, and viewers/listeners:

• Maria Carter mentioned a FourSquare type game for NPR/PBS news and stories.
• Andy Carvin mention the best idea that NPR should have a NPR Fantasy Head League where listeners drafts a personality and gets points of being on-air and the brevity of the story.  Personally, I want this so Carl Kasell can breakdown each NPR personality, what are their strengths and weaknesses and how much potential “air time” they have.  You have your own Mel Kiper, Jr.  By the way, if I have the first pick, it would be Carl Kasell and then Tavis Smiley (we are talking about the whole public media, right?)
• The last one, which almost everyone agreed, is follow the Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me Daily Quiz model and enhance that to give current event and NPR stories to friends and family.

Conclusion

I only went on Saturday and didn’t go on Sunday, but from the live setting and the tweets, almost all of the people attending are dedicated to improve public media and bring close a community of citizens and members.  I think this was NPR, PBS, and CPB idea of to capture what vibe they have.  I think Public Media knows they have done something great for new media and their stations.  I really think the number one question is how the people attending and others donate.  Should they go for a big donation, or rally up a number of supporters who are willing to donate even if it’s a small amount?  That question will be remain to be seen, but as everyone agrees who participated at #pubcamp that they’re doing it for better relationships between media and citizens.

For more references from #pubcamp, go to Digiphile’s blog  and videos of the event.

This blog post is one of many blogs participating on Blog Action Day.  This year, the focus is on Climate Change.  For more information and look at other posts about climate change, go to http://www.blogactionday.org.

In one of the sermons I attended last year at Church, I listen to the priest talk about the presidential election. I would imagine the priest would talk about abortion and why it is bad, which I understand.  However, the priest use his sermon to stage a rant and rally all the churchgoers to vote for John McCain because he opposes abortion and Obama does not.  The problem I had with the sermon was not that he opposes abortion. I do believe abortion is murder under my religion, but that is my personal stance.  My real problem was the priest acted like abortion was the only issue people should care about and should be above war, the economy, healthcare, and climate change for most concern issue.  This is why people outside of religion look down on us because our leaders do not see the big picture.  I cannot dispute why people are angry at one’ shallow’s point of view, but this is to tell everyone: Catholics do care about climate change.

Before the Spring of this year, I thought I care about the environment but really I talked about it but didn’t do much to help out.  Probably it was during Lent season that made me turnaround and made me serious what I do with my actions.  The first big test was on Earth Hour where everyone turned off all the electricity for one hour.  From that one hour, I understand I was fortunate to have a roof over me and a uniquely loving family.  The only bad part from the experience was I missed out the last minute between Pittsburgh and Villanova.  I was mad at first, but three things I realize: 1) I did it for a good cause, 2) I can catch the ending on replay, and 3) either team would of lost to North Carolina.

After Lent season, I started taking short showers, turning off all the lights, be part of the Animal Revolution (if you listen to the Tony Kornheiser Show, you will understand the joke) and take alternate transportation, which I have done for the past 8 years.  There are times I do forget to do those things and use to be no big deal.  Now, if I forget to turn off the lights or turn off the water, I get visibly upset to do it and hopefully the next day, I turn it off.  It is still a growing process and new to me, but I know it is better for my own benefit, which leads to an organization I found on the internet.

There is a group called the Catholic Climate Covenant and they’re a group of religious leaders, scientists, lawmakers, and business owners who focus on climate change.  It would seem like a joke was coming, but you heard that right.  Only climate change can unite religion, science, business, and government to focus on possibly the biggest issue going on globally.  Which topic can do that today?  They came together because it is their job as Catholics on how to settle Mother Earth and tell us as humans, it is our job to keep Mother Earth as green as it is, which Andrew Sullivan sums up best.  So far, we’re failing that mission: ocean temperatures have risen; the ecosystem is out of whack; violent hurricanes; were creating new areas for offices, not sustaining existing landscapes, and others.  There is one way to prevent this from making our Earth worse: Us.

As Catholics, go out there and make a contribution (small or big) of any kind to help Mother Earth by:

• Assisting the poor for survival not only today, but for future generations
• Donating money that help combat climate change
• Gardening
• Taking alternate transportation
• Turning off the lights
• Lobbying to Congress
• Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
• Changing lifestyle
• And others

Don’t forget, as we are living in this planet, it is our job from the Guy Above to keep Earth in great shape for future generations.  This is not recommendation from Catholics, it is A REQUIREMENT!

By the way, anyone know a good place to buy a banana tree plant?

In honor of Nonprofit Career Month, and since I deal with nonprofits all day, I’ll take a stab of what it takes to be in nonprofits.

This is a unique time for a nonprofit employee and job seeker.  The economy is still recovering from the recession, but nonprofits are laying off and eliminating jobs to save costs.   However, there are plenty who want to come into the nonprofit world but don’t know how.  Here are the three questions you must ask yourself:

The first question is what is your motivation.  You must have a purpose of why you’re going to nonprofits. Please do not say that you want to go to nonprofits for the sake of it.  In nonprofits, there are numerous choices to go work for nonprofits from the environment, education, civil rights, jobs, even Furry Animal Mascots.  The point here is have a focus on what you want to do and if its money, then work for a for-profit company (unless you want to make money digital and paperless, then there’s an organization for that, I think).

The second question you must ask is do you have the threshold to be in the nonprofit sector.  Remember that nonprofits don’t pay well and work long hours on occasion.  Can you take being underpaid but also take steps to budget yourself for the year?  Can you move closer to your workplace? What about alternative transportation? Eat out or go organic? Do I want to start a family?  All these questions (and more) must be answer and plan ahead.

The third and final question is do you have the skill set and dedication to move into nonprofits.  Every skill set can be transferable from all sectors, but can you be 100% committed to a new area?  Although skill sets transfer, the rules, procedures, and environment change.  Basically it is asking: Are you willing to convert from evil to good?

If your answer is that you still want to work for nonprofits, then act like a nonprofiteer and be proactive.  Go volunteer to events that you want to attend, attend  networking events for a good cause (like Twestival), find people through social media since most nonprofiteers are there, and find people who know how nonprofits operate in their area (HR, Finance, Programs).  To give you a head start, here are the Nonprofit Millennial Bloggers Alliance. 

In a nonprofit career, you have to be 100% committed and dedicated on what you’re doing and anything less than that, try to find another profession.  There are many causes to work or join;  you just have to find something that gets you motivated for your own reason to make your nonprofit career work.

Good Luck!

We’re in the middle of Fall and when I think of Fall, I think of leaves falling, football (and hockey season), the fiscal year, and the new TV season.  This leads to the sixth recipient of the award.  Most will not remember his name, but you will…

DAVE NELSON

If you have not watch NewsRadio (which is likely almost everyone who reads this), it is a “behind the scenes” look of how a radio station runs.  The main character is Dave Nelson, who came from Wisconsin and travel to New York to save WNYX, New York’s news station.  Dave came into the station as the “savior” and he did not use force or volatility for his position.  Dave uses rational, pragmatic, and patience (does it remind you of someone?) in his approach to the workplace.  Dave also knows how to motivate his employees, especially Matthew Brock, to do their best and keep it simple.

Of course, any boss will have flaws and Dave has a number of flaws.  He is dating in the workplace with Lisa, making some employees squirm.  Dave also lied that he is a Canadian citizen and came to the U.S. and worried that if Americans discover he’s Canadian, they would assume he’s a spy and call the CIA for his capture. 

Even with all those flaws, Dave turns that into a strength and use that as a learning lesson.  He was once demoted from his Station Manager chair, and then regain it back.  Although all the personalities surround him are unique, his even-keel manner helps make WNYX stay afloat for five seasons. 

So to Dave Nelson, hiding somewhere in the States to be avoided as a Canadian Spy, congratulations on being the sixth recipient of the Pop Culture HR Award.

Video below is the best HR related episode, IMHO:

Laurie asked me to elaborate on the comments I made on her Letterman post and I will do that.  Just to summarize:  Letterman confess he had sex with other staff workers and a CBS News Producer was going to extort him for $2 million. Dave saw something was not right and called the police to create fake check to the producer, which has created this mess.  There are so many HR factors in this story that I will break this down in several areas.

Moral Stance:

We all agree what Letterman did was immoral and if it were any other business, he would be fired.  However, he owns his company, World Wide Pants and he can create the rules, which leads to my next topic…

Letterman’s History:

If you know your David Letterman history, he started his show with his then girlfriend, Merill Markoe.  It started off as a morning show, but then one-year later, it was following the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.  If Letterman and Markoe were building a staff, would the staff know that the two were dating and would we hear any qualms of the relationship?  Another thing is if you seen Letterman interview female celebrities like Madonna, Drew Barrymore, Teri Garr, and Julia Roberts, you know he’s a flirt.  If anyone seemed so shocked of the news, look into his past history.

HR and Work Environment:

With all the scandals and hoopla, we would imagine we would hear a lot more stories from staff and crew.  The thing is, there’s no history of a hostile work environment or “taken advantage of a situation” moment.  No one complaint about Dave’s relationship with Merrill or his relationship with Stephanie Birkitt, which I think the staff knew there was some tension since Dave had great “chemistry” with Stephanie.  You would also imagine if a former staff writer or crew will spill the beans on Letterman, but from this Writers Strike in 2007, it sure looks like Letterman took care of his employees.

Personal Environment:

Stephanie and the CBS News Producer had a relationship and my guess is Stephanie mention she had a relationship with Dave and the producer had a Blago moment and wanted to extort money from Letterman but got caught red-handed.  Also, my friend, Bill Lehecka, told me from his source that the producer in question, made contributions to Sarah Palin’s run last year.  This makes it a little more shady since Palin has a huge grudge on Letterman and was seeking revenge and look if Letterman was a “hypocrite.”

Big Picture:

In the HR perspective, this is probably one of the most unique cases in business.  Letterman had sexual relationships during work, yet you hear no complaints at work.  This would classify as a hostile environment, but everyone gets along and it proves that Dave would do anything for his employees.  Also, there would be clues that if Dave use his power to promote Stephanie and from the looks of it, his “relationship” helped her get a law degree, which has not done anything to do with work, which leads me to relationships at work.  I don’t mind people have crushes or fall in love at work, but here are two things if you’re going to keep you relationship at work: keep it amongst yourselves and don’t mess up “company property” and if you do, cleanup and pay.  If I see “stuff” in any property, it’s an automatic firing.  As a rule of thumb for HR: have ground rules on relationships, but don’t deny true love.

The second point is the media/PR standpoint.  I read articles that Dave’s confession in public was weird and bizarre.  Was it weird and bizarre that Letterman was ahead of the curve and had to release the story in public since it would harm his company?  By getting ahead of the story, Letterman diffuse the trouble a little with open candor.  Was the media expecting your typical canned answers, were they amazed Letterman had an affair?  This leads to what is wrong with mainstream media.  The only stories I hear from broadcast and cable TV is Letterman had an affair, instead of a major crime was committed.  Is this the mainstream media’s answer to survive: juicy stories on celebrities?  Now, you know why the general public doesn’t trust the mainstream media

My impression is this:  Letterman did something morally and ethically wrong, but did not do anything legally wrong.  Also, as surprise as you maybe; behind the million dollars, houses, and notoriety, he is human but is one of the most unique leaders currently with his ironic demeanor, Midwestern roots, and a thing for regular folks.  It is hard to pinpoint who he is, but we’re making attempts because we want to know.  The only people who knows the situation is Dave and the other parties involve and that’s their business, not ours.  I guess we are a peephole society.

I had a busy Saturday and I want to share it because I felt like it and so many stuff to tell.

It begin with what suppose to be a trolley tour to George Mason to see the old and new buildings.  Apparently, the trolley broke down on Braddock Avenue, so instead, they replace it with a tour bus that had disco lights and wine glasses.  It was a nice tour and my favorite part of the tour was the new MasonVale, where it’s 1950s sitcom style of housing and faculty live there.

After getting some grub and getting attack by bees and caricature artists, I went to a session on Being Green and actually learn something from it.  Actually, I did my own Eco FootPrint Test and actually tested well…except for food.  Apparently, if I become a vegan, I save one whole planet.  That is not going to happen. anytime soon…unless it’s Lent.

After the Green session, I headed to Jim Larranaga’s session and easily was one of the better sessions as Larranaga told stories from GMU’s teams of past, present, and future, why he came here, and the Mike Morrison story, which was hilarious.  After the George Mason School of Management Silver Anniversary Reception (since I’m with the Board of Directors), it was time to head to DC.

Initially, I didn’t have tickets for the game since it already sold out, but luckily one of my Caps Twitter friends had some tickets available.  I was able to afford it and got to go to the Caps season opener.  There were two main reasons I wanted to go to the game: hockey, and tweetups.  The hockey action was great…for the first two periods with the Caps scoring 6 goals in that span and had control of the game from the start.  Also, there were a lot of red uniforms in the stands and this is slowly becoming a hockey town.  If you don’t believe that, ask Elliotte Friedman of CBC, and yes, Pierre McGuire.

The other main reason I want to go is see my other #Caps tweeters in action and catch up on what they did over the summer.  It was like a family reunion or a Caps Hockey Thanksgiving, but we have to pay for our food.  I met the usual gang and finally met the prominent Caps Tweeters for the first time and wish I could do more of these over the season and concludes in raising the Cup in D.C.

So, how was your weekend?

Photos from Super Saturday