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Richard Louv keynote inspiring for all

Acclaimed author of “Last Child in the Woods” and seven other books, Richard Louv, honored park and recreation professionals in IL as the keynote speaker at this year’s 2008 IAPD/IPRA Soaring To New Heights Conference. Louv has some amazing ideas - and fears - about our generation and generations to come.
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Pre-Conference workshops off to great start

The unofficial start to the 2008 Soaring to New Heights Conference began this morning with 8 great workshops from amazing speakers. I had the pleasure of sitting in on some of the workshops to get a taste of what current issues and trends are important to park and recreation professionals.
The morning workshops had a [...]

Important changes to the Program Guide

We want to inform you that there have been some changes to the 2008 Soaring to New Heights Conference Program Guide. Please be sure to make any necessary changes to your schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
CANCELLATIONS
Session 322, Making Your Website ADA Compliant has been cancelled.
Session 426, Adventure Programming [...]

2008 Office Support Workshop

The Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association are excited to bring you the Office Support Workshop, held in conjunction with the 2008 IAPD/IPRA Soaring to New Heights Conference, in a new format this year! It is designed with quality professional development breakouts delivered in a format that encourages discourse, networking [...]

Start planning your conference experience

Did you know you can already start planning your 2008 Soaring To New Heights Conference experience? With so many great educational sessions, networking opportunities, social events and business meetings it’s never too early to plan ahead.
Located in the left sidebar of the Conference site - or by clicking here - you can flip through [...]

Richard Louv to be keynote speaker

Acclaimed author of “Last Child in the Woods” and seven other books, Richard Louv, will honor us as the keynote speaker at this year’s 2008 IAPD/IPRA Soaring To New Heights Conference. Louv has some amazing ideas - and fears - about our generation and generations to come.
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Need CEUs?

Please note if you are registering for the IAPD/IPRA Soaring to New Heights Conference and you want to apply for CEUs for Friday and Saturday sessions – please be sure you select that option when you are completing your registration online or on the registration form.
If this option is not selected – you will not [...]