Getting the Most From Your TRPA Membership through the TRPA Website (August 18, 2008) Join us here to learn the tricks and tips to accessing your membership benefits through the members onlyt areas of the TRPA website.
Administration/Management
Leading the Unleadable, Unmanageable, and Unbossable (September 5, 2008) The most effective leaders truly know their people. Yet scale or size of organizations can create many problems and make it difficult for leaders to get to know their people. This session is designed to help leaders from team leaders to CEOs to learn to deal with the apparent "unleadable, unmanagable & unbossible" employees, teams and departments. The primary focus of the session is upon learning many ways to get to know (Connect) with all employees and to better understand ourselves.
Budgets Made Simple! (November 18, 2008) Have you ever been tasked with creating a budget for a program, event, class or facility and don’t know where to begin? This session introduces the fundamentals of creating, implementing and evaluating different types of budgets and philosophies as well as providing examples, project plans, outlines and helpful tips for budget preparation. Speaker: Lisa A. Piefer, CPRP, Purchasing Officer – City of Germantown
Aquatics/Wellness
Youth Nutrition (November 18, 2008) Learn how to teach kids about healthy eating, incorporating sound nutrition in a hectic schedule and how the media targets kids at an early age to eat high caloric foods. Speaker: Chad Hill, Fitness/Wellness Director - Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department
Administration/Management
Reaching Your Leadership Potential (November 19, 2008) Identify the qualities of a leader, test your listening ability and learn of sources to improve your leadership potential. Learn the positive and negative attributes of different types of leaders. Speaker: Mike Gorham, Director of Youth Services –MWR, Fort Campbell, KY
Athletics
Easy Steps to Holding a Golf Tournament (November 19, 2008) This session will provide some best practices for soliciting golf tournaments at your city golf courses. How to contact area organizations, where to market, what preparation is needed for the event, tournament policies and procedures, and what coordination you need to set in place for a successful golf tournament. Speaker: Sylvia Pinson, CPRP, Director - Shelbyville Parks & Recreation
Maintenance
Do You Meet State Regulations? Pesticide Applicator Certification (November 20, 2008) Find out how you and your staff can obtain a commercial pesticide applicators license and what you can do with it! Learn about the great programs, educational sessions and publications the Department of Agriculture has to offer and learn what they can do for you! Speaker: David Newbill, West Tennessee Regional Supervisor – Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture Regulatory Services Division
Programming
Raised Bed Gardening for the Young at Heart (November 18, 2008) Learn how to create a kids gardening club for children and parents to experience the excitement of watching the growth a fruitful harvest. Covers all aspects of raised bed gardening from digging, planting and learning how to use proper tools. Speaker: Brad Jones, Park Naturalist & Special Events – Johnson City Parks and Recreation Department
Basic Spanish to Communicate in Parks and Recreation (November 19, 2008) Learn basic Spanish in a fun and easy setting! Learn the basic phrases, key words and vocabulary for parks and recreation centers, registration for programs and other tools of communication. Class includes some printed materials. Speaker: Emily Nottenkamper – Dalhoff Thomas Daws
Crooners to Rolling Stones: The Changing Faces of Senior Centers (November 20, 2008) Baby boomers are becoming the seniors of today! This session will focus on the changes and modifications of programming that are necessary to accommodate and entice those going-green, nutrition-minded, on-the-go seniors to our centers. Speaker: Donna M. Toombs, Program/Senior Coordinator – LaVergne Parks and Recreation
Resource Management
Blueways, Water Trails & Conservation – A Wolf River Case Study (November 20, 2008) Case study focusing on efforts to conserve green spaces along the Wolf River, integrating the concepts of blueways and water trails as a means of assisting natural resource protection and a component of an overall nature based education and tourism program. Speaker: Steve Fleegal, CEO – Wolf River Conservancy
Special Events, Arts & Marketing
Extreme Marketing: Back to the Basics (August 20, 2008) Get the word out about your programs, events and facilities! Set the foundation for effective marketing and learn the basic tools you need to attract customers and increase revenue but won’t break your budget. No marketing experience necessary!
