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| Aquatics | Healthy Lifestyle | Leadership/Personnel |
| Maintenance | Planning & Design | Planning/Parks |
| Programming | Revenue/Customer Service | Risk Management |
| Tuesday, May 1 |
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| 12:00pm - 5:00pm | Golf | Foster Links Golf Course | ||
| 12:00pm - 5:00pm | Local Educational Tours | Cancelled | ||
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Student Pre-Conference Activities | ||
| NEW! Speed Sessions |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Cheap Tickets! - Cost Effective Tour Negotiation?
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| 4:10pm - 4:40pm | Creative and Affordable Digital Marketing Tactics Ed Reese Category: Revenue/ Customer Service |
Successful P3s: Public/Private Partnerships Category: |
Background Checks - DEFINED Category: |
| 4:50pm - 5:20pm |
SKWIM is the Name of the Game Category: |
Seattle Urban Food System Belinda Chin Category: Healthy Lifestyle |
Making a Splash with Wet Playgrounds Justin Caron Category: Planning & Design |
| 5:30pm - 8:00pm | Opening Night Social | SeaTac Hilton Exhibit Hall |
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| Wednesday, May 2 |
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| 9:00am - 10:15am |
Welcome & Keynote Address It's Game Time! Life Lessons from a Former Pro Female Football Player |
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| 10:30am - 11:45am |
Taking your Communication Skills Out of this World
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It’s a Jungle Out There: Resource Rescue Dawn Lewellyn Category: Programming  |
Aquatics…The Next Generation
Category: Aquatics |
Are You Prepared for the Unthinkable
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Community Engagement & Organizational Change
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Inclusive Programming: The Next Step
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| 11:45am - 1:15pm | Lunch with Exhibitors | |||||
| 1:15pm - 2:30pm |
Autism in Recreation
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How Do You Know Me? Communication Styles
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The Inspiration Playground
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Organizing Cultural Conversations Category: Programming |
Cultivating Resilient Communities
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| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Tradeshow Break | |||||
| 3:00pm - 4:15pm |
Nature Preschool...Right for You?
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A Hands-On Approach
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Low Tech, High Tech
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LGBTQIA & An Inclusive Facility
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Spotlight Awards Showcase
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Network Meeting: Administrators Category: |
| 4:45pm - 5:45pm | Pre-Banquet Reception | |||||
| 5:45pm - 7:00pm | Awards Banquet | |||||
| 7:00pm - |
Post-Banquet Event: Maytoberfest Social | |||||
| Thursday, May 3 |
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(shorter sessions about trends in the industry) |
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| 9:00am - 10:00am |
Facilities Network Meeting
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Equitable Athletic Field Scheduling Category: Revenue/ Customer Service |
Recreation Home School Edition
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The Recreation Brochure
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| 10:00am - 10:15am | Break | |||||
| 10:15am - 11:30am |
Once Upon a Pie Chart
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What if Parks Were the Last Place on Earth?
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Equity Isn't Equality
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Partnering to Reduce Barriers and Increase Access to Sports Programs Mary Tuttle Leif Ellsworth Category: Programming |
Sarah Sandquist
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Using New Market Tax Credits to Fund Your Project
Category: Revenue/ Customer Service |
| 11:30pm - 1:00pm | Lunch with Exhibitors | |||||
| 1:00pm - 2:15pm |
Survey Results that Get Results
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The Keys to Membership Success
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Dealing with Difficult Customers
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Beyond the Binary Part I
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Network Meeting: Field Allocation
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| 2:15pm - 2:25pm | Break | |||||
| 2:25pm - 3:40pm |
Harnessing the Power of Data
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Youth-Lead Programming
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Learning to Innovate: Itself an Innovation
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How to Build Your Own Safe and Secure Parks Initiative
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Beyond the Binary Part II
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Network Meeting: Aquatics
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Professionals Come Together to Learn “The WRPA Annual Conference provides parks and recreation professionals with relevant, critical information, and educational opportunities to develop and grow as leaders within our profession. Professionals come together to learn both from experts and from each other, sharing successes, challenges, and opportunities. I know the communities we serve are better [because of] those who invest the time in attending the educational sessions and networking opportunities. Looking forward to seeing you there!” |