Recreation

New! Online Recreation Program Institute and CPP Jan. 11 – March 4, 2016 (8 weeks)

by Suzanne | in Recreation

The professional development you want; the recognition you deserve About the Online Recreation Program Institute and CPP Online Course: Thousands of professionals have been trained by LERN. Now you can acquire this...

Hot New Recreation Classes this Fall

by Katie | in Recreation

Hot new recreation classes are a mix of new tech oriented courses for children, and traditionally popular classes for both young and adults. From a survey of the most successful recreation programs,...

Summer Camp Webinar Huge Success

by Katie | in Recreation

A huge success for the Summer Camp webinar this week with presenters Danielle Bassett and Holly Harden of Howard County Parks and Recreation Department in Columbia, Maryland. Some 83 people participated. Participants...

Recreation Programmers Areas of Focus

by Katie | in Recreation

“If you are responsible for programming, what is your area of focus?” was the question asked on LERN’s latest member survey. A whopping 166 LERN members from Parks and Recreation Departments responded...

Recreation Job Title Results

by Katie | in Recreation

Over 100 professionals in Parks and Recreation responded to our exclusive LERN survey on job titles. Here’s the chart with the results. The most common job title is “Supervisor,” with over 30...

Senior Centers Evolve to Serve Boomers

by Julie | in Recreation

One of the big questions today is “how do we attract Baby Boomers” to our program? This article from AARP reveals some new thinking about the evolution of “senior” centers and Boomer...

Brochure Facts: 2014 Parks and Recreation

by Julie | in Recreation

Has the IRS challenged your employee classification?

by Julie | in Recreation

In the last 10 years, the IRS has stepped up their enforcement of employee classification, and have audited many lifelong learning programs. Out of nearly 200 participants, 12 people or 6 percent...

Top Trends in Recreation Programming, Marketing and Management

by Julie | in Recreation

Recreation Software

by Julie | in Recreation

LERN Recreation members asked us to survey the membership to find out what software programs others are using.

What’s HOT in recreation programming

by Julie | in Recreation

Following are courses identified as being the most popular/best revenue generators in a recent LERN survey on popular courses for recreation programming:

Creating an effective staff evaluation process

by Julie | in Recreation

By Laura T. Wetherald, MS, CPRP Bureau Chief, Howard County Recreation and Parks Columbia, MD Staff Evaluation can be the most important opportunity between a supervisor and employee during the year. The...