Join the National Conflict Resolution Center's interactive workshop, The Bystander Challenge Clinic, on March 27th, 2025, to learn how bystanders can become upstanders in addressing inappropriate workplace behavior. Participants will gain practical skills to foster a respectful and inclusive workplace through thoughtful communication, empathy, and intervention techniques.

Join the National Conflict Resolution Center's 4-part interactive workshop, "Culture, Communication, and Conflict"! These clinics equip workplace leaders with strategies to manage conflicts around polarizing issues like politics and remote work. Through interactive sessions, leaders learn how to create a positive, inclusive culture that enhances employee satisfaction and productivity. These clinics will be at 2:00pm EDT every Thursday in February 2025!

Join the National Conflict Resolution Center's interactive workshop, “The ARTful Conversations Clinic”, on January 30th, 2025! Learn how to improve communication by teaching collaborative skills that reduce tension, express perspectives non-confrontationally, and build stronger relationships. Through real-life examples, participants learn to navigate conflict effectively in all settings.

Park and recreation professionals have the tools and resources to lead localized, anti-racist solutions that advance the multitude of benefits derived from equitable park access and climate-resilient park systems. The Park Access Network is an open community bringing together diverse professionals to facilitate conversations and best practices among peers to drive systemic changes that advance equitable and resilient park access.

NRPA membership hours take place the second Thursday of each month at 1pm ET. Join the membership team for a brief overview of NRPA membership at the top of the hour followed by the opportunity to ask questions about your benefits, getting involved with NRPA and much more. We invite everyone to join!

Coming January 2025! This presentation will cover the methods, challenges and successful outcomes of Lewisville's turf-to-native plant conversion project, providing practical insights into ecological restoration. This information is relevant to learners, as it offers actionable strategies for enhancing biodiversity and sustainability in urban landscapes, demonstrated through a proven, award-winning initiative.

The 2025 Monthly Virtual Learning Subscription includes 12 on-demand education Talks, one per month, and is free to Premier Members. These on-demand talks will be released on the first Monday of the month unless otherwise noted. The full 2025 Monthly Virtual Learning Subscription is worth a total of 1.2 CEU. NRPA's virtual education Talks feature knowledgeable subject matter experts presenting on timely insights from research and practice. Each Talk is worth 0.1 CEU.

Released December 2024! The CDC Branch Chief for the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program will present the rates of youth substance use in the United States and how the DFC program addresses youth substance use. She will then discuss ways park and recreation departments can collaborate with DFC coalitions, and how they can also directly apply for the funding themselves. A representative from the Douglas County, Kansas, DFC coalition and their local park and recreation department will then share a real example of how they successfully worked together on reducing youth marijuana use in their community.

Released November 2024! This session will review the importance of creating inclusive spaces for all individuals to experience belonging in the community through recreation & leisure activities. The presenter specifically will focus on ways to include individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in recreational programming and using specific supports and resources to bolster success.

Released December 2024! Enjoy this session from the NRPA 2024 Virtual Conference! Across the United States, more than 100 million people — including 28 million children — do not have access to a high-quality park within a 10-minute walk of home. This might appear to be a problem for city park and recreation agencies to solve, but new research from Trust for Public Land (TPL) suggests local agencies are not the primary actors in acquiring or opening new local parks. Instead, city planning and economic development agencies — which oversee residential development policies — and real estate developers are the key driver of parkland acquisition and creation. A TPL review of park and greenway openings between 2018 and 2023 across 10 representative U.S. cities finds that across 76 openings in these cities, 67 percent were built on land acquired from real estate developers via municipal requirements for either land donations or fees to fund the acquisition of park space needed for residents of their new development. There are two primary ways cities are acquiring parkland as part of real estate development: parkland dedication ordinances and impact fees. This presentation will share an overview of these policy mechanisms and summarize how cities can structure these policies to ensure the park access gap doesn't widen.