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2012

Indiana Trails Study

The Indiana Trails Study examined the use levels, user characteristics, management practices, economic factors, and impacts to adjacent properties for Indiana trails.
Download: IN20Trail20Final20Summary.pdf (Size: 917 Kb)

Technology Toolkit: Enterprise Solutions on a Shoestring Budget

Gone are the days when you need a technology staff, servers, and expensive licenses to take advantage of powerful enterprise system functionality. Web-based applications are opening a multitude of doors to small and medium size organizations. Explore how to maximize your organizational infrastructure by identifying opportunities to reduce costs and increase efficiency using technology.

Link: Download the PowerPoint Slides

3 C's to Improving Your Agency: Building Agency Capabilities, Competency, and Credibility

Agency credibility is directly related to people who work in the agency. Multiple perspectives make improving an agency complex. Leaders need to focus on capacity, while individuals focus on competencies. But when the two synergize?

Link: View the Presentation

Financial Fitness for Parks and Recreation Agencies

Presentation given at the 2012 Indiana Park and Recreation Association Conference. Discusses the major obstacles facing entrepreneurial managers and the three components to achieving financial fitness.
Download: IPRA_FinancialFitness_120120.ppt (Size: 3 Mb)

Implementing Best Practices in Strategic Planning and Continuous Improvement

Presentation given at the 2012 Michigan Recreation and Park Association Conference. Session defined best practices and key performance indicators, and explained their purpose and implementation in an agency.
Download: EPLY_MPRA-Presentation_BestPractices SP-CI_120210.ppt (Size: 1 Mb)

2011

National Park Service Interpretive Field School Feasibility Study Report

Report summarizing the feasibility study for an interpretive field school to be based at Mather Training Center conducted on behalf of the National Park Service.
Download: nps_interp_field_school_feasibility_study_111102_final_1.pdf (Size: 4 Mb)

Facility Manager Leaders Program. Course 5: Capstone Study in Facility Management. Instructor Manual. April, 2011.

A manual providing lesson plans and course materials for instructors to use during the Capstone Study in Facility Management training sessions.

Facility Manager Leaders Program. Course 5: Capstone Study in Facility Management. Leadership Toolkit. April, 2011.

Publication consists of procedures, processes, and methods to disentangle and better understand leadership situations.

Download: Leadership_Toolkit_Combined_110325.pdf (Size: 12 Mb)

Facility Manager Leaders Program. Course 5: Capstone Study in Facility Management. Student Workbook. April, 2011.

A workbook containing all course materials, agendas, note pages, supplemental reading, and assignments designed for students in the Capstone Study in Facility Management course.

Federal Real Property Information Application. User Manual. March, 2011.

A manual designed to guide National Park Service Employees in reporting federal real property requirements to the Department of the Interior.

Download: FRP_Info_App_User_Manual_Final_110331.pdf (Size: 11 Mb)

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