Sessions At-A-Glance
- Thursday 28 Jan 2021
- Friday 29 Jan 2021
Thursday 28 Jan 2021
11:30 am
305 - Dear Millennial, Overcoming Generation Stereotypes in the Workplace
Kristina Nemetz
A new generation has arrived in the workplace (Generation Z), another generation seems to be getting a bad rap (Millennial), and a new micro-generation has been discovered (Xennial). This session is aimed at those born after 1980 and Baby Boomers/ Gen X’s that find themselves with employees they just don’t understand. Whether you are fighting against the stereotypes of your own generation or trying to stop using the “millennial” label in the workplace this session is a good step to increase collaboration. Understand yourself and other generations as we discuss how to overcome the struggles of labeling. Come with an open mind, there are some hard lessons to learn and new ways to think about your team.
3:45 pm
13 - Bouncing Back: Lessons Learned and Opportunities From COVID
Chris Nunes
Friday 29 Jan 2021
10:00 am
110 - Legal/Legislative, Part I
Jason Anselment, Derke Price
Legal experts will discuss new laws and recent court decisions that affect park districts, conservation districts, forest preserves, recreation, and special recreation agencies. New legal requirements affecting district employment, board meeting, and purchasing policies will be discussed along with statutory changes that may impact district facilities and operations. Recent tort liability cases that provide guideposts in your agency's day-to-day operations will also be covered. Attendees will also receive information about the latest developments from the state capitol and insight on what to expect during the upcoming legislative session. Stay current on a wide variety of changes in the law and learn how those changes will affect the operation of your agency.
413 - Creating and Ensuring a Relevant Parks and Recreation Agency
Chris Nunes
The challenges of today are multi-faceted and can range from social ills to business models. Do we attempt to solve them all or identify what problems our agency’s effectively address? What is most important is to understand how to be relevant, thus making sports and recreation agencies a critical success factor to the success of a community. Along the way identification and development of critical advocates to ensure your success is needed. This session will address how to evaluate where you are, the identification of critical advocates and implement a plan for relevance.
11:15 am
414 - Great Expectations Can Revenue Goals and Social Equity Co-Exist
Chris Nunes
The roots of the recreation profession lie in the playground movement of the 1880’s. We were a social service created to keep children safe, but today we are asked to be a service that recovers its cost: can both of these co-exist??? In this session we will review how to identify and address community need, address cost recovery goals and meet the mandate for equity in services. These two mandates can co-exist if a relevant service is provided based on planning, market segmentation, competition analysis and financial performance monitoring.
4:00 pm
Keynote General Session
Jason Benetti
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