Volunteer managers will walk away with adrenalin to motivate staff and lead volunteers to strengthen interpersonal relationships. Concepts from appreciation, hindrance, negative feelings, bridging territories, developing a volunteer management team will be reviewed and assessed. Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to:
It’s easy for strategic plans to become stale and even leaders with the best intentions can find it hard to ensure that these and other plans stay top-of-mind and up-to-date. Whether you’re trying to increase the engagement and motivation of your staff
With the significant changes the park and recreation industry has gone through over the last 30 years, it is time for us to use the power of organizational culture to help manage change. This presentation will show you how to identify your
The recent health, economic and social crises have created an urgent need for organizations to better understand their financial realities in order to prepare themselves for the uncertainties that lie ahead. What better way to help your organization and ultimately your community
In the new age of COVID 19, we were all forced into needing to make changes within our organization, the challenge is for us to help and support people through these individual transitions, which can be intensely traumatic, and involve loss of
The cloak under which we all once existed and called “normal” has been ripped away, likely gone forever. Looking back, “normal” may have worked for some but it wasn’t all that great for others. Excessive entitlement, greed, political self-interest, unsustainable growth, inequities
Join us for the 3rd edition of this popular “Girl Power” session! This year, our seasoned panel of industry executives will focus on powerful communication skills that will help you to stand out in a crowd. Additionally, we’ll cover crisis leadership tactics
NMBL Strategies’ CEO, Eric Moraczewski and Dion Brown, Managing Director of Nonprofit Services, look forward to sharing the economic influence museums and green spaces can make upon communities and how that’s being affected by world events now and in the future. It
Park and recreation professionals faced an uncharted year with COVID-19. NRPA launched a weekly national survey in late March 2020 to understand how members were navigating the evolving response and recovery efforts in their communities. Over 2000 surveys were completed by NRPA
From COVID-19 to mass furloughs and economic upheaval to civil unrest, the past year has brought about seismic disruptions to the industry, unlike anything we’ve seen before. In the midst of these challenges, parks, recreation, special recreation, forest preserves and conservation agencies