programming with purpose

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Please sign in with: Your Agency Name

and the number of people watching/attending the webinar from your agency today

What is the name of the person who will be inputting answers into the webinar application

Have you watched the pre-webinar assignment video?

If possible PLEASE show it to your group before we begin. The video is brief and will show you a trick or two about using today’s webinar tools and forms. 1

Programming with Purpose

Dr. Keith FulthorpCalifornia State University, Long Beach Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies

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Today’s Agenda

Define purposeful programming and its need in today’s parks and recreation environment

Evaluate ways your current programs align with your department’s vision and mission

Begin to implement a programming template to help focus towards a specific purpose in order to promote value to decision makers

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Why do we offer programs?Discuss and Share in your Chat Box

Think about the programs and services your agency offers- then, use the chat box to say a few words about WHY you offer the programs you do

* It’s ok to think critically about this- for example, you may not know WHY, other than your agency has ALWAYS offered “that” program

VIP – Remember this?

Core ValuesVisionMissionCore

CompetenciesStrategiesPerformance

Measures

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In your feedback box…How strongly do you agree

with this statement? “Most of the people in our group are offering programs to meet one (or more) of the NINE mission areas of the VIP?”

Think back to your “Why” Lets briefly review your responses to WHY you offer programs.

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In your feedback box…YES OR NO

“Did any one state that they offer programs because they meet important community needs?”

Please elaborate in your chat box.

Think back to your “Why” Lets briefly review your responses to WHY you offer programs.

VIP will help you program with purpose

Provides modality for programming Creates purpose driven

programming Helps position your agency to meet

community needs

Provides a framework for evaluating and communicating program results

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PDP Planning Form

Used for Program Planning Connects Programming with VIP

FrameworkHelps you stay focused on VIP

Mission-in-ActionHelps you continue to identify

brand messages

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The Profession’s Brand Promise

access to the serenity and inspiration of nature;

outdoor space to play and exercise;

facilities for self-directed and organized recreation;

positive alternatives for youth which help lower crime and

mischief; and

activities that facilitate social connections, human

development, therapy, the arts and lifelong learning

Parks and recreation

makes lives and

communities better

now and in the future

by providing

Nature Exercise

Play Safe Spaces

Gathering Places

Forever

6 Key Themes

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Using the PDP

Please, get out your copy of the PDP- Program Form. Either paper or electronic is fine.

We’re going to spend a few minutes reviewing each section of the form, and how to use it to program with purpose.

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Quick Check: YES OR NO? Did you do your “Homework?” How to embed files into a Word document?

The rest of the pages of the PDP Planning form are for your program planning notes and reminders.

PDP Evaluation Form

Used for program evaluation Produces Data Driven ProgramsHelps you position your

programs to meet important community needs

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Program Evaluations Please share in your CHAT BOX (2 minutes)

How does your agency address program evaluations? Is every program evaluated every

time?What do you evaluate?What do you DO with the results?Does anyone measure anything

OTHER THAN how much a program cost ($), and who showed up? (#)

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Purposeful Program EvaluationsThis form will help you measure

what you intended to accomplish, based off your PDP-Program form Did your program accomplish it’s intended Mission?

Did it meet an important community need? If so, how well did it do that, and who can you share results with?

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Chat Box it:

In what ways was utilizing the PDP

Program Planning Form and Evaluation

Forms helpful?28

Chat Box it:

What new ideas occurred to you while utilizing the forms?

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Chat Box it:

What would be different or better about your ability to communicate how your programs meet community goals by using this form? 30

Summary

Programming and program evaluations with the VIP in mind will help you become vital in positioning your programs to meet community goals

Your agency’s core values should match the VIP Framework’s values

QUESTIONS, Anyone?

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Contact Information

Dr. Keith Fulthorp Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Recreation and

Leisure StudiesCalifornia State University, Long

Beach1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach,

CA 90840562-985-8728Keith.fulthorp@csulb.edu

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