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CENTERS professionals make many presentations throughout the year, sharing their expertise on an array of topics.

The following presentations are in Adobe PDF format.  Click here to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• 1. Jun 17, 2011 - Old Dog, New Tricks: Reinventing Traditional Programs to Accommodate Your Population's Ever-Changing Needs
  This presentation explores the challenge of creating original and lasting Group Fitness programs in an industry that is flooded by fads. Participants discover how to reinvent traditional programs to accommodate their population's changing needs.

  Presented by Michelle Scott, Heather Smith, Caroline Cox, Alison Powell at the 2011 NIRSA Fitness & Wellness Institute
• 2. Apr 16, 2011 - Achieving Departmental Excellence: Starting with the Hiring Process
  Position your department for excellence by learning the secrets of hiring well, including mapping your organizational potential, identifying needed competencies, and using effective hiring strategies. Right people + right work = greatness.

  Presented by Maureen McGonagle, Kathleen Hatch, and Tom Kirch at the 2011 NIRSA Annual Conference & Exposition
• 3. Apr 16, 2011 - A Corporate Membership Plan to Bank On!!
  Many recreation departments are asked to generate revenue to balance their budgets. Learn how to develop a dynamic corporate partnership plan that will increase revenue through membership sales, corporate sponsorships, facility rentals, and customized programs.

  Presented by Greg Ross, Tasha Ledrich, and Maggie McKendry at the 2011 NIRSA Annual Conference & Exposition
• 4. Apr 16, 2011 - Energizing Your Operational Budget Through Space Reservations
  With increasingly tightening budgets, generating self-sustaining operational budgets is important. Learn how to open your recreation facility to community clients and departments within your university by implementing reservations opportunities.

  Presented by Nick Froelich at the 2011 NIRSA Annual Conference & Exposition
• 5. Nov 8, 2010 - Emerging Trends and Current Issues in Auxiliary Services
  Presented by Jeff Sessine, Kevin Keegan, Claudia Scotty, Rick Thomas, Loren Rullman, and Mitch Kilcrease at the 2010 NACAS Conference
• 6. Apr 27, 2010 - Facility Start-up: From Ground Breaking To Grand Opening
  Planning to open a new facility? This session outlines the necessary steps to properly plan and execute a successful opening while highlighting best practices during construction, facility managment and staff development.
• 7. Apr 27, 2010 - Not A Minor Detail: Legal Aspects of Youth Programming
  Youth programming can be a viable source of revenue generation during off peak times. This session covers the legal implications, including licensing, duties, and standards of care.
• 8. Apr 26, 2010 - Status Update: Is This Working? Marketing Ideas for Instructional Programs
  This presentation touches on some creative ideas how to market instructional programs and the importance of identifying a specific demographic.
• 9. Apr 22, 2010 - Outside The Lines: Learning & Intramural Sports
  Everyone would agree that student learning takes place in officials training programs. This workshop demonstrates not only how to maximize student learning, but how to successfully measure it as well.
• 10. Dec 17, 2009 - Assumption of Risk: A Dying Intramural Doctrine?
  NIRSA Annual Conference
• 11. Oct 20, 2009 - Catching Up By Getting Ahead
  Presentation to 2009 HBCU-NIRSA SUMMIT