Recreation Guy

Random Thoughts and Ideas – Birthdays

Do you send out birthday cards to your customers. Let's take it one step further, shall we?

Finding Inspiration

It's hard to find inspiration...unless you know where to look. Of course, that "place" is different for everyone.

Payment Plans for Summer Camp

It's no secret that the economy is still in bad shape. Parents still want to send their kids to camp though.

Countryman IsoMax E6 EarSet Microphone

Do you use microphones at your events? What about wireless mics? Okay, how about wireless headset mics?

It’s Monday

Do you need a break, a little distraction today?

What Do You Want?

I've not been very good at keeping up with this blog, even though I really want to. There are so many aspects top community recreation programming that I get stuck in my tracks when I think about what to write. So I am asking you what you want.

Play Sports TV

Teaching Sports After School

Every recreation department teaches sports to kids, whether by their own staff or through contract instructors. And why wouldn’t they, the benefits for children are many. But what if you want to offer a sport and don’t have an instructor? Maybe you can’t find a qualified contract instructor to teach the skills and nobody on [...]

We Need More Recreation Programming Products

At the conference I attended last week there was an Expo. The expo hall was filled with companies vying for our attention, commitments to buy and business cards. As I meandered through the aisles and aisles of vendors I was specifically looking for programming products. Unfortunately there were only a couple of vendors that offered [...]

One of the Best Things About the Recreation Community is the People

Today I was at the CPRS conference and as I saw people I knew I couldn’t help but smile. After a day of workshops and social gatherings I thought about how lucky I was to be in such a great industry. When I go to work I am juiced (on most days) about seeing my [...]