It’s not easy to stay in contact with teens. From my experience they rarely look at the seasonal activity guides, rarely search out recreation programs through the parks and recreation department (YMCAs on the other hand do a pretty good job), and rarely, if ever, visit the city website.
So what’s an organization to do?
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Putting Together a Teen Newsletter
8. June 2010
5 Recreation Programs for Tourists
Summer means traveling for many people. When out-of-towners come to your city do you have any recreation programs available for them?
7. June 2010
Harry Potter Party
The next Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, is scheduled to be released on November 19th. Have you considered having a Harry Potter pre-movie party?
3. June 2010
Putting Together a Youth Showcase
Do you hold a youth showcase? This fall will be our first. We’re calling it Project Funway.
1. June 2010
Sharing (and Selling) Your Camp, Special Event and Program Photos
Last year we, by the request of parents in our community, we began selling photos that we took at our ballet recitals. We have always taken photos at all of our big events, at camp and during our after school programs, but they were only for promotional purposes. We would use the good photos in our activity guides, our flyers and on our website.
30. May 2010
Submit a Guest Post to RecreationGuy.com
Do you want to share your experience and expertise with others in the community recreation industry? I am currently accepting guest posts.
25. May 2010
What Are Your Biggest Community Recreation Programs?
I’m currently working on our fall activity guide, and that means it’s time to reconsider what programs to keep around, toss out and add. So as we looked back on the past yearwe found that some of our biggest programs (had the most participants) were a bit of a surprise.
23. May 2010
How to Put Together a Life-Sized Candy Land Game – Part 3
In part 1 I discussed the ways you can create the life-sized game board. In part 2 I discussed how to make life-sized characters, which really enhances the look of the game for kids and parents alike. In part 3 I am going to discuss the final piece of the Life-Sized Candy Land game – the cards or dice.
16. May 2010
How to Put Together a Life-Sized Candy Land Game – Part 2
It’s time to create the characters.
Candy Land has gone through a few versions so we had to figure out if we wanted to create the game using the new characters or classic characters. We went with the new ones.
9. May 2010
How to Put Together A Life-Size Candy Land Game – Part 1
Recently I put together a life-sized Candy Land game for our Easter event. I am going to be honest, this was not an easy project, but once it was finished it was great. The kids loved it, the parents loved it, and we’ll have it for years to come. In this 3 part series I’ll [...]
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