Calendar of events.Extend the core knowledge of parks and recreation professionals. The most up-to-date listing of national, state and local conferences and workshops is available online at www.nrpa.org. To ensure a listing in Parks & Recreation's Calendar of Events, please provide all pertinent information no less than three months prior to the conference date Earlier submissions allow readers to better plan their yearly conference schedules, and are encouraged. To be added to the NRPA print and Web calendars, contact Doug Vaira at dvaira@nrpa.org or 703-858-2151 * Indicates an NRPA-sponsored event November Nov. 1-2 Aquatic Facility Operator Certification Course Green Bay, Wis. Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association Contact: Juliene Heifer HEIFER. A young cow, which has not had a calf. A beast of this kind two years and a half old, was held to be improperly described in the indictment as a cow. 2 East, P. C. 616; 1 Leach, 105. , (262) 250-4710. Approved for 1.5 CEUs Nov. 2-5 WVRPA Annual Conference Huntington, W.Va. West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. Recreation and Park Association Contact: Johnette Nelson, (304) 528-5183, johni@ghprd.org. Nov. 3-5 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. Contact: Paula Diller, (573) 636-7482, Ext. 4 or paula@mopark.org. Nov. 4 Legal Symposium Oakbrook, Ill. Illinois Association of Park Districts Contact: Sue Beard, (217) 523-4554, sbeard@ILparks.org. Nov. 4-5 Aquatic Facility Operator Certification Course Carol Stream, Ill. Contact: Sheila Lowrey, (630) 752-0141. Nov. 4-5 Adult Leadership Training Workshop Mesa, Ariz. Maryland Rec & Parks Assn & Arizona Parks & Rec Assn. Contact: (800) 335-7275, apra@azpra.org, www.azpra.org. Nov. 4-5 Aquatic Facility Operator Certification Course Jacksonville, Fla. Contact: Laura Morse, (561) 744-1557, Ext. 117. Nov. 5-7 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Murfreesboro, Tenn. Contact: Candi Rawlins, (615) 494-5770, candi@trpa.net. Nov. 6-7 Aquatic Facility Operator Certification Course Murfreesboro, Tenn. Contact: Candi Rawlins, (615) 494-5770, candi@trpa.net, www.trpa.net/calendar.htm. Nov. 7-10 CPRS CPRS Canadian Public Relations Society CPRS Computerized Patient Record System CPRS California Park and Recreation Society CPRS Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale CPRS Center for Political Research and Studies (Cairo University) Administrators Institute Monterey, Calif. California Park & Recreation Society Administrators Section Contact: Leslie Fritz, (916) 665-2777, leslie@cprs.org. Nov. 7-10 TRPA 53rd Annual Conference Murfreesboro, Tenn. Tennessee Recreation and Park Association Contact: Candi Rawlins, (615) 494-5770, info@trpa.net. Nov. 8-9 Aquatic Facility Operator Certification Course Kaneohe, Hawaii--Marine Corps Base Contact: Harry Sprague, (808) 254-7655, harry.sprague@usmc.mccs.org. Nov. 8-9 MRPA MRPA Michigan Recreation and Parks Association MRPA Michigan Rifle & Pistol Association (Livonia, MI) MRPA Most Recent Previous Access MRPA Municipal Pension Retirees Association MRPA Montana Rifle & Pistol Association 20th Annual State Conference Hyannis, Mass. Massachusetts Recreation and Park Association Contact: Pat Armstrong, CPRP CPRP cardiopulmonary cerebroresuscitation. , (508) 790-9133, parmstrong@yarmauth.ma.us. Nov. 8-10 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Cedar Park, Texas Cedar Park is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. A small portion of the city also sits in Travis County, Texas. From a population of 5,161 in 1990, Cedar Park grew to a population of 26,049 at the 2000 census. Contact: (512) 267-5550. Nov. 8-10 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. Contact: Steve Carpenter, (801) 491-9867. Nov. 10-12 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Columbia, S.C. Contact: Jim Headley, (803) 808-7753, www.scrpago.homestead.com/, info@scrpa.org. Nov. 11-12 Aquatic Facility Operator Certification Course Kaneohe, Hawaii, Kaneohe Yacht Club Contact: Harry Sprague, (808) 254-7855, harry.sprague@usmc.mccs.org. Nov. 13-14 Aquatic Facility Operator Certification Course Hickory Hickory, city, United States Hickory, city (1990 pop. 28,301), Burke and Catawba counties, W N.C., at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mts.; inc. 1870. It is a processing and trade center for an abundant agricultural region (grain, soybeans, poultry, hogs, , N.C., NCRPS Contact: Michelle Wells, (919) 832 5868. * Nov. 14-19 Pacific Southwest Maintenance Management School Lake Arrowhead Lake Arrowhead may refer to:
tr.v. bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards 1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles. 2. To assail persistently, as with requests. See Synonyms at attack, barrage2. 3. , (703) 858-2187, dbombard@nrpa.org. Nov. 15-17 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Emeryville, Calif. Contact: (916)665-2777 or www.cprs.org/training-playground.htm. Nov. 22-23 44th Annual CRPA CRPA Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali CRPA Canadian Radiation Protection Association CRPA Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna CRPA California Rifle & Pistol Association CRPA Controlled Radiation Pattern Antenna CRPA Columbia River Packers Association State Conference & Trade Show Uncasville, Conn. Contact: CRPA, (860) 721-0384, info@crpa.com. December Dec. 1-3 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Syracuse, N.Y. Contact: (518) 584-0321, Ext. 11. Dec. 1-3 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Kissimmee, Fla. Contact: Lori Kohl, (850) 878-3221, lori@frpa.org. Dec. 2-3 Aquatic Facility Operator Certification Course Sunrise, Fla. CES Contact: Laura Morse, (800) 940-1557, Ext 117. Dec. 6-8 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Cerritos, Calif. Contact: (916)665-2777 or www.cprs.org, www.cprs.org/training-playground.htm. Dec. 8-10 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam State College, Pa. Contact: (814) 234-4272. Dec. 20-21 Aquatic Facility Operator Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. , OPRA OPRA Open Public Records Act (New Jersey) OPRA Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (UK government) OPRA Options Price Reporting Authority OPRA Ohio Parks and Recreation Association Contact: Charlotte Walker, (614) 895-2222, www.opraonline.org. January 2005 * Jan. 12-15 15th National Executive Development School Los Cruces cru·ces n. A plural of crux. , N.M. Contact: Jessica Pagonis, (703) 858-2154, jpagonis@nrpa.org. Jan. 18-19 Aquatic Facility Operator Whippany, N.J. Contact: Janice Bruno, (610) 277-9965, Ext. 10. Jan. 19-21 National Playground Safety Institute Course & Exam Columbia, Md. Maryland Recreation and Park Association Contact: David Goodwin, (410) 887-3823, dgoodwin@co.ba.md.us. Educational Highlights 15th National Executive Development School Jan. 12-15, 2005 Los Cruces Hilton Los Cruces, N.M. The National Executive Development School is made up of a two-year program and a professional symposium. Attendees complete the school after the second year, but can still return every year for the professional symposium. The symposium is designed as a 2.5 day workshop focusing on specific topics that are in the forefront of current industry challenges. GENERAL SESSIONS Managing Your Culture of Service Excellence John Garcia, Owner/President, Hospitality, Inc., Albuquerque, N.M. Creating Organizational Innovation Barbara Heller, Executive Director, Elk Grove Elk Grove can refer to:
Strategies For Staying Successful When Times Are Tight Wayne Hunicke, President/Founder, Advanced Management Systems, Inc., Orlando, Fla. FIRST YEAR As a first-year student, you will participate in a combination of presentations and interactive exercises for a quality learning experience. And, through sharing challenges, strategies and successes, you will learn from other recreation professionals. First Year Sessions include: * Budget: Doing More for Less * Creating a Shared Vision * Discipline as the Positive Last Resort * Professionalism: A Standard We Set for Ourselves * Serving people with Disabilities-Beyond the Basics * Youth Sports Administration * Recreation Tourism: The Power of Partnership * Team Building for Maximum Productivity * Strategy and Politics of a Successful Tax Supported Capital Improvement Program * Building Political Support SECOND YEAR The second-year program is offered for those students who have completed the first-year program. Sessions are designed to offer second-year attendees an engaging, intimate setting allowing for discussion, problem solving problem solving Process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. and shared successes that can he applied to your own agency. Second-year sessions include: * Building Internal Staff Teams * Conducting Public Hearings in Parks & Recreation; A Discussion of 4 Models * Contract Management * Tourism and Parks & Recreation--Developing and Sustaining a Partnership * Media Relations * Reducing Exposure Thru Employment Cycle * Revenue Enhancement revenue enhancement An increase in revenues, especially by way of increased taxes. Revenue enhancement includes reducing taxpayer deductions and eliminating tax credits. * Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. in Your Community * Open Space & Adventure Tours * Ethics: The Key to Successful Management PROFESSIONAL SYMPOSIUM Continuing Development through the Professional Symposium Track The challenge is that every public and private organization is being pressured to "do more with less." Today's economic and political realities are forcing leaders to manage: * Growing service demands * Increasing customer expectations * Tightening budget and capital constraints * Reductions in staffing levels Better, faster, cheaper is not just a cliche, it's an operational imperative and key to survival. This symposium will show hew hew v. hewed, hewn or hewed, hew·ing, hews v.tr. 1. To make or shape with or as if with an ax: hew a path through the underbrush. 2. to answer these challenges by identifying and resolving key performance and resource problems using proven process improvement methodology. Participants will learn how to: * Identify and quantify key needs and areas of opportunity * Prioritize and establish improvement goals in targeted areas * Discover high impact, high-leverage process improvements * Involve employees in design and Implementation of changes * Implement an ongoing improvement strategy that delivers measurable, predictable progress on a sustained basis. A Fresh Topic Each Year: Contrary to understanding in most park and recreation offices, there is no "graduation" from the National Executive Development School. Introduced in 2004, the Professional Symposium track now offers continuing development in perpetuity Of endless duration; not subject to termination. The phrase in perpetuity is often used in the grant of an Easement to a utility company. in perpetuity adj. forever, as in one's right to keep the profits from the land in perpetuity. through focused exploration of a single topic each year. 28th Rocky Mountain Revenue Management School Feb. 5-9, 2005 The Stanley Hotel Estes Park. Colo. The Rocky Mountain Revenue Management School provides an intensive, advanced educational opportunity for professionals at all levels. The school is designed on a "track" system. Delegates have the choice to register for three different tracks: Directors/Senior Management, Revenue or Management. There is also a one-day opportunity for participants to experience a wider variety of courses. Each track's curriculum provides sessions that are relevant and applicable to the current needs of park and recreation professionals. KEYNOTE Repositioning repositioning Laparoscopic surgery The changing of a Pt's position during a procedure to improve access or visualization of the operative field, which may be linked to complications, as it changes anatomic planes of operation. Cf Laparoscopic surgery. Parks and Recreation John L. Crompton, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near to three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San GENERAL SESSIONS Transforming Your Organization Barbara Heller, Elk Groove Park District, Elk Groove Village, Ill. Making the Case for Better Funding John L. Crompton, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Business Not As Usual (Optional Session) John Drew and Steve Wolter, Eppley Institute for Parks & Public Lands DIRECTOR/SENIOR MANAGEMENT TRACK * Strategy and Vision: It's What Real Leaders Do * Employee Injury Prevention and Wellness * Anything Can Happen-Are You Ready? * A Better Way for Level-of-Service Standards REVENUE TRACK * What Do You Really Know? * Developing a Fees and Charges Policy Manual * Are You Fees and Charges Working For You? * Controlling Employee Theft in the Workplace * Panel: What in the Web Do We Know Anyway? * Creative Cooperative Agency * Revenue Optimization of Recreation Facilities * Harvest the Low Hanging Fruit MANAGEMENT TRACK * The Art of Customer Loyalty * Staff Retention; Keeping the Cream of the Crop * Risk Management--Winning Through Prevention * Direct vs. Indirect Costs Indirect costs are costs that are not directly accountable to a particular function or product; these are fixed costs. Indirect costs include taxes, administration, personnel and security costs. See also
* Square Peg, Round Hole--Does the Program Fit Your Agency? * CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International : Case Study Investigation * Brand Identity--What is Yours? * Process Improvements For more information on any of the education sessions mentioned, visit www.nrpa.org or call 1-800-626-6772. Pacific Northwest Park Northwest Park is a municipally owned park in the town of Windsor, Connecticut, which includes walking trails, soccer fields and a nature center. Located in the Poquonock section of Windsor along the Farmington River, the park covers 473 acres of forests, fields and recreational and Recreation Resource Management School Feb. 6-11, 2005 Fort Worden Fort Worden State Park is a state park located along Admiralty Inlet in Jefferson County near Port Townsend, Washington.[1] It is situated on 433 acres (1.8 km²) originally built as a United States Army installation for the protection of Puget Sound. State Park Port Townsend, Wash. The Pacific Northwest Park & Recreation Resource Management School provides and educational setting to explore philosophies and techniques of resource management, as well as provides a training opportunity for people who have responsibilities or interest in these field. Students will gain a better understanding for stewardships of developed land, facilities and natural resources. Are you ready to develop your skills as a parks, recreation or natural resources practitioner? Are you willing to take the time to improve yourself and make your organization better? The school is designed to serve park and recreation directors, supervisory personnel and those aspiring to leadership positions in the park profession. Students are park and recreation directors, maintenance supervisors, park rangers A park ranger is a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands, forests (then called a forest ranger), wilderness areas, as well as other natural resources and protected cultural resources. and field staff. Each year, students and faculty meet for an intensive week-long session, honing Honing could refer to
FIRST YEAR This is an introduction to methods of developing maintenance programs, philosophies, and procedures. Sessions include: * Inventories and classifications of areas, facilities and tasks * Work activity and job descriptions, work loading, planning and evaluations * Class work incorporates in-class exercises and a team project Topics include: * Communications/Team Building * Hazard Tree Evaluation * Turf Management Turf management or pitchcare describes the work needed to keep a sporting pitch ready for use. This article looks at the various types of sporting pitches and the type of challenges which they present. * Parks & Recreation Facilities * Horticulture horticulture [Lat. hortus=garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large * Current Issues * Budget * Risk Management * Natural Management SECOND YEAR The second-year class picks up where the first year Resource Management Planning class ends. The class builds on the first-year material to cover budget development and management, scheduling work, work performance and management of maintenance information systems. Sessions include class exercises and team project. Topics include: * Customer Service * Maintenance Contract Management * Communication * Major Maintenance Projects * Digital Technology * Supervision and Conflict Management THIRD YEAR GRAD The purpose of the third-year program is to provide park professionals with the knowledge and skills that will help them enhance their personal effectiveness in their work and career and increase organization performance. Most training for parks professionals tends to focus upon technical knowledge and skills. Unfortunately, topics such as interpersonal communications Interpersonal communication is the process of sending and receiving information between two or more people. Types of Interpersonal Communication This kind of communication is subdivided into dyadic communication, Public speaking, and small-group communication. , problem solving, leadership and coaching, are seldom addressed. The knowledge and skills associated with these topics are critical for career success and advancement and for creating highly effectiveness organizations. This third-year program is open to all individuals who have completed their first and second year at the school. Topics are geared toward current and future park professionals seeking professional development and opportunities for career advancement. Because of the interactive nature of the forum, the number of participants is limited. |
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