Podcast series for tools techniques and trends for Parks and recreation Professionals

Setting up Program Checkin/Checkout Procedures

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In today’s, society the safety of the children in our care is both more important and more difficult then ever before. Just as the days when a parent might allow their child to go play unsupervised in the front yard may be a thing of the past, so too are the days when agencies can be casual about checking in and out program participants, or not establish clear policies surrounding the pickup of those same children.

Adding the WOW Factor to Your Special Events

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On Today’s show we’ll talk about the wow factor and how it applies to special events. Then we’ll explore 10 things you can do to increase the WOW factor in your Special Events.
Those 10 things are:
1. Design your event to be viewed or participated at multiple levels.
2. Do something no one else has done before.
3. Insure there is a unified theme.
4. Create traditions that are ideas on your theme.
5. Script out your event like a Broadway Show
6. Map out traffic patterns and insure you have good clear flow of traffic
7. Create opportunities for people to make memories.

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