2009 Annual Conference Sessions


Wednesday, September 23

Benefits and Costs of Open Space Conservation
Jenna Fletcher, The Trust for Public Land

Fundraising Methods, Strategies and Results
Jay Lotthammer, Parks and Recreation Director, City of Eden Prairie

Sportnomics, Budgeting and Marketing your Adult Leagues
MRPA Recreation Sports Commission
Deb Weinreis, MRPA


Thursday, September 24

Best Practices in Junior Golf
Brian Pabst, Director of the Three Rivers Park District Golf Academy

Can It Be Equal? Finding Equity Among Local Public
Providers of Recreational Facilities and Services

Russ Fraenkel, Director of Community Education ain Mahtomedi ISD 832
Kathy and Jeff Schoenbauer, CoFounders of Schoenbauer Consulting, LLC

Contracting Services for Optimal Service Levels

Chris Nunes, PhD, CRP, Director of Parks and Recreation
Community Associations of The Woodlands, Texas

Intergeneratioinal by Nature
Rebecca Kropeinicki, Marketing/Intergenerational Activities Coordinator
South Washington County Schools
Laurie Thrush, Coordinator, Hastings Area Senior Center

Tips and Ticks for Crative Team Building Exercises
Jill Eck, Organizational Development Specialist

Strategies for Affecting Positive Change
Chris Nunes, PhD, CRP, Director of Parks and Recreation
Community Associations of The Woodlands, Texas

What's in your Toolbox
Nicole White, CTRS Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator
Nicole Weedman, Recreation Coordinator
City of Eden Prairie


Friday, September 25

All About Trails
Ingrid Schneider
University of Minnesota Tourism Department

High-Tech Impacts
Lucas Eckstein, Bethany Gassman, Elizabeth Quall, Heather Stanek
Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services students & recent graduates from MSU
Rachelle Toupence, Assistant Professor, MSU
Department of Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services

Introduction to Somali Culture and Family Systems
Abdimalik Askar, Training Manager
Neighborhood House

Square Fits in a Circle
Patrice Atkinson, Recreation Supervisor, City of New Brighton
Anne Scanlon, Aquatic Supervisor, City of Shoreview

 

 

 

 
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