2022 NRPA Annual Conference Highlights Promo Bundle

Excited about all that the NRPA Annual Conference has to offer, but not sure where to start? Check out the 2022 NRPA Annual Conference Highlights Promo Bundle - This bundle contains three of our most popular 1-hour virtual sessions and five selected speed sessions. While this promo bundle is not available for CEU, it is completely FREE and a great place to explore NRPA conference sessions!

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1-Hour Education Sessions
A Win-Win for all People and all Wildlife: Creating Partnerships Between Park and Wildlife Agencies
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Select the "View On-Demand Recording" button to begin. State park and wildlife agencies have similar conservation, recreation and education goals, and both need strong partnerships to accomplish these goals. We are in a wildlife crisis that is greatly being exacerbated by climate change. All levels of public and private entities need to work together to provide pollinator habitat; green infrastructure; and inclusive, safe open space for expanded and equitable recreation, education access and programs. Texas Parks and Wildlife serves as a model for hosting an urban biologist in all of their largest cities. As our natural world shrinks, urban and suburban areas need to supplement rural areas by offering the potential to restore wildlife habitat while reaching people where they live; these are the areas local and regional parks already are working in. We need to join forces to reach even more people, more effectively. We will use a toolkit to develop an action plan for creating this partnership to help people and wildlife.
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Sport for EveryBODY
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Select the "View On-Demand Recording" button to begin. Adapted sports are a growing field across the United States. Palms to Pines Parasports dba SoCal Adaptive Sports began its journey in April 2020 during the COVID pandemic. Since launching, we have created a number of partnerships with, among others, two park and recreation departments; Desert Recreation District (DRD) in Coachella Valley, California, and the City of Riverside, the largest municipality in Riverside County, California. Currently, we offer a number of programs and are expanding our offerings. This session will describe this journey and how nonprofit, adapted sports organizations can work with and develop partnerships with municipalities that may not be offering adapted sports for people of all abilities.
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I Was Today-Years-Old When I Realized I Was an Idiot
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Select the "View On-Demand Recording" button to begin. Hate to be the one to break it to you, but yes, it's true: you need other people to have an impactful and rewarding career. You simply cannot go it alone. If you haven't already started, it's probably time to do something about it. Every success experienced along one's journey likely is tied to a relationship that was formed along the way. There is no special pill and no magic wand to creating a great network; it's a combination of art and science to make it happen. Yes, some of it has to do with being in the right place at the right time, but most of it has to do with the basic stuff we learned in grade school (like 'be kind!'). Jam packed with insightful and immediately useful information, this session will make you rethink the way you approach new relationships. Join this session to be provided with the tools to build a network of relationships, enabling you to do great things both individually and collectively.
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20-Minute Speed Sessions
Realistic Marketing Tips That Work
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Open to view video. Are you tasked with promoting your parks and programs, but on a tight budget or have a small team? Discover tips and strategies to maximize your marketing engagement, effectiveness and expenses by utilizing partnerships, public relations, social media and creative content. This fast-paced session is packed with examples of marketing tips that are affordable, realistic to execute and, best of all, have worked.
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Creating Effective Teen Programming Through Simple Cellphone Technology
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Open to view video. How often do professionals embrace using smartphones to inspire teen engagement and help create beneficial teen programming? The adult response is often "put it away" but during this sessions professionals will learn how to develop exciting, cost effective programming through simple cellphone technology. Professionals will learn the many positive benefits of creating innovative programs, and of allowing smartphones to be a fundamental resource/tool. Learn various ways that cellphone technology can engage teens, while keeping them active participants in our recreational centers. Participate as this session produces program ideas that will develop teens mentally, physically and socially. Identify at least five benefits of smartphone use that increase organizational skills. Join in to hear suggestions of many outstanding programs created with smartphone technology.
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CPRP for Me? Why You Need It and How to Get It
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Open to view video. So you're thinking about earning your Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRP) certification, but you're asking yourself why? During this fast-paced 20-minute session, the importance of the CPRP will be summarized and participants will be alerted to several ways it can be leveraged for personal and organizational benefit. In addition, attendees will learn about some of the tried and true ways to use their experience and various study guides to prepare for and pass the CPRP exam. Dan Hendey has conducted several successful study groups and supported numerous professionals with study aids, tips and materials to help professionals prepare for and pass the exam.
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Providing Accessibility for All Abilities: Understanding the Differences Between an Accessible and an Adaptive Kayak Launch System
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Open to view video. Receive guidance on making waterfronts accessible for people of all abilities and identify specific adaptive features necessary for paddlers in wheelchairs. This session will be structured to educate paddling groups, kayaking communities, park systems and governmental bodies about the differences and misconceptions that exist between "accessible" and "adaptive" kayak launch systems. Accessible launches and adaptive launches are not synonymous. Learn about specific adaptive features that turn an accessible kayak launch into an adaptive kayak launch that allow paddlers with the greatest challenges and physical limitations the ability to get in and out of their vessel safely. Adaptive features that are typically overlooked will be identified. By attending this presentation, attendees will be able to identify specific adaptive features necessary to guide planning for an adaptive dock system.
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A Shifting Perspective on Health: Bike Infrastructure and Community Wellness
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Open to view video. This session speaks to those involved in community development, who care about health, proximity accessibility and equitable transportation in their communities. This session will: 1) inform participants of the ways in which the streetscapes have been stripped from the hands of the American pedestrian and cyclist; 2) speak to the design choices that have allowed such development; 3) offer individual and policy-based solutions for developing safer streets for humans; and 4) aid in developing solutions for equitable cycling advocacy in our communities.
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