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How To Help Camp Staff Provide The Best In Safety

When your camp staff ensure the best in safety for your spring and summer programs, they provide parents with peace of mind that their children are being well looked after, and that their wellbeing and safety are top of mind. In this free webinar, attendees will hear best practices to help staff enhance participant safety, both day-to-day and in an emergency, and uncover common challenges that impact many recreation organizations.

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How To Leverage Effective Advocacy Communication

Effective advocacy and communications strategies incorporate the ability to meaningfully connect with elected officials and engage the right stakeholders and partners to attain increased funding for your organization. This session will share such strategies and include successful advocacy examples that resulted in enhanced funding for Summit Metro Parks in Ohio and the Bozeman Parks and Rec Department in Montana. Join us to hear how to channel the power of your advocacy activities to boost your park and recreation resources.

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How To Prevent Child Abuse At Your Facility: Lessons Learned

One thing is certain when it comes to risk management - there is no way to 100% prevent bad things from happening, no matter how careful you are. So how do you deal with the unimaginable when it actually happens? In this webinar, a presentation that has been revamped from a 2019 NRPA Conference session, Darrell Walker and Kurt Knop will tell their story and shed some light on how to keep your facility and guests safe. Part case study, part demonstration, part teachable moment, and part Q&A session, the speakers will also provide references and advice to viewers.

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How to Save Time & Money with Cooperative Purchasing

Is your organization getting the most value from your park and recreation spend? Learn how to take advantage of the savings and benefits of cooperative purchasing. Hear from Jennifer Sulentic, Senior Program Manager with U.S. Communities, to learn how your organization can be more strategic in its purchasing process to help cut costs and save time. Jennifer will provide best practices and some parks and recreation success stories on how other agencies utilize cooperative purchasing to shorten project timelines and save valuable dollars with top-quality suppliers. Register today to help your agency start saving! CEUs: 0.0

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How To Support Mental Health in Your Community

Join a discussion on the role park and recreation professionals play as essential contributors to mental health and the overall well-being of their communities. During this webinar, Daniel Hatcher, Brodrick Clarke and Stacy Frazier will share ways to support the mental health of frontline staff and community members. In addition, learn how to engage and contribute to the development of youth this summer. The positive outcomes of activities that support well-being and mentoring are indispensable and demonstrate the power of the park and recreation profession.

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How To Talk Persuasively About Greener Parks

In the second webinar of the Greener Parks for Health webinar series, you'll learn how to craft communications messages that make a strong case for increasing green infrastructure in parks so every person has the opportunity to live a healthier life. Using the real-world evidence covered in the first webinar in the series, we will walk you through ways to use your audience's personal beliefs and values to craft specific values-based messaging about green infrastructure and its benefits. Opportunities to tailor the messages for your community's needs and desires will be highlighted. Attendees of this webinar will get a premium first access to NRPA's Greener Parks for Health Communications Toolkit.

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Human Capital Management

This course explores the characteristics of Human Capital Management. Most park and recreation agencies spend half of their budget or more on labor costs. As a result, it is imperative to receive a good return on investment in employees as they are an organization's most important asset. Course outcomes: Creating an effective organizational culture; Developing effective teams; Leadership skills necessary for excellence in human capital management; and Creating a performance focused organization. CEU's: 0.3

Human Capital Management is part of NRPA's Leadership Certificate . The session is intended for all levels of leadership from agency directors and department heads to front line leaders and those aspiring to lead.

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Impact Your Career: Become a CPRP

Looking to advance in your career? This free webinar will show you how easy it is to become a Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRP), explain the career benefits of continuing education and provide valuable insight from the CPRP/CPRE Committee Past Chair on the benefits of this certification. You will also learn how to get the CPRP Prep Course for free ($250 value) by applying by February 29, 2020. You will leave this webinar feeling confident and ready to take the next step to becoming a CPRP.

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Leadership Certificate Package

The NRPA Leadership Certificate is designed to provide leaders practical and applicable methods for transforming themselves and their agency. This new certificate offers a robust online learning opportunity for maximum flexibility. The program navigates through the latest in leadership principles that will take you and your agency to the next level. Whether you come from a large or small agency the NRPA Leadership Certificate will prepare you to handle any decision that comes your way.

The online certificate is delivered in four courses that will expand upon the leadership foundation you have developed as a current senior leader within your organization or help to build a foundation for those who are aspiring to leadership roles within park and recreation. Each course is 2-3 contact hours in length and engages learners with thought provoking exercises. The online courses have been designed with the working professional in mind, and we respect your time. Whether you have ten minutes or an hour, you can take advantage of the online program at your leisure.

Four online courses will provide you with a deep dive into the concepts that make good leaders great. Each course will provide Continuing Education Units (CEU) for participants. In order to receive your NRPA Leadership Certificate you must complete each of the four courses contained in this package listed as follows:

- Strategic Thinking

- Human Capital Management

- Operational Leadership

- Diversity and Cultural Awareness

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Marketing and Communication for Parks and Rec Certificate

NRPA's Marketing and Communications Certificate was developed to develop basic skills for the park and recreation professional tasked with delivering messaging for their agency. The courses included in this certificate take you on a path toward developing your own strategic marketing and communications plan, applying material through an interactive worksheet that allows you to investigate case studies while also applying the concepts to your own context. By completing all four courses in this certificate, you should come away with a toolkit and a tangible plan that may be implemented at your agency or department to tell the park and recreation story. Included in this certificate are the following courses: Needs Analysis, Strategic Planning, Implementation, & Evaluation. CEU's: 1.2

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